English county season 2008 (II)

Derbyshire have Yorkshire 54-4 off 21 overs.

Take that Trueman, you bitter, arrogant, shit-tip.

Langevedlt - 2/10 off 6 overs. And you scoffed when I said he was going to be class in English cricket.

Langevedlt - 2/10 off 6 overs. And you scoffed when I said he was going to be class in English cricket.

Actually, he probably scoffed because Langeveldt is another spongeing Saffie kolpaker expoloiting the all round shiteness of Direbyshire....

No, I was there you see. He whinged because I was bigging Langevedlt up for the coming season.

Turns out I was right. 9 wickets at 20 in the championship and 10 wickets at 14 in List A.

Averaging 32 with the bat in CC too. I don't see how he's sponging when he's one of the best bowlers in the second division and other young English batsman are having to face him.

Mon 26
12:00 local, 11:00 GMT Friends Provident Trophy
Midlands Division - Leicestershire v Warwickshire
Oakham School Ground

Mon 26
12:00 local, 11:00 GMT Friends Provident Trophy
Midlands Division - Nottinghamshire v Ireland
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Mon 26
12:00 local, 11:00 GMT Friends Provident Trophy
North Division - Durham v Derbyshire
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

Mon 26
12:00 local, 11:00 GMT Friends Provident Trophy
North Division - Yorkshire v Scotland
Headingley, Leeds

Mon 26
12:00 local, 11:00 GMT Friends Provident Trophy
South East Division - Kent v Middlesex
Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells

Mon 26
12:00 local, 11:00 GMT Friends Provident Trophy
South East Division - Sussex v Essex
Horntye Park, Hastings

Mon 26
12:00 local, 11:00 GMT Friends Provident Trophy
South/West Division - Hampshire v Glamorgan
The Rose Bowl, Southampton

Mon 26
12:00 local, 11:00 GMT Friends Provident Trophy
South/West Division - Somerset v Gloucestershire
Recreation Ground, Bath



Anyone going along to any of these, weather permitting, tomorrow?

Hopefully off to Trent Bridge for the Ireland game with a mate from Sheffield, and probably the old man and one or two other more local friends.

I really hope it's on, just had a text from said Sheffield pal informing me that his latest crazy pursuit* is The 366 Club, 366 days this year, and 366 different pubs to visit, and he wants to use tomorrow as a boost to his total if the cricket's not on . . . groan, work on Tuesday could be fun.

* - A few years ago we had each other zig-zagging across the country to all sorts of diabolical non-league footballing outposts as we attempted to have the highest aggregate of total grounds in Europe visited at the end of the season. I think Level 9 of the pyramid was the cut off point, but even so the worst game I went to was a 0-0 draw on a wet Tuesday night, a 50+ mile round trip, along with 46 other hardy souls.

Went to the Glos game. Awesome.

PearlJ wrote:Went to the Glos game. Awesome.

Oh yes, the unintentional Twenty20!

Sounded like a cracker!

Big_Bad_Bob wrote:

PearlJ wrote:Went to the Glos game. Awesome.

Oh yes, the unintentional Twenty20!

Sounded like a cracker!

Yup, I'm not a big fan of T20 on TV. But they are great fun live.

Pears beat Glamorgan, but it looks like we have to beat Glos AND someone has to beat Somerset for us to get through to the q/finals.

Essex doing their best to not qualify from an impregnable position!

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Derbyshire have Yorkshire 54-4 off 21 overs.

Take that Trueman, you bitter, arrogant, shit-tip.

'Bitter'? Yes. 'Shit-tip'? Yes. 'Arrogant'? Never. Another time, another place, maybe, but not here.

Anyway, what did Yorkshires dismal 54-4 off 21 overs get you? One point, that's what it got you, the same one point as what we got. Congratulations.

The fact that you're virtually celebrating a washout says it all.

Sunny in Notts.

For now . . .

Essex through to the FPT QF following the washout in the SE division.

Huzzah - the highlight of our season...

I think BBB's gone to Trent Bridge to see the Ireland game. Ireland need 40 off the last 5 to win...

Nottinghamshire win by 1 run.
Phew!

I see that Steve Harmison bowled second change behind his brother Ben against Derby today. Oh dear....

Augustus wrote:Nottinghamshire win by 1 run.
Phew!

Sounds odd, but it was the most comfortable 1 run victory I've ever seen.

Apart from the opening burst from Rampaul, a decent opening stand when they batted and a brief spell about 8 overs from the end when the RRR came down to 7.43 they were never really in the game.

Each time they failed to press home their apparent advantage and Notts were soon back in control.

I suppose the fact that they went into the final ball with a chance of the win - O'Brien needed to clear the ropes - makes a mockery of my assertion, however - but that was how I saw it at the time.

Very strange game and bleedin' freezing!

Interesting stat on Ask Steven this week - Stewart Law has the most First Class centuries without having scored a Test ton - with 78.

I see Sky have decided to show the Yorks/Lancs FPT game.

Do they never look at the forecast before picking their games - its going to lash down all day

Lesson #1.

Never believe a politician or a weather forecaster.

Bloody hell - Lancy are embarrasing themselves live on t'telly.... 52/6

JKLever wrote:Bloody hell - Lancy are embarrasing themselves live on t'telly.... 52/6

63/8 - yowzer.

I think 89/9 constitutes something of a revival then.

You've woofed em'

F*ck. We're getting rolled by l'Ireland at the moment. 168/8 - we've a cracking batting line-up too... batting down to 10. Mental. Obvo a good bowling pitch, but still...