Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[Sunbury Fox]

Disappointing to put them into bat in such tricky conditions and only take 4 wickets in 90 overs. Best we can hope for now is another draw, given the amount of time lost due to poor weather. 

[Cakey]

Stuck at it though. Very little loose stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Dark skies, greenish pitch that had been covered and only 4 wickets😩

[Guest Lako42]

Free entry for Leicester St holders today and tomorrow 

[Sunbury Fox]

2 hours ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Dark skies, greenish pitch that had been covered and only 4 wickets😩

The batting looks much improved but I think we'll still struggle to bowl teams out twice for scores low enough to give us a chance of many wins. Our main hope is that the summer is dry and hot, allowing Rehan and Parky to come into their own on spinning wickets. Just don't think that our seam attack is good enough, though. 

[MaidstoneFox]

2 hours ago, Sunbury Fox said:

The batting looks much improved but I think we'll still struggle to bowl teams out twice for scores low enough to give us a chance of many wins. Our main hope is that the summer is dry and hot, allowing Rehan and Parky to come into their own on spinning wickets. Just don't think that our seam attack is good enough, though. 

I don't think Josh Hull is quite ready for the first team yet, a good learning experience, but if they want more height and pace then probably Walker is a slightly better bet.

[StanSP]

Northants 11-4

 

Paterson has taken 4 for 3.

[Sunbury Fox]

Think I spoke to soon about our batting having improved. 

[trabuch]

It's been a good day of cricket. I think the idea of giving rugby and LCFC season ticket holders free entry is an excellent one. I hope anyone taking up the offer has enjoyed themselves.

[Silebyfox_89]

14 hours ago, trabuch said:

It's been a good day of cricket. I think the idea of giving rugby and LCFC season ticket holders free entry is an excellent one. I hope anyone taking up the offer has enjoyed themselves.

It's a great way to bring sports fans together and introduce a larger supporter base.

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

A lot depends on the openers today, if they stay in, Budinger especially can soon get the deficit down, need to be careful of a few balls keeping low and LBW,s. 

[Graceroad]

12 minutes ago, Silebyfox_89 said:

It's a great way to bring sports fans together and introduce a larger supporter base.

Makes you wonder the point of being a member only 6 home games this season free entry Glamorgan game could have got free entry to the Sussex game also.No  doubt they will offer free tickets to another game later in the season.

 

[AjcW]

Has anyone got to the bottom of why Rehan has barely bowled in the last two games? 
 

I know it’s early season and crap for spin but seems odd. 
 

Good to see him batting well though.

[SMX11]

12 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Has anyone got to the bottom of why Rehan has barely bowled in the last two games? 
 

I know it’s early season and crap for spin but seems odd. 
 

Good to see him batting well though.

Both rain affected so the pitch wouldn't have sufficient wear for the spinner to come into their own. 

[AjcW]

4 minutes ago, SMX11 said:

Both rain affected so the pitch wouldn't have sufficient wear for the spinner to come into their own. 

Yeah agreed. But could still hold up and end. Especially as a leggy, skidding on is always a factor that could help us. 

[CrawlingFox]

Patel with a late run for the Ashes squad?

 

418 runs from 15 innings last season at 27.8 and a s/r of just under 43.

 

517 from 9 innings at 64.6 so far this season at a s/r of 58.

 

Night and day. Very pleased for him.

[when_you're_smiling]

Ridiculous catch by Smith to get rid of Ahmed.

 

 

 

[Hitesh]

Good save with the draw. Showing a lot more resilience this year, we would have easily lost this in previous years

[Silebyfox_89]

1 hour ago, CrawlingFox said:

Patel with a late run for the Ashes squad?

 

418 runs from 15 innings last season at 27.8 and a s/r of just under 43.

 

517 from 9 innings at 64.6 so far this season at a s/r of 58.

 

Night and day. Very pleased for him.

Unlikely imo. Being in div 2 will hurt his stock and he's behind Compton, Haines and Yates at least.

[Ted Maul]

We've gone from being on top in games to scraping draws, but it's great to see us having a bit more fight to grind them out. Think we're a genuine strike bowler away from competing.

[Blueman1967]

2 hours ago, when_you're_smiling said:

Ridiculous catch by Smith to get rid of Ahmed.

 

 

 

Was in the Butter stand when he took that,  amazing catch

[Blueman1967]

Did well to get a draw, playing shots when the ball was there to be hit, good innings by Patel, Mulder, and Scriven SScriven ScrivenScrivencriven

[Voll Blau]

Do wonder whether these rain-affected games are affecting the mentality of the team a bit, feeling like the win isn't even on?

 

Cabt grumble at being unbeaten this many games into the season though!

[Lionator]

How great is it to see Rishi Patel batting so well. All the times we’ve been promised that a player will come good and it’s never happened. Well fair play to him, 1000 runs for the season is definitely on! 

[Stadt]

It’s nice that we’re not relying on one player like we have with Parkinson and Hill the last few seasons. 
 

Hoped we can eke out a few more years from Wright. Glad Scriven’s made us his way into the side and found some form.