Domestic T-20

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Starts this friday! Lots of international stars playing in the tournament this year. McCullum, Gayle, KP....

World stars, England players playing and performing and a great finish; if only every T20 Blast games were like this!

Jos Butler take a bow

JD - how did George Edwards look? At Surrey he had pace and there were high hopes for him at one time but competition for places and alleged character issues saw him move on.

Was impressed by Edwards, Guildford. Bowled some great slower balls and kept things very tight at the end of the innings

Yep. Like Jimbo says, he bowled very, very well at the end of the innings in tandem with Faulkner. Think the Yorkies only took 20 off the last 15 balls, which was the difference in the end. Added in him getting the big wicket of Maxwell in the second over (after Glenn had taken 17 off 1), he had a very good game. Wasn't much sign of the pace I had heard about though, was struggling to get it above 80 often in his first spell. Looked fairly immobile in the field, whilst not a reason for getting rid, it doesn't help your cause (especially in LO cricket) when there is competition for places.

Cheers, Jimbo. He seems to be doing quite well in T20 for Lancs although hasn't played any of the 4 day stuff yet.

Darren Sammy 36 off 16 balls, not out. Why on earth is he only coming in at 7? 

Don't get bringing in your best hitters so late in T20

Probably because he has the freedom to do that at the end of an innings.

And hindsight is 20:20 when someone comes off.

Take a bow, James Vince. 99* off 57 balls. Great win for Hampshire, chasing 180 off 18 overs.

Was at the Rose Bowl last night. Poor performance from us with the bat, we were about 25-30 short on that pitch.

Fair play to Sussex though, Cachopa played a brilliant innings.

Things going well in Cardiff this morning. Hopefully we can build on that superb win on Friday night.

So the catch Borthwick/Pringle took was alright eh

Looked OK to me.

Not really sure Birmingham want Chopra hogging the strike from McCullum....he's batted 6 overs and faced only 14 balls....

How Luke Wright isn't more involved in England matters is beyond me. Incredible player! Not gonna moan about England at the moment though! 

Sussex with another win. Absolute scenes

Think we've seen the Luke Wright for England experiment enough

He's the best there is the best there was and the best there ever will be.

Just watching the highlights of the T20 earlier, and Oli Stone looks like a prospect. Mediocre stats so far in his career, but he bowled sharply (consistently around 87-89mph) and at 21 has plenty of time to improve. One to keep an eye on.

JDizzle wrote:Just watching the highlights of the T20 earlier, and Oli Stone looks like a prospect. Mediocre stats so far in his career, but he bowled sharply (consistently around 87-89mph) and at 21 has plenty of time to improve. One to keep an eye on.

NORWICH'S OWN OLLY STONE THANK YOU JDIZZLE 

(Saw him at Horsford before he got signed for Northants, he was bowling upwards of 80 mph at 16..,)

https://www.606v2.com/t32653-olly-stone-signs-northants-pro-deal?highlight=Olly+Stone

Thread from 2012 - move aside Mr Whittaker Olly is taking over the selector role now #talentspotter

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/654797.html

Whilst on the subject - I got this guy out in a school game with a slower ball

Win tonight, Sussex go top. Fantastic record in the T20 at Lords so we all know where this is going.

Yes Tymal!!!

X2

Huge wicket from Yardy!

Great bowling display from Sussex. 

Now for the batting collapse

Another top display from Luke Wright

Best there is
Best there was
Best there ever will be

Top of the league. Lovely jubbly. 

Managed to get a ticket for the sell out home game against Kent tomorrow night, should be a belter.

NickisBHAFC wrote:Another top display from Luke Wright

Best there is
Best there was
Best there ever will be

Yeah, daft of me to rate Sobers so highly all these years.

100 for Brendan McCullum in 42 balls.....

Only in the British t20 competition would you have Brendan mccullum on 125* and nobody anywhere bar the ground able to watch....

Over 150 for McCullum now....seriously they have a camera at each game, how hard is it just to put a stream of each game on the website....

So we've had the two best t20 batsmen in the world playing and scoring an innings of over 150* - barely anybody would've seen them.

Current format and coverage is a complete nonsense

Olly wrote:So we've had the two best t20 batsmen in the world playing and scoring an innings of over 150* - barely anybody would've seen them.

Current format and coverage is a complete nonsense

Not sure you can argue Brendan should be on TV over a Roses game, like it or not the Roses game is still a huge event and it was a fantastic game with over 400 runs being scored.

Not arguing that - I'm arguing why they can't have a stream online for every game. Pretty much every other sport can do it - they have the cameras at the ground anyways

Well went to the Rose Bowl last night. Another shambles. Started quite well, Bird very expensive again, Briggs 2-13 off 3 overs! 3! A few people around us as bemused as us!

Batting collapse again despite a very solid start. Rudolph 2-8 off 2 overs sums it up tbh. That's 5 straight defeats in all comps.

I see BMccullum went bonkers last night. I'm with Olly, how are we unable to see an innings like that! Surely they could provide a highlights package on sky? Rather than just 3 of his shots on sky sports news with a wobbly camera!

A good win for Kent, stopping Sussex's brilliant run. Surrey smash the whipping boys of the South Group, Middlesex.

Poor performance from Sussex last night. The southern group is just so tight! Anyone apart from Middlesex stands a chance of progression.

Why are Middlesex so consistently poor?

Billings just hit a offside yorker (you know on that blue line thing) for four at square leg. That's a little silly

And he's just completed a fantastic leg side stumping. He looks a bloody good keeper too

Now a fantastic catch standing upto Stevens. Looks really tasty behind the wicket

SamB looked good tonight both with the bat and gloves. Not so sure about his "rapport" with the coach or the "sledging" of Allenby. He obviously has a high opinion of himself but that self confidence is something that top sportsmen must have.

An more enjoyable evening at Hove last night. Good beer, good crowd, good atmosphere and a wonderful performance. Luke Wright once again the star of the show.

The best there is 
The best there was
The best there ever will be 

Him and Hales have to open up for England

Hampshire playing Gloucestershire right now. At 2.30pm on a Tuesday..... someone explain that one to me?

Struggling at 76-4 after 12 overs.

116 all out

Some outrageous hitting from Ross Whiteley last night against Yorkshire to secure our place in the quarter finals. Now to try and secure a home quarter final for the first time.

Unbelievable knock from Ross Whitely, Mat. Good to see Dolly back in the fold too

Yeah it's good to see Dolly back in. Been scoring a lot of runs for the 2's, with a nice 50 against Warwickshire in the previous T20 game, but more pleasing to see him contributing significantly with the ball.

Some big games in the t20 tonight.

Nick, are you attending elclassicoast?

Nope the only home t20 game in missing tonight  it sold out so quickly. We win and that's QF for us.