Cricket (None Leicestershire County Cricket Club)

[coolhandfox]

Not a great bowling display in the second inns.

 

But once again the bowlers have no scored board pressure to work with, if we'd have got 250 in the first inns the pressure on NZ at 50 odd for 4 would have been massive. 

[Lionator]

This is basically game over for England now barring a miracle aka Headingley 2019. They must be the only team who can lose from a position of 45-7. Sensational stuff. 

[when_you're_smiling]

Alex Hales is currently destroying Derbyshire. 86 from 27. 

[Voll Blau]

Headingley...

 

 

[fuchsntf]

13 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

Headingley...

 

 

You can drink on it...

Kiwis will have the better bowling conditions later on.!!!

After this Rainy/ cloudy/ cloud cover,

Start to the  3day test.

Exactly how our batters will fall..

 

 

 

Edited 4 June 2022 by fuchsntf

[StanSP]

Great knock by Mitchell. Soon to be joined by Blundell. 

 

Pretty much could have won the game for NZ. Hope rain doesn't get in the way of getting any result for either side. 

[SAFC1]

[Super_horns]

3 quick wickets there - good work in the slips for that run out .

[Izzy]

Wow.

 

Reckon we'll need to chase about 280 and then get bowled out for about 80 

[StanSP]

Great stuff. Love that about test cricket. Can look like the tide is against you and then 3 wickets out of nowhere! 

[Izzy]

Few finer sights in sport than Lords bathed in sunshine.

[leicsmac]

That big partnership has probably done enough to win the match, but you never know...

[StanSP]

277 to win... 

[purpleronnie]

Please don't lose a wicket right away.

[Vacamion]

 

Got home this morning (overnight sleeper train) and watched the first few overs this morning.

 

Nothing much was happening, so I popped out for half an hour.

 

Dammit.  Missed all that excitement... 

 

 

[Stinkenzo]

Wonder if the usual media sharks will rush out to call NZ's batting pathetic today.. 

[Tommy Fresh]

1 hour ago, Stinky said:

Wonder if the usual media sharks will rush out to call NZ's batting pathetic today.. 

New Zealand have earnt the right to have a bad session here and there though.

[Leicester_Loyal]

We are utterly hopeless

Edited 4 June 2022 by Leicester_Loyal

[STEVIE B]

Once again we have to rely on Root & Stokes. Some of the others are so poor technically & lack mentality at this level. 

[surrifox]

17 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

We are utterly hopeless

It feels like that . NZ will be torn between defending a reachable target and setting attacking fields to get the wickets they need . We are helping them out by playing $hit shots or no shot at all instead of batting time and wearing down the bowlers 

[Leicester_Loyal]

Bah, another one down.

[Voll Blau]

Second time Pope's been slotted in in a place he's never batted at County level. And, shock, for the second time it hasn't worked.

[Bert]

We’ve got 4 batters left. We either need them all to make a half century or one of them to get a big hundred and the others ti bat round him. I said to my mate this morning I can’t see us getting over 200…

[coolhandfox]

Bowler generally do an ok job, given they are normally always behind the game.

 

Batting is a shambles, tail is far to long.

 

Strangle selection of Pope at 3 who struggled wherever his batted in the test order. 

Edited 4 June 2022 by coolhandfox

[surrifox]

I like Jonny B but f*** me he gets bowled an awful lot for a top order batter . Might need to get himself down to spec savers although his catching is brilliant