Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[Bert]

Could be a batting pitch. They’d still need to win by a very sizeable margin probably 200+

[Lionator]

3 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

Yeah, Lancs might just be an issue here.

Their bowling attack is pretty weak though, Bailey is decent but the rest not so much. 

[Ted Maul]

4 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Their bowling attack is pretty weak though, Bailey is decent but the rest not so much. 

Oh yeah it'll be perfect for batting too. Certainly not panicking, but they're in the equation.

Edited 11 August by Ted Maul

[Foxmeister]

3 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

Oh yeah it'll be perfect for batting too. Certainly not panicking, but they're in the equation.

That and the ground only taking 1/2 hour to mow.

[when_you're_smiling]

Lancs looking likely to get over 400 and Somerset won’t be thinking about run rate.

[tylesta]

Lets hope somerset dont collapse like they did v us

[Lionator]

Just stuck the stream on, they’re getting 420+ easily. Boundaries are incredibly short. 

[Bert]

5 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Just stuck the stream on, they’re getting 420+ easily. Boundaries are incredibly short. 

Let’s hope Somerset can put a decent total on the board. Batting pitch, short boundaries. 

[Ted Maul]

Just need them not not panic and throw away wickets in the first few overs.

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

3 hours ago, Lionator said:

They’d need to win by 200+ to have any hope of overtaking us. Nice quiet starts all round which suit us. Hopefully it’ll be pretty clear we won’t be overtaken by 2pm and we can have a restful afternoon. 

No restful afternoon now 🥹

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

6 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

Just need them not not panic and throw away wickets in the first few overs.

Problem being scoring at 8+ an over from the start can lead to reckless shots and wickets. It’ll be an interesting afternoon. 

[Foxmeister]

8 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Problem being scoring at 8+ an over from the start can lead to reckless shots and wickets. It’ll be an interesting afternoon. 

Quite, they won’t be targeting getting Leics a home semi.

[Ted Maul]

10 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Problem being scoring at 8+ an over from the start can lead to reckless shots and wickets. It’ll be an interesting afternoon. 

It's got to be a proper batting wicket- new Lancs batsmen all coming in and hitting boundaries pretty much immediately. 

 

Looks an odd decision from Somerset to bowl first now

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

2 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

It's got to be a proper batting wicket- new Lancs batsmen all coming in and hitting boundaries pretty much immediately. 

 

Looks an odd decision from Somerset to bowl first now

It’s a massive score, let’s hope they don’t crumble trying to go big too early. 
My maths is poor, I wonder what margin of a win they need to overhaul us…. 

[Bert]

231 needed for Somerset for Lancs to not overtake. 

[Lionator]

3 minutes ago, Bert said:

231 needed for Somerset for Lancs to not overtake. 

Unless they get bowled out in less than 50 overs, which means it would be a bit more. I can’t see how they don’t get 231 on that pitch but you never know once panic sets in, you just know they’ll lose early wickets.

Edited 11 August by Lionator

[Bert]

At the very worst it’s a home quarter final. 

[Foxmeister]

22 minutes ago, Bert said:

At the very worst it’s a home quarter final. 

How long have Notts got to knock off 299 or how many do Surrey need to win by?

[Lionator]

5 minutes ago, Foxmeister said:

How long have Notts got to knock off 299 or how many do Surrey need to win by?

Surrey needed to win by 270. Notts need to knock it off in 28 overs 

[Lionator]

You’d think Lammonby would be getting 230 himself on this deck. 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Somerset 2 down 

[Ted Maul]

Perera looked really poor. Missed out on a couple of awful wide balls then gets trapped playing across the line twice. 

[Walshy5]

How many do Somerset need for us to still finish top?

[everton carr]

Just now, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Somerset 2 down 

When you think how easy they folded against us they could quite easily be bowled out for 170

[Lionator]

18 minutes ago, Walshy5 said:

How many do Somerset need for us to still finish top?

Somewhere between 219 and 229. Different calculations are saying different things.

 

caveat if they’re all out, it’ll need to be more as it gets projected to 50 overs. 

Edited 11 August by Lionator