smoker
Striker
Got owa there quickly. Or perhaps Marty was mistaken about it being Potts with the helmets.
Wood is nee number 3
No its him
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What relation is James Harmison to Ben and Steve?
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Wood is nee number 3
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What relation is James Harmison to Ben and Steve?
wayne entwhistle no9
Winger
Middle brother.
WishyWashy
Central Defender
Got to hope the new ball does the trick.
smoker
Striker
New ball next over
WishyWashy
Central Defender
Get in. Salisbury needed that.
WishyWashy
Central Defender
Done and dusted. New ball really did the job there. Lead of 208.
No, bat again.
smoker
Striker
I would probably agree, but its in that twilight zone between having tired bowlers and not enough time to bowl them out.
wayne entwhistle no9
Winger
51 overs remaining possibly bat for 40 overs get the lead to 350/370 and have 10 overs at them tonight.
Be too short on runs in that scenario*.
*Not my view, but will be the teams I would guess.
smoker
Striker
Ashington 219 all out. 102 from Jack Mccarthy who used to be a Durham academy player. Don't think we are chasing that down.
We (Durham) need to put bat on ball for a declaration tonight.
370 should be plenty
We (Durham) need to put bat on ball for a declaration tonight.
370 should be plenty
Can't see the argument for Poytner's inclusion. Eckersley has proven that keeping wicket doesn't adversely affect his batting whilst Poytner and Trevaskis have almost identical batting records. We're never going to develop a spinner unless we give them opportunities if the match situation arises. At the very least he offers economy in the middle overs.Ha’way the lads. Nice and overcast this morning
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To @smoker and @GordonMuchallNo1Fan - I’m minded to believe that the club (Franklin/Borthwick) have got the selection right at present.....? I certainly don’t think there’s any controversy there.
Eckersley has been relieved of the gloves and it’s paid dividends for his batting, they clearly think that he’s the best option for number 6 in a team which historically has been short of runs. Poynter hasn’t pulled up any trees yet this season batting wise but his glove work has been decent.
I think in a comparison or a fight for selection with any other member of the squad, Eckersley and Poynter in this example have more pedigree based on their body of work than the likes of Clark, Jones, Dickson, etc. The club feel those two are the best bet for numbers 6 and 7 and up to now, I can’t see how anyone can really criticise that?
As for Trevaskis, as much as I’d love to see him come in and flourish, he’s got no real pedigree in red ball cricket with either bat or ball to suggest he’s worthy of slotting in above 8. Durham clearly like the dynamic of having bowlers who can bat, it’s long since been the strategy for producing young players, it’s why we have produced a ridiculous (in a good way) amount of bowlers who can hold a bat and contribute runs. It’s probably a product of having years of pitches where the average first innings score is sub-200 and therefore needing lads down the order to score runs but I’m digressing here.
Unfortunately for us, we don’t have a ‘premier’ finger spinner, it’s been mentioned time and time again throughout our history in fact as an area of real stress and difficulty in both the bowling of spin and the playing of it. You can count on one hand the number of truly great spin bowlers we’ve had since 1993.
Unfortunately that doesn’t look like sorting itself anytime soon. Irony is, Ryan Pringle would probably be a decent option to come in 7/8 and give Eckersley the gloves back, but he’s long gone.
Agree on the bat on ball point, we need to have atleast 8 overs at them tonight in my view. With regard the total, it’s still a good pitch, I’d tend to agree with you but having controlled the entirety of this game since about midday on Thursday I don’t think the skipper will want to leave any chance of a defeat.
Badger and Bedingham are quite positive players anyway.
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Durham 29-0 (12 overs) Young 19*, Lees 10*.
This is easily the biggest opening partnership of the season
beating the previous best of 11.
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