• The forums will be unavailable for a few hours on Saturday 6th June, when they do return they will initially be in a degraded state with some features missing, but normal posting/reading will be possible. The main website will not be affected by these updates.
    New user registrations are currently disabled.
    Some other features of the forum are also currently disabled.

CC : Hampshire v Durham


Bri said:
Think he's from Zimbabwe, he mentioned about watching a lot of his cricket at Harare or something.
The remarkable thing about this innings is that all wickets that have fallen so far are to a spinner and the one that wasn't was a run out. That says something about the pitch imho, and it also says something about our seamers. ie it confirmed that they didn't have much to work with pitchwise.
Click to expand...

The most telling thing for me is how little their skipper has bowled their seamers. Clearly knows the pitch is garbage and doesn’t fancy bowling them into the ground.
Inside Forward said:
Hopefully get the lead down to under 100 before we’re all out.
Click to expand...

Hopefully come back tomorrow and still batting.
 
brandon said:
The most telling thing for me is how little their skipper has bowled their seamers. Clearly knows the pitch is garbage and doesn’t fancy bowling them into the ground.


Hopefully come back tomorrow and still batting.
Click to expand...
Hopefully our lass climbs the page three stunner tree and when she falls out she hits every branch on the way down
 
I've been disappointed/surprised about the number of teams we have faced this year who have been defensive and happy to settle for the draw. Hampshire being a prime example in this game by batting too long and not looking to increase the scoring rate at any point during the 145+ overs, and then in the field having a number of fielders on the boundary happily letting us tick along under no pressure.
 
SuperSub said:
I've been disappointed/surprised about the number of teams we have faced this year who have been defensive and happy to settle for the draw. Hampshire being a prime example in this game by batting too long and not looking to increase the scoring rate at any point during the 145+ overs, and then in the field having a number of fielders on the boundary happily letting us tick along under no pressure.
Click to expand...
I think before we look at other counties we need to look at ourselves and how are we going to take 20 wickets to win on these wickets.
 
wayne entwhistle no9 said:
I think before we look at other counties we need to look at ourselves and how are we going to take 20 wickets to win on these wickets.
Click to expand...
Struggle for a lot of sides at the moment with the flat wickets. Doesn't make for exciting cricket, but Durham have done what is needed again so far today. Need to start and see some better prepared wickets. Hopefully Blackpool produces that.
 
wayne entwhistle no9 said:
I think before we look at other counties we need to look at ourselves and how are we going to take 20 wickets to win on these wickets.
Click to expand...
The pitch issue is another thing most counties need to reconsider, it goes hand in hand with too many teams settling for draws. It says a lot that the best wicket we have seen from a Durham perspective for the bat/ball balance has been an outground (Kidderminster).
For example this is the 3rd match this season at the Rose Bowl and they've yet to make it to the 4th innings.
 
GordonMuchallNo1Fan said:
Struggle for a lot of sides at the moment with the flat wickets. Doesn't make for exciting cricket, but Durham have done what is needed again so far today. Need to start and see some better prepared wickets. Hopefully Blackpool produces that.
Click to expand...
One thing Durham seamers aren't doing this season is swinging the ball. I have just watched the part of Warwickshire innings at the Oval and they have been bundled out by reverse swing.
 
SuperSub said:
I've been disappointed/surprised about the number of teams we have faced this year who have been defensive and happy to settle for the draw. Hampshire being a prime example in this game by batting too long and not looking to increase the scoring rate at any point during the 145+ overs, and then in the field having a number of fielders on the boundary happily letting us tick along under no pressure.
Click to expand...
I was a bit surprised when the ECB increased the number of points for a draw this season back to what it was. I thought it worked pretty well last season.
 
A very pleasing solid peformance today and draw looks to be on the cards.

Hampshire will regret not declaring at around 400 thereby giving themselves time to knock out a decent second innings for Durham to chase. The Lads have shown that they are going to be a tough nut to crack.
 
consettsafc said:
Hopefully our lass climbs the page three stunner tree and when she falls out she hits every branch on the way down
Click to expand...

Well, we’re still batting :eek:
Bri said:
I was a bit surprised when the ECB increased the number of points for a draw this season back to what it was. I thought it worked pretty well last season.
Click to expand...

It just seems like another utterly braindead decision from FTECB which is opposite to what everyone else wants.

I’m yet to hear anyone speak in favour of it, while plenty of players/coaches/pundits have said it was the wrong decision.
 
Last edited:
smoker said:
Despite this, we've been second best in those games and come out with fewer batting and bowling points than the opposition. Worcestershire aside, our much vaunted bowling attack has struggled (our leading wicket taker is the attritional Parkinson) and there's a weakness in the upper batting order caused by a makeshift opener with an exploitable weakness.

Disappointing how he hasn't kicked on. I'm with England on this debate. He should bowl flat out for impact and not worry about figures. Also fuck knows why we signed Glover.
Click to expand...

I don't really agree we have been second best. Neither team looked like winning, bonus point accumulation only tells part of the story
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top