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Just started at 1.15. 79 overs to be bowled today. Worcs into bat and 0/0 at the mo!

 

Hants: Tomlinson, DJ Balcombe, N Pothas, SM Ervine, MA Carberry, JP Crawley, MJ Lumb, JHK Adams, LA Dawson, DG Cork, CT Tremlett (Cricinfo annoyingly doesn't list it in batting order!)

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Has it been raining? It is gloriously sunny where I am.

 

Must have been. It's been raining out west, so I am sure you will get it soon.

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Worcs 132 all out. Good performance, surprised Worcs put themselves into bat considering it must have been damp. Now we need 300+ on the board.

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Looks like we're off to a decent start with the ball though. Worcs 120-6,

did we actually have any warm up games?

 

Played Glamorgan in two one day games with each team winning one, then we played Middlesex in a two day game winning quite comfortably in a rain affected match. The one day game against Middlesex was washed out.

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go on corky! easy easy easy

 

Don,'t start, we haven"'t batted yet. remember our abysmal start with the bat to last season?.got better of course but in April and May we were,in the main, woeful with the willow.

See 7/1 already.

Told ya 7/2

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216 all out in the end, Dawson top scoring with 66.

 

Worcestershire 39/4 in reply at tea - odds on us winning but being deducted points for a crap pitch, anyone?

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Already been cleared by pitch inspector apparently. First game of the season...both sides are stronger bowling sides than batting...nothing too shocking IMO!

 

Plus there tend to be some shocking batting totals early in the season, few players get 1000 runs by the end of May nowadays.Must be because all the test batsmen are still on international breaks or something.

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Playing again, moving along towards an opening game win 72/1 with a day in hand.

 

107 for 3 a win

 

Lumb got a pair twice out seven balls faced

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Went 1st day. Nothing wrong with the pitch. Ball swung all day but there was regular bounce and good carry. Most of the wickets were LBW with a debutant umpire (David Millns) very quick to get the finger up. But then he was an opening bowler himself.

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Yes good start with no Overseas Player and Dimi away

 

Great start, and the other Div One game hopefully heading for a draw.

 

Nice to ditch the traditional Hants (Saints) slow start to the season!

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Hampshire were deducted 3 points because of their over rate.

 

It does not matter that the game was over in 3 days. The laws state that 16 overs need to be bowled an hour and the calculation is then applied over the whole game.

 

Hampshire used their fast/seamers all the match.

 

Pothas and the team would have been aware of the fact as the main score board showed they were -3 overs for much of the game.

 

They could have used Dawson and Carberry to try to speed it up (that is what normally happens) but it was a low scoring pitch and weather threats. More important to get the win than worry about the over rate.

 

All delays and loss of wickets are taken into account.

 

In fairness to the team, they did run to the other end after each over.

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Hampshire were deducted 3 points because of their over rate.

 

It does not matter that the game was over in 3 days. The laws state that 16 overs need to be bowled an hour and the calculation is then applied over the whole game.

 

Hampshire used their fast/seamers all the match.

 

Pothas and the team would have been aware of the fact as the main score board showed they were -3 overs for much of the game.

 

They could have used Dawson and Carberry to try to speed it up (that is what normally happens) but it was a low scoring pitch and weather threats. More important to get the win than worry about the over rate.

 

All delays and loss of wickets are taken into account.

 

In fairness to the team, they did run to the other end after each over.

 

Is that a new law or has it always been there?

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Is that a new law or has it always been there?
It has been in place for many years. More severe on points deduction in the last 2 seasons though. Used to be something like 0.5 per over before I seem to remember

 

The scorers take into account delays on the field, wickets (about 2 minutes per wicket) and then negotiate with the umpires at the end of the game so that a fair assessment is taken.

 

Hants had no excuses. Pothas will need to learn to manage this better in future.

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