Cricket Thread

Gabriel said:
County Championship starts tomorrow. Opening round sees current Champions Surrey up at Old Trafford (Dom Sibley back) for the Easter weekend. Top two last year and, strangely, that was the very same fixture that closed the season. No Roses game for some reason…

Good luck to all.
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Good post. SupportingLancs is much mored important than "supporting" some Inidian franchise collection of mercevaries.
But I shan't go on Saturday, with the rags having a 12.30 kick-off. Car parks jammed, public transport infested with feral oafs.
 
Big Swifty said:
Good post. SupportingLancs is much mored important than "supporting" some Inidian franchise collection of mercevaries.
But I shan't go on Saturday, with the rags having a 12.30 kick-off. Car parks jammed, public transport infested with feral oafs.
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Probably a wise decision.

Should be interesting this year, with five points instead of eight for a draw. Last year, Surrey and Lancashire had five and six draws, respectively, while Hampshire came third but had the highest number of wins. The Kookaburra ball will also be used for a couple of rounds later in the summer, June-July. However, I‘m less convinced about the merits of that. None of the Test squad will be involved in the Championship at that time, so it’ll just be the County stalwarts and youngsters that are ‘given the experience. I suppose if it rekindles the dying dreams of touring Down Under for some seasoned pros, then there’s no harm done.
 
Big Swifty said:
Good post. SupportingLancs is much mored important than "supporting" some Inidian franchise collection of mercevaries.
But I shan't go on Saturday, with the rags having a 12.30 kick-off. Car parks jammed, public transport infested with feral oafs.
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Yep - fully agree! Although I keep hearing about the IPL I am unable to summon up any enthusiam for it whatsoever - likewise for the Hundred.
Give me the red ball any day - four day cricket and the Ashes, that’s something to look forward too !

Hadn’t realised the rags were 12.30 ko Saturday - definitely not going down that day then !
 
starting a new thread as I cannot access the old one so hopefully all followers of the game will use this one from now on.
Can’t believe the CC starts today with Lancs up against Surrey !!!
 
I hope it doesn't end up like a lot of last season, early wickets with new ball then toil for a day, probably will.
 
Lancashire won the toss but rather let that slip today, having had Surrey at 77-4 but then closing on 340-7. Nice knock by Foakes to remind the selectors of his value, though I still think they‘ll go for Bairstow.
 
Gabriel said:
Lancashire won the toss but rather let that slip today, having had Surrey at 77-4 but then closing on 340-7. Nice knock by Foakes to remind the selectors of his value, though I still think they‘ll go for Bairstow.
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Yep I agree - Jb is so hard to leave out of the team but the only spots appear to be opening bat or keeper? Pope root brook and stokes must play - not convinced re either opener but can’t see bairstow keep wicket then rush off to open the batting either…
 
AshtonBlue1980 said:
Yep I agree - Jb is so hard to leave out of the team but the only spots appear to be opening bat or keeper? Pope root brook and stokes must play - not convinced re either opener but can’t see bairstow keep wicket then rush off to open the batting either…
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Foakes is arguably the better keeper, but it will be terribly difficult to omit Bairstow given what he has achieved. Surrey could probably cope if Jamie Smith has to take the gloves again, as he is an accomplished keeper in his own right.
 
bavarian blue said:
Lanky getting a pummeling.
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Presumably not the score Jennings had in mind when he offered ‘after you’ to Rory. Good to see Steel get his ton. There’s a decent player in there, and if Pope and Foakes are away on Test duty, then having a little more stability in the middle will be welcome. Not sure Patel should be at 4 but I suppose England might want Pope to get more experience at 3.

Lancashire did well to get to lunch without losing a wicket, so they’ll be hoping they can navigate the tricky after-lunch spell, too.
 
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