Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[Stadt]

Lacking the killer strike bowler we’ve all been saying it years 

[Sunbury Fox]

Shame that having actually got Madsen out and reduced them to 139-6, we've let them off the hook in a big way. 

[DezFox]

Suprise suprise can get out the lower order and tail. Always the same problem, no strike bowlers. 

[Foxmeister]

Maximum bonus points and a fair chance of going 2 from 2.

[when_you're_smiling]

Crucial period though. Have to bat well here or Derbys will be favourites.

[Ted Maul]

Ideally, stick 300 on the board and have 20 overs at them today.

[Lionator]

It’s brave and I love it. I know he has his critics but Alfonso has developed a proper good edge to this team.

[EastAnglianFox]

Didnt realise we were playing them in a t20 today 

[BigWesMorgan]

On 11/04/2025 at 11:44, BigWesMorgan said:

Am I the only one who doesn’t get the Rehan Ahmed love-in? Most overrated cricketer on the planet

 

Seems like Rehan has been reading FoxesTalk 

[DezFox]

58 minutes ago, Foxmeister said:

Maximum bonus points and a fair chance of going 2 from 2.

At this rate we will get 300 on board and have a full session haba 

[Lionator]

1 hour ago, DezFox said:

At this rate we will get 300 on board and have a full session haba 

You need to leave them needing over 4 an over. Enough to make them attack but 300 could easily be chased on this. Something like 380 lead with 4-5 overs tonight at them. 

[Ted Maul]

5 minutes ago, Lionator said:

You need to leave them needing over 4 an over. Enough to make them attack but 300 could easily be chased on this. Something like 380 lead with 4-5 overs tonight at them. 

Think we will be intent on moving things on a bit quicker than that... less than 3 an over to get to that scenario (weather permitting)

[Sunbury Fox]

Never mind moving things on quickly, we're now in a bit of trouble. Been an appalling afternoon session. 

[Ted Maul]

5 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

Never mind moving things on quickly, we're now in a bit of trouble. Been an appalling afternoon session. 

Plenty to come still. I'd imagine they will still be chasing 350+. Fair play to them if they do.

[Lionator]

8 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

Plenty to come still. I'd imagine they will still be chasing 350+. Fair play to them if they do.

Yup no need to panic, 350 is a lot still. 

[Tommy Fresh]

23 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

Never mind moving things on quickly, we're now in a bit of trouble. Been an appalling afternoon session. 

The depth of our batting means we should be okay 

[Blueman1967]

Get 350  and declare, it looks like it is keep low

[Ted Maul]

Would have thought they would be going for it a bit more by now.

[EastAnglianFox]

Why are we not putting them in?

 

Christ if they hit 350+ that then surely you just say fair play

[Foxmeister]

5 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

Why are we not putting them in?

 

Christ if they hit 350+ that then surely you just say fair play

Weather for tomorrow isn’t great, the question is why they aren’t they at least trying to score quickly?!

[Ted Maul]

I get the feeling that we may end up rueing wasting those last 10 overs. 

[Cakey]

Pointless session. Went absolutely nowhere. Just rudderless for some reason? 

 

Someone explain the logic in it? 

[when_you're_smiling]

14 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

Why are we not putting them in?

 

Christ if they hit 350+ that then surely you just say fair play

It may be that the umpires told Derbys to bowls the spinners because of the light. If that is what happened and we declared we’d have to give the new ball to Ahmed and Kimber.

 

It could be just being cautious though. Declaring overnight they’d still need less than four an over, when every team’s gone at a fair bit quicker than that throughout the match. 

[Ted Maul]

1 minute ago, when_you're_smiling said:

It may be that the umpires told Derbys to bowls the spinners because of the light. If that is what happened and we declared we’d have to give the new ball to Ahmed and Kimber.

 

It could be just being cautious though. Declaring overnight they’d still need less than four an over, when every team’s gone at a fair bit quicker than that throughout the match. 

Stop defending and try and stick another 30 on the scoreboard then, surely? 

[Silebyfox_89]

Mike should've come in earlier if they wanted to score quickly