Beagle

An incredible finish.

I don’t care! A win is a win. It’s progress. Concerned about Sol though. Hope he is okay.

Rehan playing for England Lions today.

Batsman Turner in Overdrive!

Injured?

Leicestershire second eleven returned to the scene of Sunday’s crime against our first team at Chester le Street with a win over Durham to restore some pride for the County. Five wickets for spinner Rayner saw the hosts dismissed for 102 leading to victory by 30 runs. The team was captained by Sam Wood.

It already is. What a difference from last season!

Raine was superb. Just wish he wouldn’t pour on our parade!

And these guys commentating on the Durham game are the perfect example of how bad it could get!! And the stream has crashed six times already!

Good point. Perhaps we should be grateful for what we have!

Standards of cricket commentary on the radio and streams nationally have dropped dramatically in recent years. We have been lucky to have Richard Rae for as long as we have. The BBC should hang their heads in shame.

They will be!

Our old friend Wiaan Mulder had a nightmare tonight. 28 off one nine ball over for Essex!

He did, frequently, especially on radio. The BBC has deserted Leicester and abandoned their own values. Tonight’s performance on radio was far worse than what happened on the field. Those commentators were beyond clueless. Might as well have invited the cast of Vicar of Dibley to do it: I’m sure that Alice Tinker and Jim Trott could have done better! No, no, no, no, yes!

Cox and Kelly tried hard to make a silk purse out of the sows ear that they were presented with by previous batters and bowlers alike. A very disappointing evening all round.

Who is the commentator on the stream?

Capitulation implies a deliberate act. Are you implying that they deliberately threw the game?

No. Capitulation is the act of surrendering, yielding, or ceasing resistance to an opponent or a demand. That isn’t what happened today. We were competing on even terms for two days but the conditions this morning strongly favoured the Essex bowlers and we were beaten fair and square. You can’t fault the effort of our boys.

I just wish we had an attack of comparable quality.

Underlines just how unlucky we have been. This morning we faced the perfect storm of top quality bowlers and perfect bowling conditions.

Come off it! Kelly has only been in the country five minutes and you feel that today’s innings qualifies you to cast judgement on him!!

The contrast between the three commentators in the box at Essex this week speaks volumes for the quality of Richards work. I can’t believe that the BBC don’t recognise this.

Richard Rae says goodbye to the airwaves today and I for one will miss him. I should like to thank him for his excellent service over the years and wish him well for the future (and hopefully for an unexpected return to the mic).

Singh has sung his last song!

There’s also a player called OB Rayner playing for the twos today. Any relation to OP Rayner?