Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[Stadt]

I'd imagine the unis will help with funding. Indians, Pakistanis and Emiratis will be keen on the cricket MBA.

[Guest WarehamFox]

Mulder batting well for South Africa, hopefully do well with the ball tomorrow.

[CoventryFox]

Had a hand scan. Suspected broken finger 😬

[Guest WarehamFox]

Where are they building it? Melbourne, that’s definitely not the Leicester skyline in the distance. 😀

 

 

Edited 14 March 2023 by WarehamFox
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[MaidstoneFox]

5 hours ago, WarehamFox said:

Where are they building it? Melbourne, that’s definitely not the Leicester skyline in the distance. 😀

 

 

It's Leicester in 2083, that's how long it'll take to raise the £60 million. They forget to put the flying cars in though.

[Stadt]

Agreed a reciprocal agreement with the racecourse, LCCC members can hit to 8 race meets this year. Good work.

[Guest Lako42]

2 hours ago, Stadt said:

Agreed a reciprocal agreement with the racecourse, LCCC members can hit to 8 race meets this year. Good work.

That is decent because it's not cheap to go racing

[CosbehFox]

8 hours ago, Stadt said:

Agreed a reciprocal agreement with the racecourse, LCCC members can hit to 8 race meets this year. Good work.

Same day the old man bought his membership (Exc. T20) for £135. 

 

Reciprocal agreements for CC and ODT for Derbys, Notts, Warks, Essex and Lancs 

[Cakey]

Wonder what's happening with our overseas early season. Suggested a few issues needed addressing then went quiet. 

 

Pakistan opening bat I believe. 

 

 

 

[Stadt]

By the sounds of things the players didn't actually get much time with the coaches last season. Having Taylor in place could be invaluable especially as we have lots of talented but raw batsmen. Budinger, Kimber, Patel, Welch and Scriven could actually be very handy with the right guidance.

[MaidstoneFox]

On 15/03/2023 at 16:19, Stadt said:

By the sounds of things the players didn't actually get much time with the coaches last season. Having Taylor in place could be invaluable especially as we have lots of talented but raw batsmen. Budinger, Kimber, Patel, Welch and Scriven could actually be very handy with the right guidance.

Hope so, all starts in 6 days with the uni game. 

[Guest Lako42]

Ahhh the old pre season optimism is in full swing, give it a month

[Tommy Fresh]

1 hour ago, Lako42 said:

Ahhh the old pre season optimism is in full swing, give it a month

Right after Nixon has convinced Lilley he should also play red ball and we get to see him all year round

[Walshy5]

If I ever see Lilley playing for us again in any format it'll be too soon!

[CrawlingFox]

On 17/03/2023 at 13:02, Walshy5 said:

If I ever see Lilley playing for us again in any format it'll be too soon!

Lilley is quite a frustrating player, I have to admit to enjoying watching him bat in the t20 format when he's on song. Too often he seems to pretty tamely get caught out though without making the big scores he looks capable of, seems to only go big once or twice a season. I suppose if he did it more consistently he wouldn't be playing for us so it is what it is.

 

The occasional sloppy fielding and disciplinary lapses need cut out though.

 

Squad is full of players like him. Look at Rishi Patel - great to watch but his average doesn't lie, not really good enough.

 

Genuinly baffles me that Nixon has turned Lewis Hill into a very good bat indeed but the rest of what is a promising group (Evans, Steel, Patel, Welch, Swindells and Kimber) produce sporadically at best and even seem to have gone backwards in some cases. I do have high hopes that James Taylor can have a big positive impact though on the above players and the likes of Budinger and Lilley too. Look at Mickey Arthur and Ian Bell's impact on the likes of Anuj Dal and Brook Guest last season, good coaching can have a huge impact.

Edited 19 March 2023 by CrawlingFox

[MaidstoneFox]

Ackerman on tour with The Netherlands in Zimbabwe, so will miss the university match against Leeds/Bradford

[Cakey]

Shafique not coming now as set to be called back to the Pakistani national side. According to the "Cricketer"

 

We are looking elsewhere. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 20 March 2023 by Cakey

[Cakey]

On 13/03/2023 at 11:48, CoventryFox said:

Had a hand scan. Suspected broken finger 😬

All good now. He will be here for the start of the season

[when_you're_smiling]

 

 

[Lionator]

2 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said:

 

 

Was literally about to post that we need to offer an Aussie a chance, screw the ECB. Think he’ll do a good job for us especially if he has a point to prove which is usually the circumstances when overseas players do well. 

[MaidstoneFox]

Handscomb's been poor at other counties, doesn't fill me with much confidence.

[Tommy Fresh]

I'd of looked at a few Australian players over Handscomb, but he had a good season in Australia and his overall record is very good. As mentioned above he'll be looking to keep himself relevant with the Ashes coming up.

[CrawlingFox]

Seems a decent signing. Played in England before so will at least have some expectation of what the pitches may do.

[CosbehFox]

Azad in at Northants as cover for Gay. Same team as that grub McManus 

[Tommy Fresh]

9 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

Azad in at Northants as cover for Gay. Same team as that grub McManus 

So Northants can carry red ball batsman as cover but we can't keep him as probably one of our best red ball batsman.

Edited 22 March 2023 by Tommy Fresh