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LVCC D1 - Durham v Middlesex

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Play to resume at 5:15 - 20 overs possible. Around 6:30pm finish - f***ing JOKE. No doubt it'll be lovely and sunny when they walk off and will remain that way beyond 8pm.
 
these 20 overs of play could be crucial, if we can get a 200 run lead by close of play, could declare at lunch tomorrow and set them 300+ in 55 overs
 
Randy Ostrich said:
Oh rocky. 50 and gone
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Sounded a joke of a decision. Harris went up for an appeal on his own, strangled it because he knew it wasn't out but the finger was up and he had to go.

Also there are times where the '30 an out' cry is appropriate but players scoring 50+ at the Riverside at this moment in time are making match winning knocks.
 
rentaghost said:
Sounded a joke of a decision. Harris went up for an appeal on his own, strangled it because he knew it wasn't out but the finger was up and he had to go.

Also there are times where the '30 an out' cry is appropriate but players scoring 50+ at the Riverside at this moment in time are making match winning knocks.
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fast turning into an opening run machine. good stuff
 
I hope Collingwood goes for this tomorrow with his declaration. Just because Root done us over a few weeks ago he shouldn't turn negative. I love a positive declaration that forces a result.
 
BatEleven said:
I hope Collingwood goes for this tomorrow with his declaration. Just because Root done us over a few weeks ago he shouldn't turn negative. I love a positive declaration that forces a result.
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Agreed.

Weather looks good, 94 overs in the day and I would take the first 25 of those and have a right go. We have 9 wickets in hand and if (big if I know) we can rattle along at 6 an over for those 25, then we set them 300 in the remaining 64 at just under 5 an over and can have a little dart at them before lunch.

Might be enough to tempt them and I would back our bowlers to bring home the bacon. Pointless being cautious and settling for the draw. We won't win the championship that way and that's what we all want at the end of the day. Fortune favours the brave should be the motto.
 
tynevalleyblackcat said:
Agreed.

Weather looks good, 94 overs in the day and I would take the first 25 of those and have a right go. We have 9 wickets in hand and if (big if I know) we can rattle along at 6 an over for those 25, then we set them 300 in the remaining 64 at just under 5 an over and can have a little dart at them before lunch.

Might be enough to tempt them and I would back our bowlers to bring home the bacon. Pointless being cautious and settling for the draw. We won't win the championship that way and that's what we all want at the end of the day. Fortune favours the brave should be the motto.
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96 in a day innit?? Bat for a session at 5 an over was my thoughts. Lead of 312, declare at Lunch, 64 overs to win it.

I backed Colly before and I'd back him again. I still say he made the right choice v Yorkshire. Anyone else other than Root wouldn't have beaten us.
 
brandon said:
96 in a day innit?? Bat for a session at 5 an over was my thoughts. Lead of 312, declare at Lunch, 64 overs to win it.

I backed Colly before and I'd back him again. I still say he made the right choice v Yorkshire. Anyone else other than Root wouldn't have beaten us.
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It's only 94 overs playing time, we'll lose two overs for the changeover.

He made the wrong choice in declaring against Yorkshire when he did because we lost, the reasons why he declared were right, but the the timing was wrong which was proved by the result.
 
Harry Lime said:
It's only 94 overs playing time, we'll lose two overs for the changeover.

He made the wrong choice in declaring against Yorkshire when he did because we lost, the reasons why he declared were right, but the the timing was wrong which was proved by the result.
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Won't lose 2 if we declare at lunch. Need to push on and try and get 150 in that first session
 
You don't lose any overs if you declare during an interval. So if we declare at Lunch we'll have 64 overs to bowl them out.

It's all about opinions. I still say he made the right choice. You don't win titles by being negative and drawing a load of games...... Nor do you stay up that way.
 
Harry Lime said:
It's only 94 overs playing time, we'll lose two overs for the changeover.

He made the wrong choice in declaring against Yorkshire when he did because we lost, the reasons why he declared were right, but the the timing was wrong which was proved by the result.
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That's a bit lame. The nature of the 4 day game means there are times when you may declare and lose in order to try and win a game. Its about weighing up the odds and the odds were against a batsman playing the best knock seen at the Riverside in years.
 
rentaghost said:
That's a bit lame. The nature of the 4 day game means there are times when you may declare and lose in order to try and win a game. Its about weighing up the odds and the odds were against a batsman playing the best knock seen at the Riverside in years.
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Colly himself went on record after the game to say he got the timing of the declaration wrong, he felt his hands were tied by the weather and was also caught out by the flatness of the pitch.

So, if even he admits the timing was wrong how come others think it was right?
 
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