CC : Durham v Somerset

[Bri]

I thought all our bowlers did really well today. Tight lines, very few freebies, always asking questions. Siddle still looks pretty quick for an old fella. Brilliant to see Stokes moving so freely and bowling with pace, but also not relying on banging it in short all the time. Quality bowling. If he could buy a run he'd be in England fettle already. 15 wickets in 2 matches I think but only 20 runs too. I'm hoping he'll turn out for at least one of the June CC fixtures

We were 9 down when I set off for the ground today and I was delighted but slightly staggered to find we were still batting when I got there

Not only wasn't he bowling short but he was bowling long, longer than a good length. I reckon with the ball swinging he was bowling to the conditions, bowling long to give the ball more time to swing. And to be fair, he was sometimes bowling half volleys but Somerset couldn't score off them.

 

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Stokes bowling like he could take a wicket with every ball.

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[Lumley End]

Must admit I've got no complaints about this point deduction. We piss around quite a lot and that was a very late finish on day 1 as well. On this occasion I'm happy to get the hit. Delighted with the win. Several can offer a lot more which in many ways is a positive. We are solid at the moment. Still annoyed we didn't win last week .

I pointed out to the good lady at the time that we were -2 for a long time on the day like and thought we might’ve brought Parky on to recover it. She sensibly told me we should leave our normal bowlers on and win the game asap first… she was probably right.

 

[TwasOnTheFifthOfMay]

Ian Botham

Brian Rose!

Games against Somerset always feel a bit special to me as the first time I saw this fixture was at Stockton CC. I lived round the corner at the time, so got to see Hussey, Colly, Plunkett, Harmison, Caddick, Trescothick and Jayasuriya at the end of my road. Even then I felt bloody lucky to see players of that calibre at the local club.

I saw Mushtaq Mohammed play for Staffs against DCCC in the non league days at Stockton. He got a duck, 1st or 2nd ball.

 

[Hetty]