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LVCC - Somerset v Durham

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Safc_Luke said:
Kent 34/7 :lol:
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We mightn't do any better yet :eek:. They could end up following on after only trailing by 252 at the start of the innings :-O

"The ball after a nice cover drive for four, Thomas gets once to bounce a bit more and James Hildreth takes an excellent leaping catch at slip."

We've been dropping such catches lately.
 
To be fair our batting averages in general are awful.

For comparison Somerset have five players in their lineup who average over 40, we dont have any. Only Colly (just) averages over 35. Fair enough Taunton is a flat track but thats a worrying stat.

24/3, f***ing awful on a track like Taunton.
 
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willo said:
To be fair our batting averages in general are awful.

For comparison Somerset have five players in their lineup who average over 40, we dont have any. Only Colly (just) averages over 35. Fair enough Taunton is a flat track but thats a worrying stat.
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Stoneman's stats in particular are worrying. He was talking earlier on in the season about how he was being mentioned for England. He is nowhere near that standard and looking at his innings so far this season, bar 1 against Yorkshire I'd suggest he needs to knuckle down and forget any distracting talk:
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Basically in 6 first class matches so far he has scored 44 runs plus the 131 against Yorkshire in 9 innings. Take out the Yorkshire score and it means 44 runs in 8 innings.

His first class average - 26, coming up 27 years of age - is 29.

brandon said:
@DurhamCricket: Paul Collingwood has won the toss and we will bat first on a sunny day at Taunton.

Good start.

Stuart Rainer interestingly writes - "It's a hazy, warm morning at Taunton and the pitch looks pretty green, but many is the captain to have fallen for that one in this fixture in recent years."
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Can anyone remember playing Lancashire at Aigburth a couple of season ago. It was warm, hazy day and we were skittled out for about 90. Callum Thorp then came on and the ball was moving all over the shop and they got skittled out for about 85?
 
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willo said:
Thought Stoneman made good progress last year but he is struggling badly this season. Basically a walking wicket every game and we are normally always 1 down before we get to 20. Shite
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Hopefully it means that his bad spell is now, every player has one during the season, and he will come good soon.
 
The Omega Man said:
Be interesting too see what happens when they bat particularly with rushworth moving it about the place.
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I expect that by the time they bat (this afternoon) the pitch and overhead conditions will mean there's no movement whatsoever. According to Rainer of the Chronicle now seems likely to be the best bowling conditions of the match.

I can only hope that the forecast rain over the next couple of days can juice the wicket up nicely for our seam trio.

The Omega Man said:
Be interesting too see what happens when they bat particularly with rushworth moving it about the place.
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I expect that by the time they bat (this afternoon) the pitch and overhead conditions will mean there's no movement whatsoever. According to Rainer of the Chronicle now seems likely to be the best bowling conditions of the match.

I can only hope that the forecast rain over the next couple of days can juice the wicket up nicely for our seam trio.
 
brandon said:
I expect that by the time they bat (this afternoon) the pitch and overhead conditions will mean there's no movement whatsoever. According to Rainer of the Chronicle now seems likely to be the best bowling conditions of the match.

I can only hope that the forecast rain over the next couple of days can juice the wicket up nicely for our seam trio.
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so you want it to rain therefore not wanting us to win
 
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