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Weston Saint

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Well we ended up 2nd 17 points behind Surrey.

Had we drawn away to Surrey early in the Season their 16 points would have been 8 each meaning 1 point behind. We were deducted 2 points for slow over rate meaning if the loss and points deduction had not happened we would have won the Championship by 1 point.

Small margins and what ifs but it just shows we are not that far off.  

John B

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On 29/09/2024 at 12:40, Andrew Watson said:

Well done Hants for an excellent championship season. Lets face it Surrey are the Manchester City of cricket,having the most money and the best squad of players and will be very difficult to get above in the championship. We need to keep one senior bowler on next year to lead the attack,will be interesting to see if we do that,or go for two new overseas players,hopefully Currie will come back ready to push on in all 3 formats.

They also have the best home produced players of any county club which is hardly surprising as they have so many top class club sides

Gloucester Saint

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3 hours ago, John B said:

They also have the best home produced players of any county club which is hardly surprising as they have so many top class club sides

True, although the Central Lancashire Leagues have always been strong. Maybe not quite as strong as their 1970s/80s heyday with the proliferation of franchise white ball cricket before many rising stars have even established themselves in their national sides. There was a lot of moans about Jamie Smith’s Test selection in the Midlands and North but he’s been superb, McCullum, Stokes and Key can spot a player as Duncan Fletcher could. 

Window Cleaner

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So all in all a good season in the CC. Pity about the rained off first game, might have been a bit closer to Surrey if we'd been able to get more than 8 points there.

Still a bit concerned about the young openers though, rarely do they both score runs at the same time, still I presume Orr will replace one of them for next season and he'll bat further down the order. Perhaps at 3 or 6. Might even have selection problems, wouldn't be a bad thing.

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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5 hours ago, Toadhall Saint said:

Nice prize money- Delhi capitals owners getting involved?

The article doesn’t state that explicitly but I’d imagine it’s played a significant part in the invite. It’s a great opportunity for the club. 

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Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan

Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan

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11 hours ago, Picard said:

Vince busy elsewhere so Wood captain. Probably need a few overseas players to have a chance of winning.

Interesting that Vince already had that locked in. Wonder who else might not be available, I know a few last year went to Australia for their summer and Dawson often gets a few franchise gigs too.

Picard

Picard

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1 hour ago, Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan said:

Interesting that Vince already had that locked in. Wonder who else might not be available, I know a few last year went to Australia for their summer and Dawson often gets a few franchise gigs too.

Dawson, Fuller and Howell are currently named in Abu Dhabi T10 squads. Could Turner be rested by the ECB?

Not much left if they're all not playing for Hants.

Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan

Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan

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14 hours ago, Barsiem said:

Some not great news for the ladies team 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cvgwv707xjgo

Think there is likely to be a major overhaul of the squads in the women's game, and I can see other players moving around just as much as those we are losing. There is also a bit of an oddity where some players were contracted last year to a county for the regional level but played for the franchise area team, but that county is now one of the 8 selected. The example I have is Rhianna Southby who was a Surrey player, but also Vipers, so will assumedly now return to Surrey again but at a level up.

Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan

Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan

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On 08/11/2024 at 11:48, Picard said:

Dawson, Fuller and Howell are currently named in Abu Dhabi T10 squads. Could Turner be rested by the ECB?

Not much left if they're all not playing for Hants.

Quite a strong squad in the end, given what we could have been putting out, but we'll likely struggle still against the other franchise teams. Will be interesting to see Orr get some proper game time, Dawson is in there and Howell and Fuller so we do have experience. Sonny Baker is included too so an early chance to see what we've gained there.

2 overseas players tbc apparently.

Lighthouse

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Obviously missing both our opening batsmen and Turner from a team which underperformed in the Blast, so not great on paper. The TBC players will be interesting, I wonder if they’re being looked at as potential permanent additions next year.

Picard

Picard

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On 12/11/2024 at 21:49, Lighthouse said:

Obviously missing both our opening batsmen and Turner from a team which underperformed in the Blast, so not great on paper. The TBC players will be interesting, I wonder if they’re being looked at as potential permanent additions next year.

Danny Briggs is one ,the other still tbc.

Barsiem

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Welcome back (temporarily) Danny!  Is my memory failing or was he the one who ended our county championship hopes a few years ago by putting on some rapid runs at the end of a Warwickshire s innings after we'd been pushing for the win?

Masood doesn't have a great record but hopefully he helps us out

John B

John B

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22 hours ago, Picard said:

Looks like matches are live on YouTube GSL T20 channel. Hawks are playing first game tonight.

Amazingly we won in super over

Picard

Picard

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1 hour ago, John B said:

Amazingly we won in super over

With 4 overs to go and 6 wickets in hand Rangpur needed 17 runs to win (more than 99% chance of winning).

After a poor summer the fighting spirit has returned.

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John B

John B

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1 hour ago, Picard said:

With 4 overs to go and 6 wickets in hand Rangpur needed 17 runs to win (more than 99% chance of winning).

After a poor summer the fighting spirit has returned.

I agree but batting is still inconsistent and new bowler Baker conceeded 30 in two overs

 

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Window Cleaner

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2 hours ago, Barsiem said:

 Gonna have to bat well though

Which we didn't, in fact it was just crude slogging as we needed to make their score in about 16 overs to progress, the top order just aren't sloggers though, not in any shape or form. Good to watch some Hants cricket mid-winter though. Ended up with one win and 3 losses.  Good mid-winter jolly for the lads though.

 

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Picard

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Abbas playing test cricket today vs SA.

You'd have thought that if Hants wanted him and Abbott for next season they would have signed them by now.

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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4 hours ago, Picard said:

Abbas playing test cricket today vs SA.

You'd have thought that if Hants wanted him and Abbott for next season they would have signed them by now.

Has some work to do with Pakistan shot out for only 211.

Barsiem

Barsiem

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3 hours ago, John B said:

Vince scored 101 no in todays BBL giving Sydney Sixers their third straight win

Fantastic stuff!  He's been continually excellent for them over the years!

John B

John B

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1 hour ago, Barsiem said:

Fantastic stuff!  He's been continually excellent for them over the years!

He is probably one of the best batters I have seen play for Hampshire regularly over the last sixty years apart from Greenidge Richards and Robin Smith

 

As good as Roy Marshall better than Jesty Turner Terry and Chris Smith

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