LVCC - Durham v Middlesex

[brandon]

According to Marty, John Hastings is here and could play tomorrow!! For me he should, aslong as he isn't jet-lagged to fuck he must be in the team.

 

[Aidan11]

Agreed.

 

[brandon]

We're Evens, they're 4-5.

The official website runs an article about the 2nd XI playing two T20 games against a NYSD League XI at Richmond tomorrow. The squad listed includes Gavin Main...... So it's either an ill-informed squad list (which wouldn't be new) or he's being left out tomorrow.

Durham squad:
Keaton Jennings 1
Mark Stoneman 23
Scott Borthwick 16
Michael Richardson 18
Ben Stokes 38
Paul Collingwood 5 *
Gordon Muchall 24
Phil Mustard 19 +
John Hastings 2
Usman Arshad 78
Mark Wood 33
Chris Rushworth 22
Gareth Breese 70

Middlesex Squad:
Chris Rogers *
Joe Denly
Neil Dexter
Steven Finn
James Harris
Dawid Malan
Tim Murtagh
Ravi Patel
Ollie Rayner
Sam Robson
Toby Roland-Jones
John Simpson+
Paul Stirling

Hard to see who misses out really. If Borthwick is fit to play then I'd guess Breese and Wood will miss out.

Hopefully our lot get straight home to bed after KOL. Seeing how half of the fuckers have been there.

Middlesex have won the toss and elected to field.

Stoneman
Jennings
Borthwick
Richardson
Stokes
Muchall
Collingwood
Mustard
Hastings
Wood
Rushworth

Surprised at no Arshad after his performance at Trent Bridge. Not surprised about Breese missing out. Very long batting lineup there so hopefully we can make good use of being inserted.

Murtagh and Finn share the new ball.

Malan drops Stonemab on 7 at first slip off Murtagh. A dolly.

52-0 off 10.2, wonderful start. Stoneman is 37*, Jennings is 14*

Rocky scoring very freely as usual while Jennings opts for a more watchful and cautious innings at the other end. Nowt wrong with that. Great start, beautiful morning.

Rocky 50!! (52* off 47 balls with 10 fours after being dropped on 7). 68-0 off 13 overs.

 

[mackembhoy]

What a bad decision by rogers superb stuff rocky

 

[brandon]

What a bad decision by rogers superb stuff rocky

To be fair they've bowled poorly on a slowish wicket. Similar to us v Yorkshire. Straighter deliveries have been testing.

 

[stephen cartwright]

thar looks a very canny durham team mind. looking forward to hastings in the t20.

 

[mackembhoy]

To be fair they've bowled poorly on a slowish wicket. Similar to us v Yorkshire. Straighter deliveries have been testing.

Well there's the breakthrough jennings playing on

 

[brandon]

82-1 Jennings played on. Disappointing. No foot movement at all and unlike Stoneman he's missed out.

Borthwick streakily off the mark with an edged four through gully.

Runs have dried up a touch with the change bowlers. Just need to concentrate here, don't want to lose another.

100-1 off 20 overs. Nice bit of symmetry about it. Stoneman 75*, Borthwick 6*. Great start still. Big 37 minutes coming up IMO, really don't want to lose any more before lunch.

For all we've raced along this morning and they've not bowled too well - when they have bowled decent lines and lengths there has been something to keep them interested. Hopefully that'll cease as the ball gets older (and hopefully we can bowl better L&L's when we bowl).

 

[snipes]

Cracking updates Brandon, cheers.

 

[stephen cartwright]

great start imo. rain forcast next three days. damn it

Cracking updates Brandon, cheers.

great stuff. little bit of training

 

[snipes]

great start imo. rain forcast next three days. damn it


great stuff. little bit of training

Ah man, I was hoping to get tomorrow. Will have to check the forecast.

 

[Marko]

Looks like a cracking innings from rocky. I don't want to say too much and jinx him

 

[brandon]

Certainly looks unlikely we'll see four full days of cricket -

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- hopefully we can make the most of today's sunshine (although we may get a shower later) and then skittle them twice in damp conditions .

130-1 - Stoneman 91*, Borthwick 20*.

LUNCH - 140-1, Stoneman

*LUNCH 140-1 - Stoneman 94* Borthwick 25*. Absolutely marvellous session. Run rate 4.66

 

[mackembhoy]

We might have just won that session like

 

[brandon]

We might have just won that session like

If we win the next two I think we'll be pretty much sure of not being able to lose the game!

 

[stephen cartwright]

lets hope for decent weather. that team plays regular and we will move away from thebottom, easily imo. add onions and we could get on a roll again

 

[brandon]

lets hope for decent weather. that team plays regular and we will move away from thebottom, easily imo. add onions and we could get on a roll again

The table is so tight that a win here would put us right amongst the top sides. Not suggesting we're title contenders just yet but last season was an example of how a poor start can be easily overcome.

 

[chopsfc007]

The table is so tight that a win here would put us right amongst the top sides. Not suggesting we're title contenders just yet but last season was an example of how a poor start can be easily overcome.

whats with the positive side of you know we were relegation candidates last week

 

[brandon]

I'm just stating facts Christopher. As I do all the time. You just perceive most of it to be negative.

ROCKY TON!! 103 from 105 balls with 17 fours.

150-1.

 

[chopsfc007]

I'm just stating facts Christopher. As I do all the time. You just perceive most of it to be negative.

ROCKY TON!! 103 from 105 balls with 17 fours.

150-1.

I think asking for rain lots is negative anyhow back to the cricket good hundred rocky now double it