Re: County Cricket 2010 : Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:38 pm  

Gone all quiet in here has it?!

Re: County Cricket 2010 : Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:10 am  

Hopefully we'll be out of the T20 now and can concentrate on the important stuff.

Not really sure what happened last night, we were all set to post a really big score then just seemed to let the innings die out, we never really recovered from Moore's early runs and it was obvious we'd lose from a few overs into Lancashire's response.

I lose more interest in T20 as each year comes by, last night we were surrounded by a ridiculous number of bell-ends ("supporters" of both counties), it's just not cricket.

Re: County Cricket 2010 : Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:32 am  

Asim wrote:

I lose more interest in T20 as each year comes by, last night we were surrounded by a ridiculous number of bell-ends ("supporters" of both counties), it's just not cricket.

It was horrendous wasn't it? Whereabouts were you sat? We were in A Stand but couldn't take it after the first innings and went to the top balcony where it was a) half empty and b) occupied by older people who were just enjoying the cricket and not the beer.

Cracking win in the end though after 9-10 overs of the Dark Side innings we were more than a bit worried.

Re: County Cricket 2010 : Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:03 pm  

Ordsall Quays Red wrote:

It was horrendous wasn't it? Whereabouts were you sat? We were in A Stand but couldn't take it after the first innings and went to the top balcony where it was a) half empty and b) occupied by older people who were just enjoying the cricket and not the beer.

We were on the upper tier of F Stand.

I was there with my mate who is one of you lot and we'd been chatting throughout the game in a civilised manner with a bit of gentle banter, after a few overs of the Lancs innings three lads seemed to finally twig that I was a Yorkshireman and then after every run would turn round shouting things like "easy" "who are ya" and "great single" in my face, often accompanied by a gobful of saliva flying everywhere, when I popped to the bar a guy who was in a group from Leeds sat a row or two behind me came over to me and said "if you want to smack that lad do it, if it kicks off we'll back you up all the way".

It was a kind offer but I politely declined!

Re: County Cricket 2010 : Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:14 pm  

And behold, the bad side of attracting new fans to cricket. County cricket needs T20 as it was a dying breed with just the 40/50 over stuff and the first class, but add beer and it gives the idiots in the football off-season an excuse to cause some new trouble.

Anyway, lost to Derbyshire again! FFS!

Re: County Cricket 2010 : Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:53 pm  

Even the Yorkies will not be pleased about Lancs losing today as Derbyshire have replaced them in the top 4.

[John_D]

Re: County Cricket 2010 : Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:37 pm  

DAR130 wrote:

Even the Yorkies will not be pleased about Lancs losing today as Derbyshire have replaced them in the top 4.

You underestimate the antipathy that exists over here. We only briefly looked like making the four anyway. Not been good enough - simple as that.

Still, who's bothered when there's no Champions League for the winners anyway.

Re: County Cricket 2010 : Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:41 pm  

Surely Lancs must have a young bowler they could play instead of Powell,he must be the worst overseas signing ever by us,complete waste of space.

Re: County Cricket 2010 : Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:21 am  

DAR130 wrote:

Surely Lancs must have a young bowler they could play instead of Powell,he must be the worst overseas signing ever by us,complete waste of space.

Ever is a big call when we've had players like Danny Morrison, Steve Elworthy, Nathan Astle, Sourav Ganguly, Joe Scuderi!! And he's not actually classed as an overseas player, he's classed as a Kolpak player too.

However, I would whole-heartedly agree with the first bit - and we do have alternatives. Why Kyle Hogg hasn't been picked in this format I don't know. Steven Cheetham is an excellent young bowler who never gets a game neither and the left-armer Gary Montgomery would be a better pick in the long-term than Powell who simply doesn't look interested.

Re: County Cricket 2010 : Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:23 am  

DAR130 wrote:

Surely Lancs must have a young bowler they could play instead of Powell,he must be the worst overseas signing ever by us,complete waste of space.

Had you not added "by us" in there I would have seen your Darren Powell and raised you Tino "accuracy of a firehose" Best...