white-lightning wrote:

Josh Tongue looks sharp. Did we not try to sign him before he left Worcestershire?

Dunno. We were in for Fergus O'Neill this winter.

edit to say 'Fergus O'Neill' apologies

Frustrating to lose a wicket close to tea just as we looked like getting settled.

We beat the bat loads, shame we just chucked in the odd 4 ball here and there.

McCann never looked comfortable, hopefully Vish can get on a roll...

Conditions are clearly better now but we've bowled poorly. Still finding the odd edge here and there mind...

Much better overheads now, sunny.

Feel like Barnard played a poor shot. Hain decision looked harsh.

Terrible batting conditions though, the ball has gone passed the bat loads, particularly from the bowling of Tongue. Good bowling attack this.

Really not a lot Yates, Davies or Shaikh could do about their dismissals but that was poor from Mousley.

Forecast would suggest we may get a full day tomorrow. It is changeable though and would seem (seam?!) it's gonna be overcast all day.

Shame we lost that toss.

Green pitch and ball swinging.

Taz :(

A word for Dandy who top scored in both innings and kept wicket.

Blimey he only played about 4 games in that comp and that was way back in January.

I love the lad but he's made of glass.

No Pennington for Notts.

Should be Fernando getting dropped, no question as a left armer if you camt swing the ball at medium pace, yer cannon fodder im afraid.

Was impressed by Taz and the wicket taking threat he seemed to pose.

5fer incoming for Fernando.

18 year old keeper/batter from Coventry, Oliver Dandy made a ton today. Bats like Ben Duckett, sweeps spinners loads.

Absolutely. Mikkyk last paragraph there is very true.

People shouldn't get too carried away by the win. People on here would have wanted effigy burning had we lost though. Look at the comments on here during that first session.

Bit uneasy with the criticism of the Durham attack, feel it takes away from how we performed. Granted, its not West Indies of the 80's but Potts is an elite performer at county level and will get more Test caps, Raine has well over 400 First Class wickets at around 26 and had a great game, Doggett took an 11fer in the Sheffield Shield final only 3 weeks ago and was the comps 5th highest wicket taker despite missing 3 games whilst playing for Australia A, he's certainly no mug...time will tell.

We held our own, just, against a decent attack i think.

Was definitely a new ball pitch though, throughout, things tended to get easier for batters after 40 or so overs, nominally speaking.

Will Rhodes what's the score, Will Rhodes Will Rhodes what's the score...!

Obviously a tremendous win. Remember we won a very similar type of 4day game in very similar fashion away at Notts in April 2021 and we all know how that season ended up going...

Imagine a few posters on here have egg on their faces, "poor side" blah blah, do me a favour...we've got a decent crop of young players here and a few of them are homegrown, yes they're inexperienced and yes they'll make mistakes but maybe people should start to back them a bit more and support them. They'll be some bumps in the road and some bad days but they're showing up 1 or 2 of the senior guys right now.

Durham have recruited heavily this summer and have got some serious proven experience in the batting aswell as a pretty good seam attack, we'll come up against worse than Potts, Raine, Doggett and Hogg this season. Theyve lost 2 from 2 now though. Better side on paper, but we've done them in their own back yard. Durham are a good side too, theyll do a few teams up there.

So pleased for Booth shows what he's capable of when he consistently pitches it up. He'll drop out when Latham and Webster get here though won't he?

Barnard, man for the crisis. Kai Smith incredible, case for him playing solely as a batter if ever he loses the gloves to Latham or whoever.

Also a great advert for 4day cricket, incredible match, I'm sure some idiot on here was calling for the return of 3day cricket during the Sussex match, good grief...

Highveld wrote:

Perhaps if our top order batsmen scored runs, and lived up to their reputations as 'the best opening partnership in the country' we wouldn't be dependent on the tail to get the runs needed.

Well done to Ed Barnard, Kai Smith and Michael Booth for getting us close to the total.

Good banter

paulbear wrote:

I can remember a few 2 wicket wins but the last 1 wicket win I can remember, Lancashire 1986 with Anton Ferreira and Adrian Pierson getting us through.

Won by 1 wicket v Gloucestershire at home in 1999 I think? Giles got us over the line.