Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[SemperEadem]

Love this members card from Evans.

[harpendenfox]

Leicester lad. City fan. Maiden County ton today at one of the finest cricket grounds in the world. A pretty decent day for Sam!

[The People's Hero]

Bat tomorrow like its day one. Just bat time. We have to get enough to ensure we don't lose the game.

 

The track looks like an absolute road but no harm in then letting the bowlers steam in

[Sunbury Fox]

Well done, Sam! 

[Voll Blau]

25 minutes ago, harpendenfox said:

Leicester lad. City fan. Maiden County ton today at one of the finest cricket grounds in the world. A pretty decent day for Sam!

Shame no one was there to see it in person but thanks to streaming more County fans would have seen it live than could have anyway!

[HaroldBazBo]

Hats off to him. It was an off and on day with rain and bad light plus Kemar Roach to deal with.

 

Great effort. Let's hope they push on for a couple of sessions. Weather forecast looks better for days 3 and 4.

[CrawlingFox]

Hopefully his first of many. Well played.

[MaidstoneFox]

Presents a bit of a batting selection problem for the next game when Harris comes in, if Hill builds on this start and Swindells gets a few. The squad looking a bit batting heavy and bowling light.

[Voll Blau]

21 minutes ago, MaidstoneFox said:

Presents a bit of a batting selection problem for the next game when Harris comes in, if Hill builds on this start and Swindells gets a few. The squad looking a bit batting heavy and bowling light.

Surely the only option is to drop Dearden and bat one of them at three?

[HaroldBazBo]

I'd have Parkinson resting up until he's got a chance of taking a wicket.

 

Ackermann can hold up an end.

 

 

[when_you're_smiling]

Not Leics CC any more sadly. But still..

 

 

[HaroldBazBo]

The guy from Wisden on the commentary is talking a lot of sense.

 

The Hundred.

Players choosing the IPL over test matches in India.

The 18 county system.

[UpTheLeagueFox]

Evans out for 138. Hill made 70.

Leics 353-7 at lunch on day two.

[MaidstoneFox]

1 hour ago, Voll Blau said:

Surely the only option is to drop Dearden and bat one of them at three?

Probably yes, though he got 60 and 40 odd in the last game. You can't really drop Hill and would seem a backward step to drop your talented young keeper, therefore apart from Dearden the only option is to revert to four bowlers + Ackermann. We are really missing a batsman who can turn his arm over for 10 overs of medium pace a day, a Steven Mullaney/Daryl Mitchell type.

[Voll Blau]

7 minutes ago, MaidstoneFox said:

Probably yes, though he got 60 and 40 odd in the last game. You can't really drop Hill and would seem a backward step to drop your talented young keeper, therefore apart from Dearden the only option is to revert to four bowlers + Ackermann. We are really missing a batsman who can turn his arm over for 10 overs of medium pace a day, a Steven Mullaney/Daryl Mitchell type.

That's why I think we should go in for Kyle Mayers if he's available for part of the season.

 

Standard collapse happening now. Need 400 minimum here.

[SemperEadem]

Really showed there how long our tail is.

[MaidstoneFox]

375 all out from 312-4. 

 

Virdi looks a good spin prospect for England.

[Bert]

25 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

That's why I think we should go in for Kyle Mayers if he's available for part of the season.

 

Standard collapse happening now. Need 400 minimum here.

You’d still like to think that at worst this game ends as a draw. For Surrey to take a commanding lead will mean them batting until tomorrow night at least. 

[walkerleeds]

We managed 75 runs for the last 7 wickets on an absolute road. Such a shame.

[Voll Blau]

5 minutes ago, Bert said:

You’d still like to think that at worst this game ends as a draw. For Surrey to take a commanding lead will mean them batting until tomorrow night at least. 

If even two of their top five get in against our bowlers then I'm not sure they'll even need that long. Hope I'm wrong though as we deserve something out of this for the composure we showed yesterday against a much better attack than we're used to facing.

[when_you're_smiling]

17 minutes ago, Bert said:

You’d still like to think that at worst this game ends as a draw. For Surrey to take a commanding lead will mean them batting until tomorrow night at least. 

This attack went for more than five an over in overcast conditions at Grace Road last week - never mind on a road at The Oval.

 

Edit - Two overs in and going at a run a ball.

Edited 16 April 2021 by when_you're_smiling

[UpTheLeagueFox]

Surrey 93/3 at tea, trailing by 282.

Burns, Stoneman and Hamla all back in the hutch.

Decent response by Leics.

 

[Corky]

That is a hell of a top three out before 100 is reached. We've made this game competitive at least.

[katieakita]

3 hours ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

Surrey 93/3 at tea, trailing by 282.

Burns, Stoneman and Hamla all back in the hutch.

Decent response by Leics.

 

160 runs later not so good damn you Geoff, just why

[CrawlingFox]

A real shame we couldn't hold on for 400. Credit to Evans and Hill for holding on as long as they did but it feels like our batting lineup is a batsman short. I hope Harris comes in for someone in the bottom 5, Mike is handy with the bat but not quite a genuine all rounder yet and the tail is too long currently.

 

Harris

Azad

Evans

Ackermann

Dearden

Hill

Swindells

4 bowlers

 

Looks more balanced though if Parkinson plays then it's a heavy workload on three seamers. Whether we have 4 or 5 bowlers might not matter with how toothless we look currently anyway.