Re: The Wolfman's Cricket Blog
Match today called off. We actually managed to get into the field, but apparently you can't start a match in the rain so we went off, and it got progressively worse before we called it off an hour and a half later.
Re: The Wolfman's Cricket Blog
Well the comp is run by the Staffs Club League, where our 3rds, 4th and 5ths play, so we wouldn't put any first or second teamers in.
Re: The Wolfman's Cricket Blog
It's a knockout tournament. I actually don't know how serious it is, it was the first match of the year and I didn't play it last year at all. I would guess it is not as serious as the Saturday stuff though.
Re: New Zealand in England
The New Zealand top order is useless. McCullum, Oram and Vettori are their best batters and they are not even specialists. There is only going to be one winner in this series.
Re: The Wolfman's Cricket Blog
We are still top of the league, rivals only got a winning draw as well. We play them on Saturday. Also seen you only get eight points for the winning draw plus bonus points.
Twenty20 knockout comp starts tommorow.
Re: Umpiring
Another one you have to watch out for is the keeper whizzing the bails off to spinner after a wide with a great oooh like it just missed the edge of the bat.
Re: The Wolfman's Cricket Blog
Today we didn't quite manage to continue our three match winning start to the season, as we could only get a winning draw due to the negative tactics of the opposition. So that means only 14 points compared to the 25 we would have got for the full win.
It came as...
Re: Nightvision's Blog
Glad my captain is not like that, he tries to give everyone a role in our team. For example, without fail, he will always let this kid who's a couple of years younger than me open the bowling, he has done it for the whole of last season and this season so far, and the...
Re: A Year of Scottish Cricket: The MCC, controversy and getting tonked
So the MCC bloke delibrately bowls a wide to end the game but has a go at someone declining a run in order to get a century? I would say what the MCC guy did was worse!
And about bowling in the same place, if the batsmen...
Re: New Zealand in England
Be sure to check out my preview on the homepage guys! http://www.simplycricket.net/index.php
Anyway, to update the tour so far, after the Kent game ended in a draw after rain, they beat Essex by 92 runs. They the England Lions tommorow, who have a strong squad out...
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