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CC: Durham v Kent

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mackembhoy said:
They would have needed 5.37 an over had we set them 300 to win.

Absolutely no point setting them 371. Especially when a defeat really doesn't matter to us.

Kent will be delighted they've stolen a draw.
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i imagine they'll not, it guarantees them no chance of promotion now.

they'd probably have preferred a more sporting declaration
 
Positives - we've outplayed one of the better sides in Div 2. Onions and Weighell have earned themselves another year if finances allow. And we can look forward to a serious promotion push for 2018. Well done lads.
 
The Voice Of Reason said:
What did it have to do with luck today ?
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i think there were arguably 3 main contributors - the umpires decisions yesterday to twice bring them off in not-bad-light, the extra 10 overs and 3 times in the last 7 or 8 overs misfielding billings to let him keep the strike for the next over
 
Twisted said:
i think there were arguably 3 main contributors - the umpires decisions yesterday to twice bring them off in not-bad-light, the extra 10 overs and 3 times in the last 7 or 8 overs misfielding billings to let him keep the strike for the next over
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Can blame umpires as much as we want ( and they were poor ) but to bat on that length of time was ridiculous they wouldn't have scored the runs in another session
 
gowlcra said:
Was a little odd and had Wood been able to bowl more than a handful of overs we may have won. Good game and good to see a few players step up....
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oh aye, woody may well have made a different, we really bowled rushy & bunny into the ground searching for those last few wickets

The Voice Of Reason said:
Can blame umpires as much as we want ( and they were poor ) but to bat on that length of time was ridiculous they wouldn't have scored the runs in another session
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i agree, but they probably cost us 10-20 overs which would have given us a lead much quicker changing when the decision would have come and even had we set the same target had it been in far more overs would have given them a sniff of chasing it and us more time to get wickets.

tbh i can live with the result. after all the years of rob key being a dick and kent being a bogey side for us in the pjyama stuff not even giving them a chance of chasing successfully thereby killing their chance of promotion... :cool::cool:
 
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Yes perhaps a declaration a tad earlier but they were so close to getting it spot on. Fine margins in sport.
 
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