Sport Cricket - Summer 2021

[SteMerritt]

Summer is here! ☀ ❄ ❄ New County Championship season starting today, and a new format with 3 groups.

Middx v Somerset live from Lord's:

 

[Foley]

England seem to be cramming the games in this year.
Tests v New Zealand and 5 v India and then various white ball games v NZ , Sri Lanka, Pakistan.

 

[Foley]

In the County Championship presumably the groups are regional? Is this COVID-19 driven?

 

[SteMerritt]

Not regional, Kent are in with Yorkshire for example. You can read more about the format here...

What to look out for in the County Championship

With the County Championship making an eagerly anticipated return on Thursday, here's a look at who and what to watch out for.

www.bbc.co.uk

Good start for my lot, currently 188-3 v Somerset, Sam Robson 122no. It won't last...

 

[Foley]

Not regional, Kent are in with Yorkshire for example. You can read more about the format here...

What to look out for in the County Championship

With the County Championship making an eagerly anticipated return on Thursday, here's a look at who and what to watch out for.

www.bbc.co.uk

Good start for my lot, currently 188-3 v Somerset, Sam Robson 122no. It won't last...

You were right!
291 for 8

My lot (Sussex) had a fantastic few years when Mushtaq was there a few years ago, but have been pretty average since.
Middlesex are ok at the moment?

 

[SteMerritt]

You were right!
291 for 8

My lot (Sussex) had a fantastic few years when Mushtaq was there a few years ago, but have been pretty average since.
Middlesex are ok at the moment?

Sam Robson got 165 of them, nobody else past 23...

Middx have been on the decline since winning the County Championship a few years back. Batting tends to be pretty fragile, especially since the loss of Malan to Yorkshire, bowlers usually do a decent job. Will probably finish in the middle of the group. I don't think we would have really troubled the Div 2 promotion race this time around if the format was as usual.

Sussex are a decent county, I've a good mate who lives in Brighton so always a good bit of banter around the games.

 

[SteMerritt]

Middx 313, Somerset 72-6, Bamber 3-13, big year for him ahead hopefully.

 

[Foley]

Murtagh has been going for years and years. Still doing it.
Is Bamber an English young bowler?

 

[SteMerritt]

Murtagh has been going for years and years. Still doing it.
Is Bamber an English young bowler?

Yeah, 23 or so. Been around the England youth setups but flattered to deceive a little in the Middx first XI. Had a loan last season to Gloucestershire I think it was and got some wickets, came back a different bowler.

 

[makv]

Not regional, Kent are in with Yorkshire for example. You can read more about the format here...

What to look out for in the County Championship

With the County Championship making an eagerly anticipated return on Thursday, here's a look at who and what to watch out for.

www.bbc.co.uk

Good start for my lot, currently 188-3 v Somerset, Sam Robson 122no. It won't last... [emoji16]

And I thought Duckworth-Lewis-Stern was complicated…

 

[Foley]

And I thought Duckworth-Lewis-Stern was complicated…

Just a bit isn't it.

 

[SteMerritt]

Ethan Bamber interviewed after day 2. Looks about 12

 

[Foley]

Ethan Bamber interviewed after day 2. Looks about 12

Your lot still slighy favourites.
If they don't win Somerset scoring 80 odd for the last wicket won't have helped (Jack Leach is a decent No 11)

 

[SteMerritt]

Your lot still slighy favourites.
If they don't win Somerset scoring 80 odd for the last wicket won't have helped (Jack Leach is a decent No 11)

We had a bit of a collapse today from a really strong position, lost 4-4 at one point, not great watching I'd not put money on finishing it...

Sussex-Lancs got draw all over it.

 

[SteMerritt]

I'd not put money on finishing it...

...and Somerset complete a 4 wicket win.

 

[Marked Ox]

...and Somerset complete a 4 wicket win.

The joys of being a sports fan.

 

[SteMerritt]

The joys of being a sports fan.

Yep, Middx are the cricketing OUFC, get themselves into some really good positions, then find 'interesting' ways to stuff it all up... Still, would be boring to win all the time

 

[SteMerritt]

Injured Stokes out of IPL - Royals

England all-rounder Ben Stokes is out of the Indian Premier League with a broken finger, his Rajasthan Royals team say.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[SteMerritt]

Oh FFS Middx!!!

 

[Oufcrealist]

Injured Stokes out of IPL - Royals

England all-rounder Ben Stokes is out of the Indian Premier League with a broken finger, his Rajasthan Royals team say.

www.bbc.co.uk

He is flying home for an op this weekend. Could be out for three months. Will definitely miss the NZ tests and some of the white ball matches after against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Should be ok for India series in August.