Topic: County Cricket

[Joseph-Immanuel Queen]

Fair play to Jennings, he’s had a terrific season. If we ever change test openers he’s probably as deserving of another chance as anybody.

Came in to post the same thing. Looks like a really mature player now, and can play in the way McCullum and Stokes want. Add in his record in Asia and I'd be very surprised if he he didn't make the squad.

[Crosby Nick]

Hello old friends. It’s been a while. 4th County Championship game in a row that Keaton Jennings has scored a ton (dating back to about 1997 the way this season has been scheduled). England recall anyone?

Great minds boys…

As you say, the success he did have with England came in Asia I think so I reckon he should make the squad at the very least.

[Crosby Nick]

Jennings out for 199 today. Balderson last man out for 97 too, think that would have been his first ton. Unlucky all round but 512 isn’t to be sniffed at.

[Nobby Reserve]

Come on, Warwickshire. Get that win 

[CheshireDave]

Hampshire are 14-2 chasing 139

If Hampshire win Warwickshire are down. If Warwickshire win Yorkshire are down.

[Crosby Nick]

Come on you Brummie twats! Guess a Hampshire win would also see them finish 2nd above Lancs.

[CheshireDave]

Guess a Hampshire win would also see them finish 2nd above Lancs.

It'll be a small price to pay to see them lot get the relegation they should have been given following all the racism stuff.

Hampshire will get these easy though.

[CheshireDave]

33-3

[Yorkykopite]

We have to put our faith in a batter called Gubbins.

Strewth.

[Crosby Nick]

We have to put our faith in a batter called Gubbins.

Strewth.

Suppose yours were Bobbins. Tense?

James Vince has gone. Couldn’t quite get the job done. Who knew?

[CheshireDave]

73 for 5..

66 more needed

[thaddeus]

Nail-biting, this.  From 91-7 to 132-8.

Liam Norwell has taken seven of the wickets but they're really bowling him and Hannon-Dalby into the ground.

[CheshireDave]

What a finish

Unreal figures from Norwell relegates Yorkshire

[thaddeus]

What a finish

Very much!

Amazing effort by Norwell.  9/62 in the second innings and 13/100 across the match to save Warwickshire from relegation.  Out for a golden duck though so I expect he'll be keeping his head down.

[Yorkykopite]

Fair play to Norwell.

Yorkshire have only themselves to blame after pissing it away v Gloucestershire. But where were Root, Bairstow, Brook, Rashid, Willey, and Malan when we needed them at the business end of the season?

[Gerry Attrick]

Good to see Yorkshire suffer. They’ll back soon.

[voodoo ray]

Fair play to Norwell.

Yorkshire have only themselves to blame after pissing it away v Gloucestershire. But where were Root, Bairstow, Brook, Rashid, Willey, and Malan when we needed them at the business end of the season?

Chilling, injured, england, doesn't play red ball, england, england?

[Crosby Nick]

Won their first game in April and nothing since. And yet England have been strong this summer. Things change.

[Yorkykopite]

Won their first game in April and nothing since. And yet England have been strong this summer. Things change.

England's strong summer? Take our lads away and it doesn't look so strong?

[RedSince86]

Good to see Yorkshire relegated.

[Crosby Nick]

England's strong summer? Take our lads away and it doesn't look so strong?

Was trying to play on the Strong Yorkshire, Strong England saying (is that what it used to be?).

We won 6 out of 7 Tests didn’t we? I’d say that was strong. Glad one Yorkshireman was able to play a leading role in it.

[Yorkykopite]

Was trying to play on the Strong Yorkshire, Strong England saying (is that what it used to be?).

We won 6 out of 7 Tests didn’t we? I’d say that was strong. Glad one Yorkshireman was able to play a leading role in it.

I agree, and I understood what you were saying. But was wondering what England's strong summer would look like without Bairstow and Root making the runs.

In the old days, when the saying was forged, those two would also be making runs for Yorkshire between the Tests. And Harry Brook, test-less until the Oval it's true but still plucked from the Yorkshire team in order to carry the teas from June onwards, would have continued to make hay too.

[Crosby Nick]

Lancs getting the all important Kiwi overseas fan base on board by announcing the double signing of Daryl Mitchell and the big man himself Colin De Grandhomme for the Ciubry Chanpiinship and T20 blast this summer.

[Gerry Attrick]

Notts get Shaheen Afridi for the Blast. Huge signing for Notts. Him and Olly Stone opening the bowling should see most off. Then Hales and Munro will open the batting and knock them off easy enough. Put us in the final now.

