Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[OwnGoal]

Watched most of the play yesterday. Every batsman got in, bowling looked hard work. Logic says this should be a fairly boring draw if conditions don’t change massively. Probably be after lunch when we get to bat. Bat till teatime tomorrow minimum and we should be fine. 

[Harpenden Fox]

Was there any word on why the excellent Cox is missing this one?

[Lionator]

Cracking morning so far. 
 

Somehow going to come out of this innings with more bonus points that them 

Edited 23 June 2025 by Lionator

[HaroldBazBo]

A brilliant hour that.

[OwnGoal]

Whole dynamics changed now. A slight chance of victory if we bat well. No longer purely batting for a draw. 

Edited 23 June 2025 by OwnGoal

[SemperEadem]

Superb session.

[Tommy Fresh]

On 20/06/2025 at 06:58, Graceroad said:

Need more then 11 players Tommy  plus Handcomb don't want to keep wicket anymore he only took over in gloves in 2023 to boost his chances of Ashes selection. Regarding Salary Swindells not on a huge amount  and it's important to keep some local academy lads at the club

Doesn't seem that arsed about keeping wicket......

As I said if Cox is out Handscomb or Hill are more than capable of standing in, the fact we've done that rather than bring Swindells in speaks volumes, despite you saying Handscomb doesn't want to do it

[Lionator]

The ball/pitch isn’t doing anything right now. We really just need to bat patiently and sensibly. 

[DezFox]

Seems negative but I feel like we need to bat to not lose to begin with here and  see where we are at. A draw would be an excellent result against a team that are bang in form and are not far behind. A draw for us is closer to promotion given our positions in table. Bat slowly and sensibly and re-asses this time tomrrow? 

[Ted Maul]

Love this team's mentality. Gritted it out and dragged their scoring rate back in when things were going badly yesterday, now on top. Not for the first time this season either. 

[Ted Maul]

10 minutes ago, DezFox said:

Seems negative but I feel like we need to bat to not lose to begin with here and  see where we are at. A draw would be an excellent result against a team that are bang in form and are not far behind. A draw for us is closer to promotion given our positions in table. Bat slowly and sensibly and re-asses this time tomrrow? 

Disagree slightly- stick to the usual plan, hope the top 3 get us off to a flyer then let the middle order bat properly.

 

Things seem to be able to change pretty quickly with the Kookaburra, so try and cash in whilst the going is good! 

[DezFox]

20 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

Disagree slightly- stick to the usual plan, hope the top 3 get us off to a flyer then let the middle order bat properly.

 

Things seem to be able to change pretty quickly with the Kookaburra, so try and cash in whilst the going is good! 

Yeah fair, better way to look at it. 

[Ted Maul]

1 minute ago, DezFox said:

Yeah fair, better way to look at it. 

You're welcome to say 'I told you so' when we're 80-4.

[AjcW]

A draw of course would be good, but with 6 wins, we're only a win and a draw away from Yorkshires promotion points total last season.

 

I'd rather we looked to get draws in September silly season when you get about 2 days play if you're lucky  

[Lionator]

5 minutes ago, AjcW said:

A draw of course would be good, but with 6 wins, we're only a win and a draw away from Yorkshires promotion points total last season.

 

I'd rather we looked to get draws in September silly season when you get about 2 days play if you're lucky  

A win would be excellent but a draw is equally as valuable against a promotion rival. It would keep us at least 40+ ahead of them. 

[Ted Maul]

17 minutes ago, Lionator said:

A win would be excellent but a draw is equally as valuable against a promotion rival. It would keep us at least 40+ ahead of them. 

If we win, and if Derbyshire put Gloucs away (which is looking highly likely), the gap to 3rd is going to be astronomical.

 

We shouldn't be silly in the way we approach it, there's plenty of time- I've no doubt that they will be trying to win it though. 

[Lionator]

39 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

If we win, and if Derbyshire put Gloucs away (which is looking highly likely), the gap to 3rd is going to be astronomical.

 

We shouldn't be silly in the way we approach it, there's plenty of time- I've no doubt that they will be trying to win it though. 

We’re 206 behind currently with 10 wickets left, so a lead is possible provided we don’t do anything stupid. And a lead would pretty much rule out a loss unless something stupid happens. Will be interesting if we can keep going at 4.5rpo 

[Ted Maul]

3 minutes ago, Lionator said:

We’re 206 behind currently with 10 wickets left, so a lead is possible provided we don’t do anything stupid. And a lead would pretty much rule out a loss unless something stupid happens. Will be interesting if we can keep going at 4.5rpo 

We've upped the scoring rate in the last few overs... wouldn't hold your breath on not 'doing anything stupid' 

[Tommy Fresh]

Class by Budinger

[OwnGoal]

A great tonne that. 

[Stadt]

First ton for Budinger, brought it up with a two 6s naturally!

[Lionator]

Long overdue Sol! Now make it a big one. 

[Lionator]

2 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

We've upped the scoring rate in the last few overs... wouldn't hold your breath on not 'doing anything stupid' 

You never know with this team. One thing for sure is that it’s an absolute road. Green must’ve bowled very well this morning. 

[OwnGoal]

Chances of us nearly being in front at end of play today. That would have seemed impossible at 11am. 

[Ted Maul]

Inside edge off the boot? Horrible bit of luck for Patel.