2014 county championship discussion thread

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

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A place to discuss all the happening's of the 2014 county championship!

A bit of news Chris Jordan shall not play in Sussex's opener, been told to rest by the ECB

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Very strong performance from Middlesex, grinding Northants into the ground.

[guildfordbat]

Very strong performance from Middlesex, grinding Northants into the ground.

Yes, very fine performance by Middlesex although it does seem that Northants are rapidly becoming the whipping boys of Div 1.

Down in Div 2, the surprise package for me is Worcs. Wrapped up victory inside 3 days against Essex.

Meanwhile, despite some resistance by the Kent middle order, Gloucs set to win that contest tomorrow - possibly by lunchtime.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Northants trying to stave off what looks like inevitable defeat.  Eighth wicket partnership so far scored 39 off 34 overs.  Butler has scored 4 off 107 balls

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Ben Stokes with three wickets and an unbeaten 50 thus far on return from injury, will all but secure his test side with this showing you'd think

Rain in Glamorgan's hampering Leicestershire's  good progress

[Corporalhumblebucket]

One reliable English tradition is that the one cc match held each season at the very attractive ground at Tunbridge Wells is completely ruined by rain.  And so it proves again this year.

[msp83]

So will Stokes be back for the remaining Sri Lanka ODIs? Or will he be getting more FC cricket under his belt before the test comeback?

[GSC]

Isn't in the squad so FC cricket

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Durham putting Middlesex attack to the sword on the first day of their cc match.  299 - 1 after 67 overs with unbeaten centuries from Stoneman and Borthwick.

Yorks also scoring heavily in their second innings against Northants as they tackle first innings deficit of around 100. 155 - 0 at tea.

[GSC]

Broad vs Prior atm

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Yorks building a massive score against Northants - tho with memories of that loss to Middlesex I don't suppose they will venture an overly generous declaration.

Middlesex lost 4 quick wickets in reply to the huge Durham score - looks like their momentum in recent matches has been slowed.

[guildfordbat]

50 for James Foster. Just maybe ....

[guildfordbat]

118/1 with 9 overs left. That's my lot. Don't lose either of these two let alone one and a nightwatchman ....

PS spoke to Stewie this morning about Carrot's slow scoring concern. More tonight.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Look forward to Guildford's update!

Meanwhile, on cue Burns hits a couple of boundaries.  In this innings, at least, he is managing a respectable strike rate of around 50.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Burns out on what turned out to be last ball of the day.   But at least showing a very welcome bit of form in scoring 79. Ansari 39* at the close. So far he has amassed 5 half centuries in 47 first class innings. Hope he can build considerably on that.

Edit - woops - last few posts should have been on the Surrey/Worcs thread....  

[guildfordbat]

Burns out on what turned out to be last ball of the day.   But at least showing a very welcome bit of form in scoring 79. Ansari 39* at the close. So far he has amassed 5 half centuries in 47 first class innings. Hope he can build considerably on that.

Edit - woops - last few posts should have been on the Surrey/Worcs thread....  

Sorry, my fault.

[jimbohammers]

Great to see Briggs getting some gametime in the longer format. Bowling very well too   

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

10 wicket haul for Reece Topley this week, another name that could be considered in a few years time

[jimbohammers]

His name gets mentioned quite a bit but when I have seen him he has not impressed.

[jimbohammers]

Play started at 2.30, Derbyshire were 31-0. 45 mins later and its 43-5.

Come on Hampshire!   

[jimbohammers]

8 overs to go and 2 wickets to get.....

[jimbohammers]

Off for bad light   

Game over. Draw

[guildfordbat]

Crazy start at Leics. The home side 17/3 off 3 overs against Derbys.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Painfully slow progress by Lancs who reached 188 - 6 off 82 overs against Warks.

Sussex struggle to 210 - 9 against Somerset, with Ed Joce making 99*

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

The great Alfonso with four wickets in four balls for Somerset this morning!

[Afro]

Brilliant bowling from Alfie this morning by all accounts. 4 in 4 balls, and Tregs took another one in between (Alfie's 4th was the 1st ball of his next over after the hattrick).

Sussex slump from 33-0 to 33-5 in the space of 10 balls

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Some tasty matchups heading into the final few days around the grounds

Here's hoping the weather holds!

[Afro]

I can't see a result in the match at Headingley, which suits us.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Big partnership between Rogers and Mogs for Middlesex - already worth 250+.  Rogers relentless when he really gets settled in.

[jimbohammers]

Superb day for Hampshire. Bowl Essex out for 121 and end the day 264-2.

Vince 154 off 148 balls   

[jimbohammers]

James Vince 202 off 200 balls.
Also first player to reach 1000 runs in the season.

Incredible talent

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Hampshire lead by 605 at lunch on third day.  Not leaving much to chance against Essex  

[jimbohammers]

Vince finishing on 240 from 222 balls   

[packofwolves]

Maiden champo hundred for Tom Fell at Grace Road today. Not a bad couple of weeks for promising young batsmen in the Midlands, with Fell joining Ben Cox and Wark's Sam Hain in completing maiden tons.

Of course our two have the added bonus of not being Australians...

[GSC]

Hales is closing in on a 100 as Notts threaten a pretty unlikely win, needing 160 with 9 wickets in hand

[Mad for Chelsea]

Hales is closing in on a 100 as Notts threaten a pretty unlikely win, needing 160 with 9 wickets in hand

you jinxed him

[GSC]

Infamous for it

[guildfordbat]

Steve Magoffin not giving much away for Sussex against Yorks.
His current figures are 20-12-16-2.

[GSC]

Lumb and Patel fall as Notts are 100 runs away from victory

[Hoggy_Bear]

Maiden FC ton for young Sam Hain, ton for Keith Barker and Chris Woakes ripping the top order apart. Good times  

[packofwolves]

Leicester 136/4 at lunch needing 404 to beat Worcester. Two wickets for Jack Shantry and one apiece for Leach and morris this morning have given Worcester a sniff of victory, but Leicester have continued to add runs at a good rate.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Great stuff from Worcs and Surrey today wrapping up good wins

Lancs currently need 120 to win, five wickets left, Jos Buttler 75 not out going well

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Double hundreds for Vince and Morgan
Two nineties for Hales
Hundred for Bairstow
Potential hundred for Buttler

Good round of matches for England hopefuls

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

100 not out for Buttler but Lancs fall 27 short

[skyeman]

Great win by Durham, the first of the season. Just after Buttler posted his impressive ton, Kerrigan was out and Durham win by 27 runs.

The 150 9th wkt stand between Mustard and Coughlin being the winning hand.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Horrendous performance by Essex against Hampshire in the match which finished early. Interesting bowling by Essex in the Hants second innings of 440 - 3 off 90 overs.  Essex used 9 bowlers.  Bopara bowled 3 overs but the other eight bowlers each had beteen 8 and 14 overs.  Sharing the pain  

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Ben stokes has taken 4-21 so far as Durham take control against Sussex

Jos buttler has 87 off 91 as Lancashire are building a mammoth total!!

[msp83]

Ben Stokes!. Hope England haven't forgotten him!.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Stokes  6 - 62 at the moment.   

Northants look like getting beaten heavily again. Lost two early wickets in reply to Lancs score of 650 - 6 dec.  Another chance for ex Surrey player Spriegel to play long back to the wall innings....

Derby folding badly against Kent.

[msp83]

Was Stokes among the runs?

[hampo17]

Huge congrats to Glenn Chapple who passed 900 first class wickets yesterday. What a servant he has been to the county

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