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County Cricket 2025
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danthemanSAFC
Winger
Watching a Somerset stream on day 4 of a county championship match is becoming the new norm.
Turner the Cat
Midfield
MustardAndOnions
Winger
Come on Essex snd somerset, we can’t have surrey winning this year
Theyre a really good side, helps having some of the best private schools in the country near them but not their fault
Theyre a really good side, helps having some of the best private schools in the country near them but not their fault
Turner the Cat
Midfield
Essex drawn now
11,000 watching the Somerset stream now.
I thought Leach got the final wicket just then.
Voice of fair play
Striker
Really hope Somerset do it, but they should have declared earlier imo
Turner the Cat
Midfield
I would have declared and made Worcestershire face a few overs before the end of the day rather than wait and declare early the next.
I still didnt expect Worcestershire to put up such a good fight. Credit to them.
danthemanSAFC
Winger
How many CC games get to 200 overs? Can’t think of many. I first thought of the game where Brian Lara scored 501 against us for Warks, they got 810/4 that day but only batted for 135 overs!
It’s very easy to say that Somerset should’ve declared earlier but you’d expect to get 10 wickets in 200 overs
Voice of fair play
Striker
Tbf mate if you look back in the thread said the same on Saturday night a couple of times ,was concerned they would bat on for Banton which I thought was wrong decision rather than declare overnight
Get your point and 99 times out of 100 you would not expect that, but to bat to 670 after Worcs only got what they did in the first innings was too much imo
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MustardAndOnions
Winger
Im not sure about that like
This is a freak thing batting for this long for a draw, how many overs do you need if 200 is not enough?!?
It’s not why they didn’t win the game at all
They had 200 overs
200!!!
Voice of fair play
Striker
The point I am trying to make mate is that Worcs only got 154 in the first innings so did Somerset need to have a over 500 lead?
Like I said on Saturday night they should have declared when they had an over 400 lead.
There was no need at all really to bat again on the Sunday morning what was the point other than to let Banton score more?
Of course your right 200 overs should 99.9% of the time be enough but it was more the principle to put team before individual I was getting at.
It’s a fair point to say that extra time batting on the Sunday morning could have made the difference between winning and drawing although of course 200 overs should have been enough
I am not saying anything I did not say on Saturday night at the time
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MustardAndOnions
Winger
Yeah but you were wrong on Saturday night too snd you’re still wrong on Monday night
Voice of fair play
Striker
What was the point though of Somerset batting again on the Sunday morning?
Can’t think of any reason why that could have been the right decision when they were already over 400 ahead?
I am confused how you can’t see that extra time may have given them more chance to take that 1 extra wicket
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GordonMuchallNo1Fan
Striker
Well done Worcestershire
Voice of fair play
Striker
‘Somerset would almost certainly have won if they had not batted on so long. Needing 670 to feel safe is a poverty-stricken way of playing, which met with its just reward’
Above is a quote taken from comments on the BBC website
So not just me wrong mate
Leach isn’t going to bowl out Head etc if he can’t bowl out Worcester in 200 overs
MustardAndOnions
Winger
Leach isn’t going to bowl out Head etc if he can’t bowl out Worcester in 200 overs
How did Bashir get on?
They had 200 overs man
200!
Voice of fair play
Striker
I wish you would read posts properly mate?How did Bashir get on?
They had 200 overs man
200!
I have accepted more than accepted 200 overs should be enough.
But I making the point more time would have gave them more chance to win the game which you have not answered?
And you have also not answered what was the point in Somerset batting again on the Sunday morning
MustardAndOnions
Winger
Who says they would have won with a few more overs? the game would not have ended up the exact same way, they might have conceded a lead.
Voice of fair play
Striker
I didn’t say they would have won, I said they would have had more chance of winning if they declared on Saturday night rather than batting on Sunday morning?
I really can’t see how that can be disputed?
Or why they needed to bat on soo long there was no reason too?
Imo they batted on further to see if Banton could break more records as thought game in the bag.
Which whether they would have won or not is the wrong way to look at cricket matches, team should always come first
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