Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[Graceroad]

38 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

Football has an audience willing to pay it though, County Championship games aren't packed to capacity are they

No sadly not and never will be not sure its because of price though .Regarding football not many clubs outside the PL get close to full houses

[Tommy Fresh]

1 hour ago, Graceroad said:

No sadly not and never will be not sure its because of price though .Regarding football not many clubs outside the PL get close to full houses

I mean I've just told you I'm not going  because of the price, so it definitely will be for some. 

[Graceroad]

59 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

I mean I've just told you I'm not going  because of the price, so it definitely will be for some. 

That's fair enough but find it hard to believe that if someone's  a football and cricket fan they will pay £50 to watch a 90 minuite match but won't pay £20 to watch a full day's cricket

[SemperEadem]

Is anyone going to the members meeting on here? If so will you write up whats said please. Looks to not be a stream this year.

[Tommy Fresh]

27 minutes ago, Graceroad said:

That's fair enough but find it hard to believe that if someone's  a football and cricket fan they will pay £50 to watch a 90 minuite match but won't pay £20 to watch a full day's cricket

They aren't the same thing though are they, so you can't really make the comparison although I know what you're getting at.

[Father Ted]

How much longer will they persist with Mike before they drop him?

[Lako42]

2 hours ago, Father Ted said:

How much longer will they persist with Mike before they drop him?

Forever 

[harpendenfox]

13 hours ago, Father Ted said:

How much longer will they persist with Mike before they drop him?

I guess the problem is we have no replacement until Scriven is recovered from injury.

[Graceroad]

7 minutes ago, harpendenfox said:

I guess the problem is we have no replacement until Scriven is recovered from injury.

What about Salisbury Walker or Keith Richards sorry mean Chris Wright?

[harpendenfox]

2 hours ago, Graceroad said:

What about Salisbury Walker or Keith Richards sorry mean Chris Wright?

I guess Walker isn't deemed good enough. However he's barely had a first team game, so hard to judge. Obviously would have Wrighty back immediately, but the Club haven't released when he will be available. Not entirely sure why it's all so mysterious. He failed a drug test, presumably a ban expires on a certain date, but no one seems to know when that it is. If we're paying him in full, which I presume we are, that's a hideous blow for a County of our size. 

[adam]

Why do they keep putting the opposition in to bat when we win the toss. Odd.

[harpendenfox]

2 minutes ago, adam said:

Why do they keep putting the opposition in to bat when we win the toss. Odd.

good question. Although I read that we dropped at least 4 catches yesterday. Might have been a different story I suppose

 

[trabuch]

Patel has made himself look a right chump there.

[CrawlingFox]

This is going well.

[trabuch]

There's plenty of runs in this wicket once the ball gets old.

[Sunbury Fox]

Is Kimber injured or have they chosen to move him down the order? Seems odd to have Holland and Goldsworthy batting in the top 4 but then we don't have a lot of depth in the batting department. 

[when_you're_smiling]

Even the loan players being called up to The Hundred.

 

Currie has been called up as well as Hull to whatever the Lancashire side are.

[CrawlingFox]

1 hour ago, Sunbury Fox said:

Is Kimber injured or have they chosen to move him down the order? Seems odd to have Holland and Goldsworthy batting in the top 4 but then we don't have a lot of depth in the batting department. 

Holland has opened for much of his career I think?

 

Goldsworthy also spent much of his career in Somerset's seconds batting quite high up and I think was seen as a batting all rounder initially,  though he's certainly had success bowling in recent times.

[Stadt]

Patel called up for Birmingham in the hundred, Dan Weston is the analyst there and he used to work for us 

[MaidstoneFox]

14 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Patel called up for Birmingham in the hundred, Dan Weston is the analyst there and he used to work for us 

Great for him and the other guys, but our squad will be pretty thin

 

[Lionator]

11 minutes ago, MaidstoneFox said:

Great for him and the other guys, but our squad will be pretty thin

 

It’s good for the club I think. If we hadn’t won the cup last year then maybe I’d be more upset but having more representation shows the direction that the club is going in, even if the Hundred is rubbish. 

[Harpenden Fox]

Ben Mike proving his consistent lack of contribution across all formats. 
 

That’s a woeful batting performance aside from the overseas players. 

[Lako42]

Mike is shite and always has been 

[Walshy5]

Don't look like we've got any chance of retaining the one day cup then with all these players being drafted for that Hundred shite! 🤢.

 

 

[Sunbury Fox]

27 minutes ago, Walshy5 said:

Don't look like we've got any chance of retaining the one day cup then with all these players being drafted for that Hundred shite! 🤢.

 

 

Who is off to the Hundred? Rishi, Hull, Currie and Rehan? Anyone else? That would still leave us with a decent XI:

 

Budinger

Holland

Kimber 

Hill 

Handscomb

Mulder

Cox

Mike

Scriven (hopefully fit)

Goldsworthy (unless Somerset recall him)

Wright