Cricket Thread

[Gabriel]

Maybe an improvement from playing all round it.

Just feel players are unnecessarily trying to play shots with horizontal bats when the ball is too close to their body. Used to be a rarity, often when tiredness set in, but now it seems as if there are a couple per innings.

 

[dadnlad]

Might be labouring under a false impression, but it strikes me that more batsmen appear to be getting out by playing on/chopping on than used to be the case.

i dont mine playing a shot and getting out but every ball isnt a boundary ball

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Might be labouring under a false impression, but it strikes me that more batsmen appear to be getting out by playing on/chopping on than used to be the case.

I've made the same point. Bats don't come down straight any more, trying to run the ball to 3rd man.

My impression is that it used to be the odd flourish and a few defensive blocks that would result in it. Now, it's trying to create a run off a ball that isn't there to do it. Fine when you have 10 wickets and 120 balls.

 

[jimharri]

We need to make serious inroads this morning. Have them at least 4 down by lunch, otherwise we'll be probably looking at a deficit on first innings.

 

[supercity88]

It’s funny how just looking at a cricket scorecard can give so much pleasure. In Surrey’s 1st innings all the players were out caught and all the bowlers’ names line up nicely as they’re all 5 or 6 letters. A pity Atkinson at #9 was not out as it spoils the flow a little. Also noted for Somerset no player managed double figures in both of their individual innings, the 2nd innings is particularly easy on the eye as only numbers 3, 6 & 9 got nice scores so it makes it very symmetric.






Just me?

No, I'm with you. There's a real joy to it sometimes!

 

[dadnlad]

We need to make serious inroads this morning. Have them at least 4 down by lunch, otherwise we'll be probably looking at a deficit on first innings.

we could slow the over rate down and bore them out

 

[Corky]

Lanky crack 46 off 3 overs and declare with a 204 lead, but looking like a batters wicket still

 

[MillionMilesAway]

we could slow the over rate down and bore them out

And give them less to think about?
Might be better to give them as much as possible to play!

 

[supercity88]

We'd scored about 100 more runs but for the loss of 2 more wickets in the same number of overs! Keep things tight and wickets will fall. They'll bat a lot more overs and it's whether we can stay disciplined in our bowling having to bowl so many. They're making things a lot easier for their middle order at the moment. We need to keep building pressure and take some wickets. If we can limit the 1st innings to within 50 runs that would be good. I think 330 would have been a par score.

 

[domalino]

11 scoring shots in the last 20 overs.