Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[Lionator]

7 minutes ago, worth_the_wait said:

A Ray Illingworth/Ken Higgs 1975-esque last wicket stand would be good!

 

Edited to say: Wiki reckons it was actually 1977.   I always thought it was 1975.   ho hum ...

Can’t say I remember it for age reasons but sounds good! Wood has great technique, was surprised he’s 11.

[Lionator]

12 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

Could still salvage a draw from this, play a bit more sensibly in the second innings and it's not actually that big an ask is it

5 sessions would be a very long time to bat out for though not impossible. They’d only get two new balls too. These guys have shown the pitch is offering little for the bowlers still. 

[HaroldBazBo]

Roman Walker deserves a lot of credit here.

[CrawlingFox]

31 minutes ago, HaroldBazBo said:

Roman Walker deserves a lot of credit here.

I've always said he's a top player.

[CrawlingFox]

40 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Can’t say I remember it for age reasons but sounds good! Wood has great technique, was surprised he’s 11.

Wood can definitely bat. Other than Salisbury and Hull don't think we have any bowlers who can't to be honest. Everyone else looks like they're good enough to go in at 8 at a minimum - Wood, Walker, Van Beek, Scrivo, Green are all very sound batters. Wright over the last couple seasons has been more than handy as well. Scrivo seems to have focused on his bowling but good enough to go in at 6 in my opinion.

[Voll Blau]

45 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Can’t say I remember it for age reasons but sounds good! Wood has great technique, was surprised he’s 11.

Bats in the top three at Newtown Linford.

[DezFox]

Well done tail Enders. Next target bat  out the day and as close to 329 as possible.

[LBTufty]

9 minutes ago, DezFox said:

Well done tail Enders. Next target bat  out the day and as close to 329 as possible.

I like Felix White, Greg James and Jimmy Anderson but don't think they deserve too much credit on this occasion.

[Beagle]

12 minutes ago, CrawlingFox said:

Wood can definitely bat. Other than Salisbury and Hull don't think we have any bowlers who can't to be honest. Everyone else looks like they're good enough to go in at 8 at a minimum - Wood, Walker, Van Beek, Scrivo, Green are all very sound batters. Wright over the last couple seasons has been more than handy as well. Scrivo seems to have focused on his bowling but good enough to go in at 6 in my opinion.

Salisbury can bat! Normally when the chips are down. 1) Durham v Derbyshire 2018 when he got 25 off 147 balls in a 99 run 9th wicket stand while his partner hit a ton. 2) Durham v Essex 2021, scored 44 in a 94 run 9th wicket partnership, 3) Durham v Middlesex 2022: scored 45 coming in at no 5 while wickets tumbled around him including Stokes, Borthwick, Eckersley. Came in as night watchman at the end of the day and was still there at lunch the following day. 

[Wsl]

Watching Middlesex bat on day 2, I didn't think we'd be following on on day 3.....

[LBTufty]

On a day perfect for an ice cream, Yorkshire 2nd XI appropriately bundled out for 99 (Headley 5-28, Hull 2-28)

[Lionator]

Budinger just isn’t cut out for this sort of situation. Bad temperament. At least Derbyshire are also likely to lose. Glamorgan hopefully will draw at worst.

[Sunbury Fox]

Just now, Lionator said:

Budinger just isn’t cut out for this sort of situation. Bad temperament. At least Derbyshire are also likely to lose. Glamorgan hopefully will draw at worst.

So disappointing from him when you look at the efforts from the 3 tailenders this morning. 

[Wsl]

17 hours ago, CrawlingFox said:

Budinger to be out for 10 off 5 balls?

Close but no cigar! Out for 5 off 10.....

[Sunbury Fox]

This is pitiful from our batsmen. Really disappointing. 

[Lionator]

11 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

This is pitiful from our batsmen. Really disappointing. 

Thankfully there’s only 4 of them in the team!

[Wsl]

7 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Thankfully there’s only 4 of them in the team!

That many?!

[Stadt]

Must be so dispiriting to see wickets lobbed away as Walker and Wood

[Wsl]

The problem with the plan to bowl first because you think the pitch will be a difficult one on day 4 is that you have to get to day 4 and require them to bat.

[DezFox]

Like a different team, what on earth are they doing??

[Lionator]

2 minutes ago, DezFox said:

Like a different team, what on earth are they doing??

Trevaskis was unlucky, looked like a pea roller. Rishi and Budinger awful though.

[Lionator]

Next game is v Derbyshire. Given the likely table after tomorrow, a win will be one foot promoted territory, so we have to get everyone back fit and firing. Rehan, Holland, Scriven and Hull all have to play. 

[Tommy Fresh]

Some poor shots by Green in both innings

[LBTufty]

9 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

Some poor shots by Green in both innings

That's possibly his last action in a Foxes shirt for the season 

[SemperEadem]

33 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Next game is v Derbyshire. Given the likely table after tomorrow, a win will be one foot promoted territory, so we have to get everyone back fit and firing. Rehan, Holland, Scriven and Hull all have to play. 

If none fit you wonder whether they pull in an on loan bowler.