cjav1874 wrote:

Their first and second change bowlers have not looked anywhere near as threatening as Green and Holland.

i found it funny at the time and it just gets more amusing in hindsight that Josh Hull has a test cap for England. It was in that box-ticking, 'we need pace/height' phase of the selection cycle and he put even more wind up their proverbial skirts because he had the added bonus of being a left armer and he was young and they were in that period where they thought blooding people after like 7 county games was the way forward. Their spreadsheets must have been awash with red ink and !!!!!!!!'s.

Unfortunately being a bit crap will undermine any of those ticked boxes and it turns out not only is he not an international seamer, but he isn't even the 2nd best seamer at a mediocre county team.

I see it is as a perfect metaphor for the England setup at that time

News from Taunton Surrey 378-7 (110) meaning they collect 2 bowling points so;

If Somerset get all 5 batting points and draw their match that would get them to 207 points so when Warwickshire reach 250 a draw is no good for Somerset anymore

Batting like champions this morning. What a great pair!

250 300 means Notts can't win the title (I got confused)

300 means Somerset would have to win this week with full batting points to have any chance

Off for bad light, that wasn’t in the plan..

Somerset are done, unless someone tries to manufacture a result.

The cider tears will be flowing tonight!

Inside-edge wrote:

Off for bad light, that wasn’t in the plan..

I was planning to get there after lunch. Presume this doesn’t change any of the timings?