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  chrisobee said:
Extraordinary figures, I'm not sure why he only bowled 4 overs yersterday evening unless the old boy was a bit tired!

 

Anyway he needs to come back on and break up the current partnership before they build up too big a score, we don't want to be chasing 200+ on the 4th day, knowing our luck it will p*ss down with rain all day and we'd only get a draw from a match we should have won in 2 and a half days.

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  Window Cleaner said:
Anyway he needs to come back on and break up the current partnership before they build up too big a score, we don't want to be chasing 200+ on the 4th day, knowing our luck it will p*ss down with rain all day and we'd only get a draw from a match we should have won in 2 and a half days.

 

They are still 28 behind so it would be some performance to get even a 100 run lead.

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  Lets B Avenue said:
198-7. late order tonking. 70 off 12 overs. tahir just hit for 6 then wicket next ball off a long hop

 

That's what we needed, the 7th wicket partnership needed breaking though I had a feeling Worcs would chance their arm and with attacking fields score at a fair rate. The tail had no clue how to play Tahir in the 1st innings so this might be over by lunch at 12.30.

Posted
  chrisobee said:
They are still 28 behind so it would be some performance to get even a 100 run lead.

 

Indeed especially as another wicket has now gone but we have been famously inadept at finishing sides off this season.Should be OK now though

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  Window Cleaner said:
Indeed especially as another wicket has now gone but we have been famously inadept at finishing sides off this season.Should be OK now though

 

The tail will struggle v Tahir as they did in the 1st innings if he bowls anything like he can.

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223/8 at lunch which is definitely one behind! They might get another 20 or 30 but with the 2 batsman in both averaging 14 and a debutant at 11 hard to think they'll get many more.

Posted
  Window Cleaner said:
Sussex won't have got many points then, sounds all good for us providing we can finish off the Worcs tail.

 

They have 4 bonus points I think, we have 7.

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Lancs might well lose too and they have only 1 game left. Assuming we win and Sussex lose I think we'll have 14 more points than them and 10 more than Yorks who we play at Headingley in the last game. However, before that we are at home to Durham but Sussex actually play Yorks and then Notts in their last game.

Posted

Easy peasy. So we are now on 148 points, Yorks 136 and Sussex 132( including the 4 bonus points so far) . Lancs are playing their penultimate game and including bonus points are on 150. Yorks v Sussex is going to be very crucial, Sussex might yet lose v Warwickshire, still 148 behind with all 2nd innings wickets in hand. Unlikely they would win and the pitch is taking spin from what I heard.

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  Lets B Avenue said:
Lancashire only got 1 bowling point, plus 3 batting. Draw and they are 6 ahead and we have a game in hand.

 

However, lets have both Sussex and Lancs losing please.

 

Somerset are piling on the runs, 464/5, so Lancs are not going to win either.

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Great day all around for Hants with win , and Sussex and Lancs struggling. Sussex against Yorks is another big plus , that they aee playing each other next game. Hopefully

Sussex will lose to Warwickshire and Yorkshire and be relegated,

Posted
  corsacar saint said:
Great day all around for Hants with win , and Sussex and Lancs struggling. Sussex against Yorks is another big plus , that they aee playing each other next game. Hopefully

Sussex will lose to Warwickshire and Yorkshire and be relegated,

 

No worries, we will thrash Durham anyway ;)

Posted
  Dark Munster said:
Actually a draw would be nice. Are points deducted for preparing a featherbed wicket? ;)

 

2 weeks of torrential rain throughout the country would do nicely !

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  Lets B Avenue said:
If they did, then most of the teams would be minus 50. :)

 

Which is why there have been so many draws with only Durham winning a significant number, 7. Notts, Somerset, Hants and Lancs 3, Warwickshire and Sussex 2, Yorks only 1 and poor old Worcs none at all. Could well be argued that the current set up does not really encourage teams to risk losing in order to try to win as used to happen often.

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  chrisobee said:
Which is why there have been so many draws with only Durham winning a significant number, 7. Notts, Somerset, Hants and Lancs 3, Warwickshire and Sussex 2, Yorks only 1 and poor old Worcs none at all. Could well be argued that the current set up does not really encourage teams to risk losing in order to try to win as used to happen often.

 

They should reduce the number of overs in which a team can gain batting points to 80 or 90 overs IMO.

Posted
  chrisobee said:
Which is why there have been so many draws with only Durham winning a significant number, 7. Notts, Somerset, Hants and Lancs 3, Warwickshire and Sussex 2, Yorks only 1 and poor old Worcs none at all. Could well be argued that the current set up does not really encourage teams to risk losing in order to try to win as used to happen often.

 

I would suggest that apart from Durham and Worcs there is not much to chose between the other teams

Posted
  John B said:
Need Lancs to lose as well today

 

That would help but Sussex losing would be more useful as they play Yorks next so at least one of them will hopefully gain little or nothing on us when v play Durham and if there is a definite result we are all but safe......I think ! Sussex now 8 down !

Posted
  John B said:
I would suggest that apart from Durham and Worcs there is not much to chose between the other teams

 

You suggest correctly for sure, as I posted earlier Durham have 7 wins and then 3/4 teams including Hants with 3 wins.

Posted (edited)
  chrisobee said:
You suggest correctly for sure, as I posted earlier Durham have 7 wins and then 3/4 teams including Hants with 3 wins.

 

I always think bowlers win championships and Durham have a number of good ones

 

Our Hants bowling has not been that consistent this season

 

PS Sussex lost

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Posted
  chrisobee said:
It's actually very strange that Sussex are quite probably the best team in one day cricket but are so poor in the 4 day game.

 

England are OK at Tests but useless for one dayers

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