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Couldn't agree more over Kimber. He wouldn't have been an automatic pick (for me) in the T20 side, let alone as captain. He seems to have enormous credit in the bank with the coaches, but as you say, his recent form has been dismal. What is someone like Trevaskis going to make of this...? If people start to think that a meritocracy is being bypassed, that's damaging in any environment. For me, this is the only worry in what's otherwise been an impressive start by the team this season.

Quite a good move to put Lancs in, if you look at the weather forecast. Anyone batting first is likely to have the disruption of rain breaks, whereas whoever bats second is likely to see the best of the conditions (Saturday p.m. and Sunday).

I think this is right in terms of a declaration. If the likes of Mike and Scriven can score at this rate on this pitch, you don't want Jewell and Lloyd reaching 100 for none after the first 15 overs. It's a fair tactic to extinguish any hope that Derby have of a victory and then see if they can withstand 85+ overs.

I'd take a draw right now with those line-ups. Snap your hand off for it, though we need much more.

Enjoyed Loughborough Students dispatching Corby yesterday. Corby arrived with the usual visitors' approach of trying to bully the Scholars off the ball, but couldn't cope when Loughborough's youngsters got to grips with them and went up a gear. I can't get very interested in Loughborough Dynamo any more since the voluntary (and controversial) relegation, but the Students are capable of some good passing football and seem well drilled by ex-Foxes 'favourite' Jamie Clapham.

I've only been able to buy an online ticket for this by using a brand new laptop. I had tried and failed with older laptops and an Android phone (3, 6, and 4 yrs old respectively). When I clicked on the relevant sector, the pitch image and the itemized seating layout weren't loading. I don't know if anyone else has found this too.

Abysmal. The batting is packed with experience, but only Budinger managed to maintain a decent strike rate (for what was a very reachable Surrey total).

Loughborough Dynamo v Anstey Nomads tomorrow, 3 p.m. Massive credit to both clubs for their performances this season - both currently in playoff places. Looking forward to some lithe, acrobatic, goalkeeping athleticism from Lewis King and Conrad Logan . Two teams who have done Leicestershire proud this season... unlike certain others... so please come down if you live locally. As others on this thread have said, if you need something to rekindle your enthusiasm for football, non-league is the ideal solution.

You can bet that some scrote will try their luck with short pitched stuff though, given the sort of opposition behaviour Leics have faced in recent years. The umpires (and Leics) will quickly need to be on top of this rules-wise.

England should at least delay the start of the series until Bashir gets his visa - which would mean scrapping the first test and maybe more. England's team selection shouldn't be affected by a number of people behaving like tw@ts.

Haircut 100 were excellent in last year's tour, because their musicianship has gone up several notches over the past 40 years. This event sounds a decent initiative by the club (depending on who the other bands are...).

I'd never buy a membership on principle. But, having a booking history, I've been contacted once or twice this calendar year about tickets being available. However, having then downloaded the lengthy document about mobile ticketing, I've given up at that point. For the past 30 years or so, I would go to 3-4 games a year when back in Leics, but not now.

This will be Enzo translating literally into English - in Italian "corretto" can imply "sporting" or "appropriate", so in his view the celebration was "unsporting" / "inappropriate".

Yes, the sort of role which - it was naively hoped - Lilley was supposed to fulfil. As well as his kamikaze batting, Lilley had the fielding dexterity and interpersonal skills of Bernard Manning. So at least Ben Mike will be an upgrade in those two areas.