LVCC - Durham v Middlesex

[mackembhoy]

365-3. Bonus point for Middlesex. Richardson made 4. Stalking slightly now. I'd settle for steady consolidation and 400-3 at Close now!

He slipped it's not like they got him out with great bowling

 

[brandon]

Scotty 150!! From 201 balls with 20 fours and a six. 378-3.

 

[Twisted]

urgh bastard richo slips and is run out

i thought you said ugly bastard richo at first

 

[brandon]

He slipped it's not like they got him out with great bowling

I'm not suggesting they did, I just mean it'd be disappointing after such a fantastic day if we let them get anymore wickets.

Murtagh reaches a ton...... 20 overs, 1 maiden, no wickets, 102 runs.

 

[mackembhoy]

I'm not suggesting they did, I just mean it'd be disappointing after such a fantastic day if we let them get anymore wickets.

Murtagh reaches a ton...... 20 overs, 1 maiden, no wickets, 102 runs.

madness when he's been one of the best bowlers in the championship this season

average gone up from 20 odd to 30 today

 

[Twisted]

newcastle is not in durham

 

[Mrjardine]

What has Finn looked like? Has his pace looked decent?

 

[brandon]

5 overs left today, Middlesex have slowed the over rate since the new ball was taken so we won't get any extra overs tonight. 398-3, ticking along very nicely.

madness when he's been one of the best bowlers in the championship this season

average gone up from 20 odd to 30 today

He's usually one of the stingiest too! So to go for 5 an over is madness

 

[Twisted]

What has Finn looked like? Has his pace looked decent?

chucked a beamer into stokes' chest a little while back.

i imagine he looks like normal, a big skinny public school boy

 

[brandon]

400 up

 

[mackembhoy]

There's the final batting point and the 400 up.

Stokes edging it for 4

 

[Dougal]

Nice four by Stokes off finn to get the fifth batting point - gerrin

 

[brandon]

Maximum batting points for the first time this season. From 92 overs. 53 fours and a six in it. Wonderful, wonderful batting performance. Borthwick 161*, Stokes 19*.

 

[Mrjardine]

chucked a beamer into stokes' chest a little while back.

i imagine he looks like normal, a big skinny public school boy

Insightful

 

[brandon]

Borthwick's First Class average has risen 1.61 during this knock.

 

[Twisted]

Insightful

cheers pal, happy to help

 

[brandon]

Stokes clean bowled by Finn for 23 from a shooter..... 411-4.

2.1 overs left and Wood comes in as a nightwatchman. Not sure I'm too pleased with that.

Mind it's nice to hear the pitch is misbehaving with us having 400+ in the bank

 

[mackembhoy]

Shame we've lost the wickets in this session, but to get 400 in the first day is incredible.

only 9 runs short of making 140 in every session which is absolutely crazy considering how batting has been at CLS in recent seasons

 

[brandon]

Shame we've lost the wickets in this session, but to get 400 in the first day is incredible.

only 9 runs short of making 140 in every session which is absolutely crazy considering how batting has been at CLS in recent seasons

I made a comment at Tea stating how even if we lost 3/4 wickets in this session we'd still be well in control, as the case has been. Batting has been excellent today. 4 wickets only in a day, one of which was a slip that caused a run out and another came courtesy of the pitch. Pretty flawless performance from Durham otherwise.

Close 411-4 Borthwick 164*, Wood 0*.

 

[Dougal]

Let's hope that the weather holds so we can get a result. Now down to our bowlers to get something out of the pitch ....