[Yorkykopite]

In Yorkshire we don't take, we give.

Donating Root, Brook, and Bairstow to England for the season.

[Gerry Attrick]

Duckett will be a big loss for Notts in the middle order, especially in the 4 day stuff. He absolutely racked them up last year and some players will need to step up massively to carry the team against superior attacks.

[Crosby Nick]

Notts get Shaheen Afridi for the Blast. Huge signing for Notts. Him and Olly Stone opening the bowling should see most off. Then Hales and Munro will open the batting and knock them off easy enough. Put us in the final now.

Lancs have Colin Big Man and Daryl Mitchell. Useful signings.

[Gerry Attrick]

Duckett is developing a conversion issue. As for the rest of the Notts batting…

[Gerry Attrick]

When Duckett is unavailable for Notts there’s going to be some dark days.

[Gerry Attrick]

Absolutely exceptional rearguard effort from Hutton and Broad to keep Lancashire and in particular Anderson at bay. Lancs were absolutely maxing out Jimmy, he chucked down 20 overs out of 67 bowled. Don’t blame them, you use what you have. The Notts batting is really, really bad.

[Crosby Nick]

Absolutely exceptional rearguard effort from Hutton and Broad to keep Lancashire and in particular Anderson at bay. Lancs were absolutely maxing out Jimmy, he chucked down 20 overs out of 67 bowled. Don’t blame them, you use what you have. The Notts batting is really, really bad.

Shame they lost so much time to rain. Lancs have draw every game this season and had the upper hand in all but one I think.

[andy07]

Hartley is turning into some player.  Watched the last few overs on the laptop with the footy on the telly.  Had more eyes on the laptop.

[Gerry Attrick]

Foakes out for Bairstow. Not unexpected I’d say. I’ll keep banging the Jamie smith drum too. He’s going to be top class. Surrey produce glovesmen.

[Joseph-Immanuel Queen]

Foakes out for Bairstow. Not unexpected I’d say. I’ll keep banging the Jamie smith drum too. He’s going to be top class. Surrey produce glovesmen.

Incredibly harsh on Foakes - he's not really put a foot wrong. I expected them to do something funky at the top of the order as Crawley is clearly the most droppable player in the side, but somehow he lives to fight another day. Australia's bowlers will rip him to shreds this summer (so will Ireland's, probably).

[Gerry Attrick]

Incredibly harsh on Foakes - he's not really put a foot wrong. I expected them to do something funky at the top of the order as Crawley is clearly the most droppable player in the side, but somehow he lives to fight another day. Australia's bowlers will rip him to shreds this summer (so will Ireland's, probably).

Foakes is just in the wrong era. He’s too slow a scorer with the tail we have. You have to slog it because Broad, Anderson, Leach and Robinson don’t occupy the crease for long enough.

[Joseph-Immanuel Queen]

Foakes is just in the wrong era. He’s too slow a scorer with the tail we have. You have to slog it because Broad, Anderson, Leach and Robinson don’t occupy the crease for long enough.

I'm not sure that's quite true though - I can think of a few instances where the tail's stuck around and he's made valuable runs (the 50 he got in Karachi for instance). Ultimately, who do you think would get us more runs in the long run - Foakes or Crawley? I think the majority would say the former.

[Crosby Nick]

Who would open if you drop Crawley?

Not saying I’m all in favour of keeping him, but if you kept Foakes and made room for Bairstow, what would the order look like?

[Joseph-Immanuel Queen]

Who would open if you drop Crawley?

Not saying I’m all in favour of keeping him, but if you kept Foakes and made room for Bairstow, what would the order look like?

Personally, I would have pushed Brook up to open. I know he didn't have the best time doing it for Yorkshire when he was starting his career, but his game's come on leaps and bounds since then and his confidence is through the roof. If it worked, we'd potentially have a Sehwag/Hayden-style opener for the next 10 years, and even if it didn't he'd probably still score more runs than Crawley. There were quite a few shouts for Stokes/Root/Bairstow to open going around as well, but I think Brook would have had the most potential.

Duckett
Brook
Pope
Root
Bairstow
Stokes
Foakes

is a pretty formidable-looking top 7.

[Gerry Attrick]

Looks like a flat deck in Worcester…

[Crosby Nick]

Looks like a flat deck in Worcester…

Can’t be arsed searching BBC, what’s the score?