Re: 2011 Cricket Season : Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:36 am  

Asim wrote:

I'm going to refrain from answering that on fear of deportation.

Ha Ha! The fifth amendment!

Re: 2011 Cricket Season : Sat Aug 20, 2011 5:08 pm  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

I'll be amazed if Worcs win this now. I'd give them about a 20/1 chance, if that. They've repeatedly collapsed from promising positions all season; they've got a poor tail, all their top order batsmen are out. I wouldn't have fancied them even before those late couple of wickets went down, and on a general point I think people underestimate how hard it is to chase down 300+ batting last.

They were 21/5, that poor tail scrambled them up to 202 and made a contest of it in the end. Lancs won it by 98 though.

13 ahead of Durham with 3 games to go, Warwicks on the verge of losing at Hampshire, and Somerset have drawn (just 6 points too), and we play Worcs again next. Is it finally going to happen?

Re: 2011 Cricket Season : Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:39 pm  

Kent beat Middlesex by 69 runs we have come into form bit to late

Re: 2011 Cricket Season : Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:49 pm  

Asim wrote:

Nice to see England announce what amounts to a Lions squad for an irrelevant one dayer against Ireland that will remove players from their counties for an important round of fixtures.

Superb timing.

3 Durham players in the squad. Great timing for Lancs.

Re: 2011 Cricket Season : Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:23 am  

Karlos13 wrote:

3 Durham players in the squad. Great timing for Lancs.

It's a conspiracy.

Hopefully your old friend "weather" will come in and do his job over the next month or so!!

Re: 2011 Cricket Season : Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:07 am  

Asim wrote:

It's a conspiracy.

Hopefully your old friend "weather" will come in and do his job over the next month or so!!

The pessimist in me thinks that weather might still have his say....We have been unusually fortunate this year.

However, with only one home game out of three, and one of the away games in the deepest, darkest, weather-friendlier south, could mean Lancs might yet stay lucky.

Re: 2011 Cricket Season : Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:03 am  

Asim wrote:

It's a conspiracy.

Hopefully your old friend "weather" will come in and do his job over the next month or so!!

I don't buy the weather argument. Every year people point at the weather affecting results you can point at one or two games we threw away. Sussex at Liverpool in 2007 being a prime example. For one reason or another we've just not been good enough - although playing on a result pitch at Aigburth has helped, as opposed to some of the turgid wickets we've prepared at OT.

Hotel's booked for Taunton, but only because it jumped in price £41 in two days. I'm still expecting to have to cancel it, mind.

Re: 2011 Cricket Season : Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:53 pm  

Yorkshire with solid start keeping Warwickshire at bay, and, hopefully, Notts can take a healthy first innings lead against Durham. If not, let's all start the Lancashire rain-dance!

Yorkshire with solid start keeping Warwickshire at bay, and, hopefully, Notts can take a healthy first innings lead against Durham. If not, let's all start the Lancashire rain-dance!

Re: 2011 Cricket Season : Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:51 am  

Yesterday summed up Yorkshire's season - rolled for under 300 by Warwickshire's Second XI attack (no Woakes, Clarke or Rankin) on a flat pitch having won the toss and batted first. Absolutely gutless.

Hopefully we'll get relegated if it means showing the door to the likes of Moxon and McGrath.

Re: 2011 Cricket Season : Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:56 pm  

Durham defeated....Just need Yorkshire to put a bit of effort in, then that title would be a little closer...