Start of County Championship season

[Uncle Leo]

http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/fixtures/lancashire-v-essex-21-7-05,1763,FF.html

70.2 overs and he didn't even pick up a wicket!!!!

Ahem. Apologies for the exagerration. :o

 

[MrB]

Katich 50* at nearly a run a ball seems good value for the first double hundred of the season....

Great prediction!

231-4. Alas Derbyshire look well set for max batting points, none of their guys are complete mugs with the bat.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Great prediction!

231-4. Alas Derbyshire look well set for max batting points, none of their guys are complete mugs with the bat.

As our bowling attack was unlikely to bowl him out, I knew I had to talk him out.

The score has been on 231-4 for ages. I thought it must be tea, but why would they have tea two-thirds of a way through an over?

 

[MrB]

Finally moved on, 275/5 with 3 for Danish. He's bowled 26 of the 78 overs.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Danger time for Essex - the 6th wicket partnership.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Danger time for Essex - the 6th wicket partnership.

I'm on top form today. Kaneria strikes on cue again. 285-6

Actually, was it the 6th of 7th wicket that Essex always foul fall of?

 

[Grayson]

I'm fairly sure it's the 7th, as we think we get into the tail suddenly 150 is put on. Still, 2 overs until the new ball I think? Should bowl them out fairly cheaply.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I'm fairly sure it's the 7th, as we think we get into the tail suddenly 150 is put on. Still, 2 overs until the new ball I think? Should bowl them out fairly cheaply.

That is what we always say, and a large 7th wicket partnership then builds.

I'm not sure whether the new ball becoming available is in our favour, considering our toothless pace attack.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

405-6 at stumps

120 run partnership for the 7th wicket.

Deja vu, rather than any of our bowlers, strikes again.

 

[Grayson]

Quel surprise, this is nearly as consistent as England batting collapses!

 

[The General]

Derbs make 551

A J Tudor 19.0 5 66 1
M S Westfield 13.0 1 64 0
R N ten Doeschate 19.0 2 98 1
Danish Kaneria 52.3 8 152 5
J D Middlebrook 22.0 3 77 2
T J Phillips 17.0 2 79 1
A N Cook 1.0 0 6 0

Poor old Danish. At it already!

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Blimey. I see Essex realise they made a mistake in only playing three front-line spinners and that Alistair Cook had to bowl an over of spin.

 

[C C Csiders]

Meanwhile Yorkshire's #'s 8 and 10 (Bresnan and Gillespie) close in on a 250 stand for the 9th wicket

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared...et/scorecards/2007/4/13580/html/scorecard.stm

 

[Bluesmanager]

45 extras too... Woeful.

Essex 172-2 off 45.3 overs. Cook on 95no Irani 49no.

 

[The General]

Cook out for 100. 231-3.

 

[Bluesmanager]

BBC says 221. :confused:

 

[The General]

BBC says 221. :confused:

My bad!

:thump:

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

246-3 at stumps, sounds like another Chelmsford featherbed.

2 choices, get to 400, declare and hope we get a decent declaration back, or bat on and on, get 150 in front and try and bowl them out.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Century up for for Irani, and fifty up for Foster as they survive the first hour.

 

[Grayson]

Foster and RTD both gone quickly, 321-5, we must get another 80 at least for full batting points.