Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[Voll Blau]

10 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

Only the top 3 in the group qualify for the knockout stage. See the following excerpt from the ECB website:

The format for the knockout stages are:

Quarter-finals – 14 August (hosted by second-placed counties)

Group A Second-placed county v Group B Third-placed county

Group B Second-placed county v Group A Third-placed county

Semi-finals – 17 August (hosted by group winners)

Group A winner v Quarter-final winner

Group B winner v Quarter-final winner

The winners of the semi-final progress to the Royal London Cup final at Trent Bridge on 19 August.

Such pathetic scheduling. The ECB haven't even tried to hide the fact they want no-one turning up to these.

[Sunbury Fox]

Unchanged team. Won the toss and decided to bat.

[Guest Lako42]

18 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

Unchanged team. Won the toss and decided to bat.

[Bert]

Need a Kimber special here. 

[chrishlcfc]

Lilley had to take some responsibility to go and play a big innings there but as usual in one day cricket he never does. The odd quick 30/40 really isn’t enough if you bat 3. Well set and just throws it away like he so often does. 

[harpendenfox]

Time for Rhodes to prove me wrong, and create a significant innings. Plenty of time left.

[harpendenfox]

Just now, harpendenfox said:

Time for Rhodes to prove me wrong, and create a significant innings. Plenty of time left.

I mean the very next bastard ball. Give me strength.

[CosbehFox]

13 minutes ago, chrishlcfc said:

Lilley had to take some responsibility to go and play a big innings there but as usual in one day cricket he never does. The odd quick 30/40 really isn’t enough if you bat 3. Well set and just throws it away like he so often does. 

That’s his A List career best, 46!

[chrishlcfc]

7 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

That’s his A List career best, 46!

Exactly. Embarrassing that for one our frontline batsman and somehow Rhodes continuously makes him look a world beater. 

[Guest Lako42]

The selection policy is a joke

[CrawlingFox]

Lilley is a very good t20 pinch hitter but his game and temperament seems poorly suited to even the 50 over game. Really this iteration of the one day cup was a chance for him to rack up the runs.

 

Baffled by the continued omission of Steel, he must have ruffled someone's feathers. Would also like to have seen Welch play as he looked a powerful and composed batter on limited evidence last season.

 

Rhodes isn't a bad cricketer in any respect whether that's batting, bowling or fielding but in the former two departments he isn't particularly good either. I have no idea what his role in the side is supposed to be.

 

Edit: Ignore the Welch point, I've just remembered the injury.

Edited 12 August 2021 by CrawlingFox

[UpTheLeagueFox]

43 minutes ago, chrishlcfc said:

Lilley had to take some responsibility to go and play a big innings there but as usual in one day cricket he never does. The odd quick 30/40 really isn’t enough if you bat 3. Well set and just throws it away like he so often does. 

 

30 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

That’s his A List career best, 46!

 

21 minutes ago, chrishlcfc said:

Exactly. Embarrassing that for one our frontline batsman and somehow Rhodes continuously makes him look a world beater. 

He's beaten his List A best twice this season (yeah 41 and 46 but still) and got 99* in the T20 plus a few decent bowling displays.

Is he becoming the new Ayoze on FT? 

[harpendenfox]

2 minutes ago, CrawlingFox said:

Lilley is a very good t20 pinch hitter but his game and temperament seems poorly suited to even the 50 over game. Really this iteration of the one day cup was a chance for him to rack up the runs.

 

Baffled by the continued omission of Steel, he must have ruffled someone's feathers. Would also like to have seen Welch play as he looked a powerful and composed batter on limited evidence last season.

 

Rhodes isn't a bad cricketer in any respect whether that's batting, bowling or fielding but in the former two departments he isn't particularly good either. I have no idea what his role in the side is supposed to be.

Welch got injured of course, so is out of action

[Guest Lako42]

Kimber again having to rescue, but looks like he'll run out of partners now

[chrishlcfc]

14 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

 

 

He's beaten his List A best twice this season (yeah 41 and 46 but still) and got 99* in the T20 plus a few decent bowling displays.

Is he becoming the new Ayoze on FT? 

Not particularly, just think that he’s batting at 3 and was well set but didn’t value his wicket and played like the pinch hitter that he is.

 

He could and probably should quite easily if he used his head have gone on to get a big score today which is what was needed.

[Bert]

Need 250 minimum to stand half a chance 

[UpTheLeagueFox]

2 minutes ago, chrishlcfc said:

Not particularly, just think that he’s batting at 3 and was well set but didn’t value his wicket and played like the pinch hitter that he is.

He could and probably should quite easily if he used his head have gone on to get a big score today which is what was needed.

Points taken but it feels like he's singled out.

[chrishlcfc]

Very impressive innings by Kimber again. Just looks a really assured player and took a very good ball to get him out.

 

Ahmed played really well there as well to bat the overs.

 

whether it’s enough we don’t know but something to bowl at.

Edited 12 August 2021 by chrishlcfc

[Bert]

272 to defend! 

[Sunbury Fox]

Do we think that is enough? Looks like the spinners will be crucial.

[HaroldBazBo]

50 50 chance I reckon.

 

40 not out for the 16 year old..

 

Glamorgan doing their bit. We need Warwks to come good.

[Stadt]

Ahmed is going to have a massive future, hopefully it’s with us!

 

 

Sakande is better with the bat and ball over Griffiths, why haven’t we seen anything of him recently? 

[Guest Lako42]

Let's hope GG isn't as expensive as he usually is. 

[Jimmy]

16 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

Just seen that Gurney tweet. Absolutely raging now.

what's happened?

[Guest Lako42]

They've gone off for drizzle