Durham v Kent (h) C.C. ( 3/4/26)

[Hetty]

Marty:

Umpires have said there will be no play before tea, which is scheduled for 3.40pm. They may well call it off for the day after that.Although we have a stiff wind, they say it’s a cold wind and not really helping to dry things up.

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[Parkside]

You know the answer already


The pavements around the ground are usually a good judge of the moisture within the field given our international calibre drainage.

It wasn’t as though we had rainfall worthy of building an ark. It must be dry by now

pavements are dry within half an hour of rain stopping even after a deluge but I'd agree it's now ideal drying conditions.

Dips his head and looks away from the ball at point of delivery. Troy Cooley said he'd have a stress fracture if he kept doing this, ironically he had a stress fracture in the remodelled action, also lost 10 mph of pace so switched back.

Can you imagine what contemporary England coaches would make of Frank Tyson?

I'd prefer to imagine Tyson's reply to such coaches.

 

[The Red Telephone]

Marty:

Umpires have said there will be no play before tea, which is scheduled for 3.40pm. They may well call it off for the day after that.Although we have a stiff wind, they say it’s a cold wind and not really helping to dry things up.

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A cold wind in the first week of April...what's the chances of that?

 

[Aidan11]

The grass on my lawn is longer than that on the wicket and mine is bone dry.

 

[Inside Forward]

3.40pm pitch inspection

Fuck sake man.

 

[Raymondo]

3.40pm pitch inspection

They’ve f****d about all day.
Marty has BlueSkied (is that a thing) to say the umpires reckon a cold wind doesn’t dry things. I’ve never heard so much garbage in all my life.

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

They’ve f****d about all day.
Marty has BlueSkied (is that a thing) to say the umpires reckon a cold wind doesn’t dry things. I’ve never heard so much garbage in all my life.

Me and the wife have just burst out laughing when they said a cold wind doesn't dry things . Fyi Blue sky is the alternative to X (twitter)

 

[Raymondo]

Me and the wife have just burst out laughing when they said a cold wind doesn't dry things . Fyi Blue sky is the alternative to X (twitter)

I know that, I just don’t know what the word is for when you post something. Like how a tweet is a tweet .

 

[Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan]

From what I understand the wind blew the cover in such a way that it dumped a whole load of water on the pitch, soaking it rather than wetting it. I'm sure the wind will dry the top surface. It will create a crust. If a ball hits a crust which is supported by wet mush, you can imagine what happens. I think it needs to dry to a certain depth.

 

[Carteron]

So wicket is wet, and everything else is sorted. Great job all involved then.....

 

[Raymondo]

53 minutes until the call off

 

[thewearsider]

Whole thing has been a mess, could cost Durham a win if they dont get some overs tonight. Big wind and virtually no rain all day ..... get on with it !!

 

[Monument View]

The umpires have been right fannies in this game
They've been off and on and quicker than Katie Prices knickers
If a cloud no bigger than my thumbnail has blotted out the sun for half a second they have been quicker than Usain Bolt in rushing off.
IMO of course

 

[Raymondo]

It’s us who will be disadvantaged if the wicket is wet, so why not just crack on if our lads want to play

The umpires have been right fannies in this game
They've been off and on and quicker than Katie Prices knickers
If a cloud no bigger than my thumbnail has blotted out the sun for half a second they have been quicker than Usain Bolt in rushing off.
IMO of course

The early finish on Day 1 was an absolute joke. 9 balls to bowl, not a cloud in the sky, but because there was a shadow on the pitch they went off.

 

[Aidan11]

I think the umpires will come out at 3.40, shake their heads and say that's it for the day.

 

[Dexter]

It’s us who will be disadvantaged if the wicket is wet, so why not just crack on if our lads want to play

Because that’s not how cricket works as I’m sure you know. The umpires need to make a reasoned judgement on the state of the pitch, everyone here is just pissed because it’s holding up a Durham win.

 

[Raymondo]

Because that’s not how cricket works as I’m sure you know. The umpires need to make a reasoned judgement on the state of the pitch, everyone here is just pissed because it’s holding up a Durham win.

I wouldn’t be so sure, listen to the latest Stick to Cricket podcast - plenty times when they’ll just get on with it despite the pitch being damp.

Inspection was due 8 minutes ago, have they bothered?

 

[Aidan11]

If there is play, I wonder if we'll get a stream. There isn't one on at present.

 

[Raymondo]

If there is play, I wonder if we'll get a stream. There isn't one on at present.

No reason why not, if the camera at the Finchale End is out of action they can just do it all from the one end.

 

[Aidan11]

Any word on the inspection. They must have had a good look by now.