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Kent 13/5

[Red Ink Cricket]

Kent 13/5

told you it would be good to see essex do well! why oh why did somerset get rid of charl? 4 for nothing so far.

[Liam-SCCC]

http://www.somersetcountycc.co.uk/2012/05/last-eleven-men-standing-face-durham/

That explains the Somerset team.

[Red Ink Cricket]

looks like surrey are doing well. 43/8 against worcs. follow on target is 130 odd! could struggle to get there.

[Alvaro]

I wonder what the lowest score of an opener carrying their bat is?

[Red Ink Cricket]

I wonder what the lowest score of an opener carrying their bat is?

sounds interesting. ill leave the investigation work to you tho!

[PedalsMcgrew]

As a slight side note, I'm watching the coverage on Sky of the Sussex Vs Lancashire game.......Bob Willis is whining away about something, I lost track of what BUT they showed his career stats and I noted that he has taken 386 County Championship wickets at 26...Great bowling average (great bowler!) but 386 doesn't seem that many to me....did he have a lot of time out with injury?

[Red Ink Cricket]

did it say how long that was over? is that just CC wickets or any first class wicket? i guess they played less games than they do now so that may change things.

when he was bowling didnt they have to spend 6 weeks on a boat to australia on tour? not sure boat wickets counted lol. maybe he isnt that old but he looks it.

[PedalsMcgrew]

All they said was 386 County Championship wickets at 26......

Looking at his Wiki page it says he took 899 first class wickets in total over his career

He made his debut in Aug' 1969 and retired in 1984...Thats a 15 year career which equates to roughly 30 county championship wickets a year....I suppose if he is playing for England every summer that could be the case but it does seem quite a small amount....especially for someone as good as him...

[Buzz]

325 test wickets, which leaves 574 first class wickets - if he took 386 county champ wickets, that leaved 188 wickets playing overseas on tours and other first class games.

[Red Ink Cricket]

yeah i guess thats not that good stats wise. im presuming most bowlers take between 75-100 wickets a year across all formats? maybe more? they do play a few more games nowadays so that probably helps with the tally. im sure watching the surrey vs somerset cb40 game the other day they mentioned lewis had taken 800+ cc wickets and 500+ one day wickets. although he was in the england set up he didnt play alot so maybe for those in county cricket 90% + of the time thats the kind of figures you would expect. Obviously the likes of anderson and broad will have a lot less by the time they hang up their boots.

[Red Ink Cricket]

on another note is anyone in durham or near by that can tell me what the weathers like? i have fingers crossed that somerset are going to get a decent game in today after being in a good position day one and having day 2 rained off.

[stevat]

on another note is anyone in durham or near by that can tell me what the weathers like? i have fingers crossed that somerset are going to get a decent game in today after being in a good position day one and having day 2 rained off.

I'm in Newcastle, and it's distinctly overcast here, and has only just stopped raining.  Could be lucky if it holds off for a while.

[Red Ink Cricket]

I'm in Newcastle, and it's distinctly overcast here, and has only just stopped raining.  Could be lucky if it holds off for a while.

thanks for the update mate. inspection at 2.45 so fingers crossed.

[A-Swing-And-A-Miss]

Surrey all out for 113, only 3 batsmen got into double figures, Pietersen with 11, Edwards with 17 and Rudolph with 68.. RHB's duck wasn't the best way for him to prove himself to the selectors..