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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #480 on: September 22, 2018, 12:42:13 PM »

"In part" = encouragement for spinners.
"Extreme" = too much encouagement for spinners.
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #481 on: September 22, 2018, 02:04:30 PM »

The ECB wanted pitches that turn, yes the Somerset pitch is getting extreme but what I have a massive issue with is what is the difference between the ball turning early in a game and it seaming sideways all game? Green seamers never ever get called up by anyone yet they are the bigger problem in the game IMHO.
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #482 on: September 22, 2018, 04:42:55 PM »

The ECB wanted pitches that turn, yes the Somerset pitch is getting extreme but what I have a massive issue with is what is the difference between the ball turning early in a game and it seaming sideways all game? Green seamers never ever get called up by anyone yet they are the bigger problem in the game IMHO.

Thats a valid question. I suppose, playing devils advocate, greenish seamers are sometimes unavoidable due to water tables and atmospheric conditions, whereas dustbowls in the UK are clearly not.  Also, you rarely see a green seamer so difficult that the batsman knows from ball one that one has his name on it, whereas some Ciderabad pitches seem to be of that ilk.
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #483 on: September 24, 2018, 11:46:17 AM »

Great to see some CC Cricket on Sky Sports today.

Even better that it's the mighty Essex causing trouble at The Oval!  :D
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #484 on: September 24, 2018, 12:31:54 PM »

Great to see some CC Cricket on Sky Sports today.

Even better that it's the mighty Essex causing trouble at The Oval!  :D
Causing them trouble is a bit of an understatement.  Durham taken 10 at the Riverside already as well.
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #485 on: September 24, 2018, 12:47:35 PM »

although they 67 all out, interesting to see pope batting at 4 for surrey!
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #486 on: September 24, 2018, 12:50:20 PM »

They should have been at Warwickshire for the winner takes all game. Disappointing from sky
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #487 on: September 24, 2018, 02:07:59 PM »

They should have been at Warwickshire for the winner takes all game. Disappointing from sky

Rightly or wrongly (wrongly), I don't think the ECB / Sky really care about Div 2.

In fairness, this is 1st vs 3rd in Div 1, so should be a high quality game, it's just a shame there is absolutely nothing riding on it. 
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #488 on: September 24, 2018, 02:10:17 PM »

We have treated all of this as a beer game since we tied up the league
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #489 on: September 24, 2018, 02:15:04 PM »

We have treated all of this as a beer game since we tied up the league

So no-one in the 11 cares about going a whole season unbeaten? I'd have thought that would be enough motivation, they're just being out played at the moment.

Could all turn around though, Surrey are a quality side!
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #490 on: September 24, 2018, 03:01:27 PM »

It will be a massive ask for Surrey to recover here and they are absolutely focused on an unbeaten season, which is why there is a basically full strength team playing.

In Pope batting at 4, that is where he has batted since coming back from playing for England.
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #491 on: September 24, 2018, 03:18:18 PM »

Where is Elgar?
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #492 on: September 24, 2018, 03:36:52 PM »

In Pope batting at 4, that is where he has batted since coming back from playing for England.

Ah fair enough, cant say i noticed!

I wonder if that's an Ollie Pope, ECB or Surrey choice!
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #493 on: September 24, 2018, 04:42:04 PM »

Kent getting a bit of a pasting on day 1 unfortunately. Stone in the wickets for Warwickshire and only 20 runs behind Kent 1st innings score at end of day 1.

Personally I reckon surrry will turn this around 2nd innings just a feeling
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Re: County Championship 2018
« Reply #494 on: September 24, 2018, 06:11:42 PM »

Ah fair enough, cant say i noticed!

I wonder if that's an Ollie Pope, ECB or Surrey choice!

To be fair Foakes, Jacks and Patel were after him so i'd expect him to bat above all of those. I think that position was more "coincidence" than being a specific thing the ECB have asked to happen.
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