GerryShedd wrote:

BosworthBear wrote:

GerryShedd wrote:

BosworthBear wrote:

GerryShedd wrote:

BosworthBear wrote:

Wondering if Notts cut their nose of to spite their face there.

They could easily have got 25 runs.

As for Alleyne I remember him and Russell cheating against us at Lord’s. I was so angry I wrote to the ECB Head of OPs and had a reasonable letter back!

Remind me about that one.

The games was decided D/L with Warwickshire so on top Donald got man of the match despite being in the losing team.

Presentation was made in bright sunshine when they could have easily kept playing. There was some archaic regulation that it had to be finished by a certain time (mainly so away teams could travel back earlier in the competition)

It was the quickest I have ever seen Donald bowl. His best ever spell for us and he was really fired up and gesticulating to our supporters.

During the rain delay alleyne and Russell desperately trying to get I abandoned with then ahead on D/L

Wisden says: "Torrential rain and lightning made further play unlikely - the scheduled close was 6.30 pm - and at 5.45 pm the match was called off."
What exactly were Alleyne and Russell doing that constituted cheating? Was it a rain dance on the dressing room balcony?

Wisden has that wrong. I remember being stood in the outfield with my dad for the presentations yelling farce in bright sunshine. They called it off too early and at the instigation of Alleyne and Russell who clearly didn’t care about the crowd. We watched them doing it to boos in the Lord’s Tavern.

If it had continued Warwickshire would have won easily!

I'm still not sure what "doing it" means. Respected umpires John Hampshire and Ray Julian would have made the decision about calling off the game; and it related not to bad light but to conditions underfoot - the Lord's drainage has undergone a complete transformation since 2000.

As mentioned it was a little known competition rule that the game had to be called off by a certain time. It was ridiculously early but was used so away sides could travel back earlier in the competition.

It was simply a case of waiting for recovery after a rain delay but rather than use common sense and entertainment the crowd who paid a fair chunk for tickets in those days the bureaucrats won the day after much agitation from Allleyne and Russell. This was why I wrote to the ECB and to be fair to the chap - Ormerod I think - he actually wrote back and agreed with me! There can’t be many games where a losing team bowler has won man of the match!

GerryShedd wrote:

BosworthBear wrote:

GerryShedd wrote:

BosworthBear wrote:

Wondering if Notts cut their nose of to spite their face there.

They could easily have got 25 runs.

As for Alleyne I remember him and Russell cheating against us at Lord’s. I was so angry I wrote to the ECB Head of OPs and had a reasonable letter back!

Remind me about that one.

The games was decided D/L with Warwickshire so on top Donald got man of the match despite being in the losing team.

Presentation was made in bright sunshine when they could have easily kept playing. There was some archaic regulation that it had to be finished by a certain time (mainly so away teams could travel back earlier in the competition)

It was the quickest I have ever seen Donald bowl. His best ever spell for us and he was really fired up and gesticulating to our supporters.

During the rain delay alleyne and Russell desperately trying to get I abandoned with then ahead on D/L

Wisden says: "Torrential rain and lightning made further play unlikely - the scheduled close was 6.30 pm - and at 5.45 pm the match was called off."
What exactly were Alleyne and Russell doing that constituted cheating? Was it a rain dance on the dressing room balcony?

Wisden has that wrong. I remember being stood in the outfield with my dad for the presentations yelling farce in bright sunshine. They called it off too early and at the instigation of Alleyne and Russell who clearly didn’t care about the crowd. We watched them doing it to boos in the Lord’s Tavern.

If it had continued Warwickshire would have won easily!

paulbear wrote:

We could only get batting points by getting to 250, that will take forever so Notts sacrificed trying to get another 25 runs for another batting point and deny us another bowling point so that they hope to get a few wickets for bowling points.

So should we declare if we lose another wicket?

GerryShedd wrote:

BosworthBear wrote:

Wondering if Notts cut their nose of to spite their face there.

They could easily have got 25 runs.

As for Alleyne I remember him and Russell cheating against us at Lord’s. I was so angry I wrote to the ECB Head of OPs and had a reasonable letter back!

Remind me about that one.

The games was decided D/L with Warwickshire so on top Donald got man of the match despite being in the losing team.

Presentation was made in bright sunshine when they could have easily kept playing. There was some archaic regulation that it had to be finished by a certain time (mainly so away teams could travel back earlier in the competition)

It was the quickest I have ever seen Donald bowl. His best ever spell for us and he was really fired up and gesticulating to our supporters.

During the rain delay alleyne and Russell desperately trying to get I abandoned with then ahead on D/L

If we lose another wicket should we declare?

Wondering if Notts cut their nose of to spite their face there.

They could easily have got 25 runs.

As for Alleyne I remember him and Russell cheating against us at Lord’s. I was so angry I wrote to the ECB Head of OPs and had a reasonable letter back!

I wish they’d call off play for the day at Hove!

Strange one as it’s only a three day match now and he’s had a rest. Just coming into form with the bat too!

Indeed yes. Just watching it!

No play for the day. Frustrating as things going our way at Taunton.

As long as I’ve played cricket and at every level I’ve played and watched that run wouldn’t have been allowed whatever the state of the game.

Think you need to see a replay of the dead ball. There was no shot whatsoever. Just hits his leg. They would never even have attempted the run normally. Woakes only did after seeing OHD coming towards him. There is absolutely no doubt or inconsistency about that decision whatsoever.

Definitely wasn’t playing a shot! Woakes wasn’t going to run. Commentary was awful! Obvious

But anyway what a win! Character again.

Andy wrote:

BosworthBear wrote:

Just been out gardening what happened with the caught behind before tea?

Sussex were convinced, Mousley looked like he almost walked then shook his head and re took his guard. Umpire unmoved.

Thanks. Sussex commentator didn’t shut up about it for ages. Claiming by how angry their captain was and repeating the score Mousley was on at the time. I think he’s now broken the stream first it went black and now no sound!

Just been out gardening what happened with the caught behind before tea?

Wicket seems to be bouncy and there is movement but we’ve played some poor shots as well!

We looked to be coasting until the second wicket and we let their last two wickets put too many runs on!

Enjoyed this morning

Anyone know what time lunch is?

Are we losing capacity with the new stand? The seats don’t seem to go back very far.

Frustrating. Every time we started to take wickets they went off. It’s supposed to disrupt the batting team!

There seemed to be a spell before we went off for rain where we looked like taking a wicket every ball.

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