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Post by denno97 on Sept 28, 2021 11:52:54 GMT
I can criticise Jimmy Anderson about some things, such as the bouncer war with India but I would never question his desire to play for Lancashire. That will be ECB . The other two don’t give a monkeys. Livingstone cares, and has played for Lancs more than Anderson and in all 3 formats |
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Post by alanw on Sept 28, 2021 11:56:32 GMT
I think it's ridiculous attempting to play first class cricket at this time of year. Conditions are going to have a big influence on the outcome and you are going to get weather interruptions. I am also struggling with the concept of this game 1st v 2nd when the county championship was awarded to Warwickshire last week. It made sense last year when the top two teams from the conference had a play off.
I wonder what Bob Willis would have made of this game?
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Post by Skimmer on Sept 28, 2021 12:10:46 GMT
This very late date for the Bob Willis Final Trophy is another issue caused down the line by the dreaded Hundred occupying prime time in high Summer. What should be a showpiece is in danger of becoming a fiasco this week.
Shame on the ECB.
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Post by werneth on Sept 28, 2021 12:20:16 GMT
I wonder what Bob Willis would have made of this game? He'd have wished he was bowling!! As I don't have Sky, I haven't seen any of the play but I get the impression that, pitch apart, several batsmen such as Bohannon and Jones have been out to poor shots. Anybody watching who can confirm or deny that? |
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Post by chris on Sept 28, 2021 12:39:54 GMT
I wonder what Bob Willis would have made of this game? He'd have wished he was bowling!! As I don't have Sky, I haven't seen any of the play but I get the impression that, pitch apart, several batsmen such as Bohannon and Jones have been out to poor shots. Anybody watching who can confirm or deny that? |
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Post by chris on Sept 28, 2021 12:51:05 GMT
I can criticise Jimmy Anderson about some things, such as the bouncer war with India but I would never question his desire to play for Lancashire. That will be ECB . The other two don’t give a monkeys. Livingstone cares, and has played for Lancs more than Anderson and in all 3 formats
Anderson 86 (first class), 61 (List A) and 24 (T20) total matches 171
Livingstone 56 (first class), 27 (List A), 70 (T20) total matches 153 |
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Post by alanw on Sept 28, 2021 13:03:19 GMT
Livingstone cares, and has played for Lancs more than Anderson and in all 3 formats
Anderson 86 (first class), 61 (List A) and 24 (T20) total matches 171
Livingstone 56 (first class), 27 (List A), 70 (T20) total matches 153Livingstone has had a terrible season in red ball cricket. Where as in contrast he has established himself in the England T20 team and had a good Hundred. Can anybody really blame him for going to the IPL to earn some cash and getting some match practice before the World T20 rather than play in a first class game in the last week in September. I think how his season has gone is more about the structure of English cricket than about his desire to play for Lancashire. Jimmy's absence from this game seems totally ridiculous to me. As has been pointed out he has not played for three weeks and his next game is going to be December at the earliest. |
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Post by werneth on Sept 28, 2021 13:07:37 GMT
He'd have wished he was bowling!! As I don't have Sky, I haven't seen any of the play but I get the impression that, pitch apart, several batsmen such as Bohannon and Jones have been out to poor shots. Anybody watching who can confirm or deny that? Thanks very much for that, don't know how I missed it. |
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Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2021 14:19:33 GMT
If the game is ruined by rain then if I’m led to believe the result is based on the first innings score so we may just be struggling on that
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Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2021 14:46:18 GMT
Two catches dropped in Wood’s first over
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Post by exile on Sept 28, 2021 14:49:00 GMT
Lancashire look as if they don't want to be there.
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Post by alanw on Sept 28, 2021 14:52:22 GMT
Lancashire look as if they don't want to be there. |
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Post by exile on Sept 28, 2021 15:10:31 GMT
Well it's Warwickshire's trophy whatever happens now because Lancs surely can't win. We've not done anything right in this match so far: batted poorly (in admittedly more than difficult circumstances); bowled poorly, apart from Wood, and have dropped three catches. All this suggests that, subconsciously at least, we're not up for this match.
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Post by alanw on Sept 28, 2021 15:22:52 GMT
I'm glad I decided not to travel down for the game.
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Post by chris on Sept 28, 2021 15:57:37 GMT
I'm glad I decided not to travel down for the game. |
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