English Domestic Cricket

[leftarmlegspin]

Middlesex bowled out for 133 against Kent. First time that Hughes has faced a remotely decent bowling attack, and he fails, making just 23 from 36, he was 2nd top scorer though to be fair. 6/27 from 10 overs for James Tredwell, proving that it should have been him, not Gareth Batty in the West Indies over the winter.

Essex have made 297 in their game against Glamorgan. Graham Napier smashed 42 from 18 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes to accelerate the run rate near the end. 99 from Chopra as well, plus an unbeaten 27* from James Foster, continuing his good score. Hopefully we'll be able to pull off a victory. Napier certainly seems to have strengthened the side. Napier, Masters, Kaneria and Tendo should do the damage with the ball!

Is Maurice Chambers likely to play in anymore games this season now that Napier is back? He's played in more or less every game so far (FC and OD), and has done very well. Yet when I looked today, I found he wasn't playing.

 

[King Pietersen]

Yeh I reckon he will. I can't see Chris Wright making much of an impact tbh. So I can see Chambers coming back in, in place of him sooner or later. I'd rather see Palladino playing OD cricket ahead of Wright as well. He's not quick by any means, but he swings it, has good variation and gets wickets, striking at 35.4 in OD cricket!

 

[evertonfan]

Paul Horton's at it again. What a beast of a player he is; should take us comfortably home against Derby now.

 

[PhilD123]

Paul Horton's at it again. What a beast of a player he is; should take us comfortably home against Derby now.

Done it. Just over 3 overs to spare too. Chilton getting a hundred too, good partnership that, in a bit of trouble at 39-2.

3 wins from 3 now in the FPT, looking good.

 

[Sureshot]

What a game at The Oval. Durham beat Surrey by one run, Surrey needed one run to tie, and two to win off the last ball and Batty was caught off of Blackwell to give Durham a one run win.

Cricinfo - Group C: Durham v Surrey at Chester-le-Street, May 3, 2009

A turn up for the books with Glamorgan beating Essex at Chelmsford. I think Kev will be happy with James Tredwell after taking 6-27 to demolish Middlesex and win by 6 wickets with nearly 13 overs to spare.

 

[evertonfan]

Chilton for England!

 

[Ari]

New Zeal.... I mean Gloucestershire are starting to look decent, maybe Bracewell wasn't completely useless after all. 3 out of 3 in the FPT and have started well in the championship.

 

[Themer]

I think Bracewell always put too much emphasis on One Day matches as New Zealand were always a great ODI team but Tests weren't up to much really. With Gloucestershire in he previous spell his triumps were always in the OD arena.

 

[aussie1st]

Hughes struggled a bit with the shorter form of the game, second failure in the OD game this week. Just hope it doesn't go on to his FC form.

 

[adyhorn]

Kev, were you at Southgate yesterday? I was, and it was poor from my point of view.

 

[Sureshot]

Skittled out for 65 today as well. You've got some big problems to sort out at Middlesex, Adam. To put a nail in the coffin, Joyce hit a hundred today as we won by 8 wickets.

 

[Kev]

Kev, were you at Southgate yesterday? I was, and it was poor from my point of view.

Sadly not. Travel plans made it awkward. I went to Chelmsford on Saturday, was away on Sunday then Canterbury for the Scotland match yesterday. 3 wins in 3 days is something as a Kent supporter I'm not really used to. Made it harder than it should have been against Scotland. Great knock by Denly, although he was dropped about 10 overs from the end iirc. Skyer and 3 scottish fielders went for it, nobody called and they all collided. One of the fielders (didn't see who) actually had the ball in his hands and would have made the catch if he hadn't been poleaxed. Who says domestic cricket is 1 man and his dog, easily more than 3000 people at Canterbury yesterday.

 

[adyhorn]

Skittled out for 65 today as well. You've got some big problems to sort out at Middlesex, Adam. To put a nail in the coffin, Joyce hit a hundred today as we won by 8 wickets.

Yes, sadly it seems that when Hughes fails, the team fails.

 

[King Pietersen]

Nice start for the young Notts lad, Fletcher. 7.3 overs, 4 maidens 3/13 against Somerset, getting the wickets of Trescothick, Suppiah and Hildreth. He's pretty highly rated in the Notts camp, and it seems he's got some talent.

 

[Howsie]

Worcestershire started off pretty badly, 36/4. Steven Davies going very well though 44 of 49 balls. And good old Mahmood getting smacked around. And Chapple gets his fourth, Davies gone for 48.