Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[Max Wall]

Glamorgan 85 all out and 54-5 against Sussex puts a slight dampener on it but we can only win our games.

[Voll Blau]

How late can we stay on to try and get these? Half six or seven?

[Bert]

3 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

How late can we stay on to try and get these? Half six or seven?

Think they can stay on until 7. Hoping they can wrap it tonight but two full days to get 30 odd. Nice to actually win games again. 

[Voll Blau]

1 minute ago, Bert said:

Think they can stay on until 7. Hoping they can wrap it tonight but two full days to get 30 odd. Nice to actually win games again. 

Yeah, just switched on the radio commentary and they said there were officially six left, but there'll be a couple more if we look somewhere close. Be an unbelievable boost to win this in two days.

[Bert]

2 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

Yeah, just switched on the radio commentary and they said there were officially six left, but there'll be a couple more if we look somewhere close. Be an unbelievable boost to win this in two days.

Now just needing 20 something they’ll play the extra half hour. Can see both teams wanting this done tonight for different reasons. Great win, will pull us closer to Kent. 

[TheyCallMeMrCarbohydrate]

19 off 5 overs, they’ll get this done tonight. Brilliant performance.

[Voll Blau]

Just now, Bert said:

Now just needing 20 something they’ll play the extra half hour. Can see both teams wanting this done tonight for different reasons. Great win, will pull us closer to Kent. 

Just smashed a six too. Think they're keen to get a few victory beers in tonight. 

[Ted Maul]

It's so nice to have a competitive side again, Nixon has worked miracles in such a short space of time- the future looks bright, even if we lose a couple of players. I'd be very surprised if there wasn't a lot of work being done on the youth set up too- hopefully we will see plenty breaking into the first team in the next few years.

 

Division 1 has been so far away for so long- we're right in the mix now though. 

[harpendenfox]

make no mistake, this is going to be a stunning win. All involved deserve massive credit, but quite clearly Nico is leading something of a revolution, with bowling coach Matt Mason doing incredible things with the bowling group.

[Max Power]

Hopefully Dearden gets some confidence from this brisk fifty. 

[Voll Blau]

Have some of that! Anyone know the last time we won a CC game inside two days?

[TheyCallMeMrCarbohydrate]

3 minutes ago, Max Power said:

Hopefully Dearden gets some confidence from this brisk fifty. 

I like the way Horton got him there by taking the singles then saw out a maiden so he could hit the winning runs. Good stuff alround.

[TheyCallMeMrCarbohydrate]

3 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

Have some of that! Anyone know the last time we won a CC game inside two days?

April 2016 against Glamorgan.

[Voll Blau]

Just now, TheyCallMeMrCarbohydrate said:

April 2016 against Glamorgan.

Ah yeah, of course. 

[Max Wall]

About 10 BC I reckon.

[TheyCallMeMrCarbohydrate]

1 minute ago, Voll Blau said:

Ah yeah, of course. 

It feels like it should be longer I know!

[Voll Blau]

1 minute ago, TheyCallMeMrCarbohydrate said:

It feels like it should be longer I know!

I think I've just tried to repress all of the false dawns of the past few years. It's the hope that kills you.

[Ross-Kemp]

Now only 4 points behind Kent in 2nd.

 

 

[Max Wall]

2 minutes ago, Ross-Kemp said:

Now only 4 points behind Kent in 2nd.

 

 

Unfortunately Sussex are on the verge of an even bigger victory than ours. We are in the mix though, as someone said earlier, and that's verging on the miraculous after recent years.

Edited 23 July 2018 by Max Wall

[Sunbury Fox]

Amazing stuff. Won 4 out of 8 games already and, let's be honest, our 2 defeats should really have been victories. 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Should be looking at 6 straight wins then we’d be top, but that’s too negative we really are having a great season and a pleasure looking towards the top of the table instead of the bottom 

[Cake]

Great win. Worth the trip to Canterbury over the last few days. Good ale they have a CAMRA tent! Nice enough people. Said we were the best they had played. 

 

Bloody hot but beer only 3.80 a pint!

 

Recommend the trip.

Edited 23 July 2018 by Cake

[HaroldBazBo]

Horton seems like a really good calm customer from his interview.

 

The best change this year is that we have gone from struggling like anything to get 20 wickets to smashing through tales for less than 50 runs, Middlesex aside.

[UpTheLeagueFox]

Paul Nixon deserves massive credit for what he's done, making us competitive. Still work to do but we're on an upward curve and some pride is back.

[ThingsCouldGetMessi]

Well done to all the lads and Paul Nixon. It's great to see us winning matches and even when we don't win in the CC, we are giving a really good account of ourselves. We all know Paul Nixon loves the club and he seems to have got the players having some pride in the shirt. After a decade of misery, it's great to see us looking so competitive.