Davies ton, is the forum OK with this?

Pretty strong Northants team too to be fair Meash, 2 overseas players in it, one of them the IPL's all time leading wicket taker. Proctor, Broad, Guthrie, Vasconcelos, Keogh etc all first teamers.

They've all looked out to me apart from Hamza Shaikh, that decision from umpire Harris is scarcely believeable.

That decision on Hamza Shaikh is absolutely outrageous.

Not sure we've looked to slog?

Guthrie played in our 2's last year, a left armer who's rapid and swings it (if a little erratic) and is eligible to play as a non overseas, why weren't we on this? Cheers Robbo/Larsen.

Zen miss a full bunger then?

He had to play at that, bit of a brute first up.

Excellent news. Out of all the overseas players we've used this season he's the one I wanted back the most.

Unrelated but did anyone see the decision Josh de Caires got in the Middlesex Somerset game? Good grief.

Lol

Did my morning walk across Scarborough's South Beach before excitedly walking up North Marine Road getting in the ground just before 11am...so to see us one hour later 38-7 was somewhat confronting...

Trafalgar Square End was definitely the end to bowl from today, there was a patch just on a length where some balls stuck in the pitch, some were almost rearing up, some were shooting though, think 5 out of the first 6 dismissals were from that end. Interesting that Kai was considered to be unlucky by 1 poster on here as he was the one batter who I looked at throughout his brief innings and dismissal and found myself wondering "Why such hard hands?" especially after seeing how the others before him went.

Fair play to Vaansh Jani, rode his luck a little bit early on, was dropped on 2, I'd never deny a lad a bit of luck on his List A debut though especially when walking out to such a dire set of circumstances. His timing looked crisp and his power hitting was a welcome surprise.

Thought we competed well with the ball (welcome back Michael Booth) and in the field but let's face it the damage was done after the first hour.

I still had a nice time. Sun, sea and cricket in front of a large, knowledgeable and enthusiastic crowd at brilliant place to watch cricket.

Oh god, go on then I'll bite.

Nobody is complaining. Even in this thread we've acknowledged that 1 one day cup game and 1 County Championship game played at outgrounds would be ideal. To use more than 1 outground would be even better in order to really take the game around the county. 3 one day cup games all in 5 days all at Rugby School is too much though, surely you can acknowledge that? Could have had 1 at Rugby, 1 at Edgbaston (so 2 with the Sussex game) and then another one at Nuneaton or Coventry or wherever.

Nobody is complaining but there is a terrible anti Birmingham/Edgbaston rhetoric in here all too often. Everyone is in agreement outgrounds can be brilliant, we've all enjoyed them. If you don't praise Rugby School to the hilt and bow down to it yer seen as a moaner though. Don't dare try and debate outgtounds, only praise Rugby School.

Totally agree, that whole 'que sera' style interview from McCullum post game today really grated.

Just had a bit of a gander (slow day), we didn't reach the quarters of the T20 in 2011, we only won 4 out of 16 group games!

paulbear wrote:

The 2010 was the semi-final where we beat Yorkshire, played Somerset in the final when Bell made that superb ton. I remember it because I looked around at the sparse crowd and realised that a Lord's final had stopped being an event like it used to be. It also started in the afternoon and went on till 8.30pm which was when the last train to Taunton left from what a Somerset fan told me, which he said put people off, especially older members who didn't fancy sitting there in the September cold.

Yeah proper nervy run chase and very cold during the 2nd innings.

I'm still absolutely flabbergasted he's in the Test squad to be honest.

paulbear wrote:

It had no relevance on this series but lots of other things India did were pathetic and it just shows that the once genial players from that part of the world appear to be 'Play Acting' too much due to the power they have in world cricket since the ICC now bend over backwards to accommodate them in every way, a prime example, Jadeja insisting someone change their top on Saturday as it was putting him off despite the bloke sitting there all day. I always thought the sightscreen was what a batsman saw when a bowler was running in.

Its happened before. Bairstow did it twice in one series a couple of years back. I even remember Dermot Reeve doing it he'd go as far as to make people move seats!

Don't disagree with any of that regarding the the recent World Cup and venues etc. Don't really see the relevance it has on this series either though to be honest. Like I say, India embarrassing behaviour at times, England not 'whiter than white' either, both sides have shown themselves up.

You may well be right mate, I'm trying hard to think. 2010 was a definite, i was there. That was the one Imran Tahir played.

Both sides have their fair share of idiots in my opinion Paul. England at times have also acted incredibly entitled in this series, particularly Stokes, great player though he is. Woakes, heartbreaking to see him in pain like that. Like has been said previously, may well be the end for him in an England shirt, just hope it's not the end of him in a Bears shirt. Been an amazing, inspiring cricketer.