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« Reply #540 on: Friday, June 2, 2023, 14:13:52 » |
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Not sure Ian Bell came out of his crease as much!
Sadly, a game between the second best funded test side in the world and a side that literally can't afford to play red ball cricket is going exactly as you'd expect.
True! But when he plays the classy, traditional test shots it look so Bell. Good run out for England despite the inevitable quality of the opposition for the reason you point out. Get back into that aggressive groove |
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« Reply #541 on: Friday, June 2, 2023, 18:05:43 » |
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True! But when he plays the classy, traditional test shots it look so Bell.
Good run out for England despite the inevitable quality of the opposition for the reason you point out. Get back into that aggressive groove
It's the balls he plays at that Bell would have left that's the difference. Pope's not quite as gung-ho as Duckett, who'll taken a swing at anything that isn't signalled wide, but he still goes after stuff that Bell would have happily watched go passed. Mind you Bell might have played differently under this set up. |
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« Reply #542 on: Friday, June 2, 2023, 20:12:31 » |
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More interested in Glos vs Surrey at the mo!
Great start by Glos. Throwing it away with their batting. Now a potentially tight finish!
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« Reply #543 on: Friday, June 2, 2023, 20:22:11 » |
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More interested in Glos vs Surrey at the mo!
Great start by Glos. Throwing it away with their batting. Now a potentially tight finish!
More importantly both Glamorgan and Somerset have won! That's 5 from 5 and max points for Somerset. |
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« Reply #544 on: Friday, June 2, 2023, 20:41:59 » |
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More interested in Glos vs Surrey at the mo!
Great start by Glos. Throwing it away with their batting. Now a potentially tight finish!
Great game. Got tickets to watched them v Middlesex, Sunday and again v Kent in a couple of weeks. |
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« Reply #545 on: Friday, June 2, 2023, 22:28:00 » |
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More importantly both Glamorgan and Somerset have won! That's 5 from 5 and max points for Somerset.
I don’t follow the minor counties! 😂 |
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« Reply #546 on: Friday, June 2, 2023, 22:47:34 » |
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I don’t follow the minor counties! 😂
Remind me what LV CC Division are Gloucestershire playing in currently? And how many games have they won? |
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« Reply #547 on: Friday, June 2, 2023, 23:24:32 » |
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Remind me what LV CC Division are Gloucestershire playing in currently? And how many games have they won?
They are in the division with the highest number. They have won two. |
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« Reply #548 on: Saturday, June 3, 2023, 07:44:20 » |
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To my eye the way Ollie Pope bats and just his presence at the crease, he might as well be Ian Bell
Slightly more frenetic at the crease than Bell was. Especially early on in his innings, like a cat on a hot tin roof |
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« Reply #549 on: Saturday, June 3, 2023, 09:31:15 » |
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They are in the division with the highest number. They have won two.
Nah they've won some blast games, they're P5 W0 D4 L1 in the CC. Which to be fair is more reflection of the "wisdom" of organising a red ball league that plays 4 day games and overlaps with a period when a bunch of the most attacking batter s and bowlers are off playing franchise cricket, and the weather's a bit unpredictable. No surprise that 70-80% of games end in draws and league positions are determined currently by the handful of games that reach a conclusion. |
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« Reply #550 on: Saturday, June 3, 2023, 09:43:44 » |
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We’re off to the cricket today, not Lords but Spye Park  |
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« Reply #551 on: Saturday, June 3, 2023, 17:50:01 » |
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Ben Stokes - the first winning captain not to bat, bowl or keep wicket in a Test match!
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« Reply #552 on: Sunday, June 4, 2023, 01:15:40 » |
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We’re off to the cricket today, not Lords but Spye Park Do they still have a tree in the middle of their pitch? |
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« Reply #553 on: Sunday, June 4, 2023, 08:17:17 » |
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I signed up with Howzat! - the firm that arranges trips for England away tours. They want £8000+ per person for this winters tour of the Windies. Includes tickets for all one-day and T20 games. 21 day tour.
Can’t work out if that’s good value or not.
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« Reply #554 on: Sunday, June 4, 2023, 08:19:09 » |
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I signed up with Howzat! - the firm that arranges trips for England away tours. They want £8000+ per person for this winters tour of the Windies. Includes tickets for all one-day and T20 games. 21 day tour.
Can’t work out if that’s good value or not.
Did you want to do every game? There are options to pick and choose a few games if you wanted to do it cheaper. I’ve been looking through these - https://gulliverstravel.co.uk/event/england-cricket-tour-west-indies |
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