Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[Cakey]

4 hours ago, Graceroad said:

Normally agree with your posts Cakey but Hunt and Crocombe are both 20 and Coles 18 all have great potential while we have Wright very much in decline Mike who gets smashed round the park and Mulder and Barnes who are average at best.Then put Garton Robinson and maybe Archer in the mix they are miles ahead of us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah fair enough. I got over excited. 

 

Ive probaly got sun stroke  bloody boiling for a midlander!

 

From what I've seen live they are really poor.  Having said that not seen much of them Previously. 

 

Obviously Archer is different Gravy. 

 

Our bowling was also poor though. Think Mulder can be a decent bowler. But not been great so far. 

 

We need three seamers really. 

 

The batting isn't consistent but has improved a bit. 

 

Who knows Parky may spin us to victory!

 

 

 

 

[MaidstoneFox]

6 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

Proper stat-padding so they can pretend they had a good season  

 

Bowlers must be knackered. Do you get fines for producing a pitch as flat as this? 

They should be fined, it's not fit for first-class cricket. Better tracks yes, but this is ridiculous. Bowling has been awful, but fair play to Mulder and Ackers for taking advantage

[Tommy Fresh]

5 hours ago, Graceroad said:

Normally agree with your posts Cakey but Hunt and Crocombe are both 20 and Coles 18 all have great potential while we have Wright very much in decline Mike who gets smashed round the park and Mulder and Barnes who are average at best.Then put Garton Robinson and maybe Archer in the mix they are miles ahead of us.

Pointless including Robinson and Archer though really isn't it and Garton to an extent. 

[katieakita]

756-4 dec is some acheivement after being 0-1, 588 runs behind. Credit where credit is due

[Walshy5]

I'd love us to get to 900 just to troll the ECB!

[MaidstoneFox]

I think Rawlins is close to the record for most runs conceded in an innings in the county championship, the holder of which is I think Claude Henderson, who went for 235 against Surrey in 2006. He might be suggesting we stay out there until Rawlins goes for a few more!  This was the match scorecard back then.

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-division-two-2006-224863/surrey-vs-leicestershire-225098/full-scorecard

[LBTufty]

They declared at lunch so Rawlins misses out 

[Stinkenzo]

Even though you could win from here part of me would have been tempted as captain to bat the rest of the day to reach 1000

[Father Ted]

Outstanding effort from all batsman, however slightly disappointed we haven’t decided to carry on batting. 
 

I might be eating my words but don’t see us bowling them out. Even if we did, the points mean nothing to us, but imagine holding the county championship record for most runs. That would have been a huge slap in the face of the rotten ECB. Would have only required another 132 more runs. 

[MaidstoneFox]

I would have batted on for 6/7 more overs to make the openers go in the field again and these opportunities for records don't come around very often, but at the same time they need to look to win the game

[RowlattsFox]

Sussex 300 - 2 Declared with an hour and half to play 

Leicestershire 60 all out

 

 

[Voll Blau]

It's well against the odds but I do like the intent of playing for a win. It's a culture this squad need to ingrain in themselves given how rarely we've had that opportunity in recent years.

[SemperEadem]

25 minutes ago, MaidstoneFox said:

I think Rawlins is close to the record for most runs conceded in an innings in the county championship, the holder of which is I think Claude Henderson, who went for 235 against Surrey in 2006. He might be suggesting we stay out there until Rawlins goes for a few more!  This was the match scorecard back then.

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-division-two-2006-224863/surrey-vs-leicestershire-225098/full-scorecard

Thats the team era that got me hooked on the county.

[Graceroad]

1 hour ago, Tommy Fresh said:

Pointless including Robinson and Archer though really isn't it and Garton to an extent. 

Maybe with Archer but Robinson blotted his copybook so can't see him playing for England again any time soon while Gartons just been injury prone in the last couple of years

[Tommy Fresh]

53 minutes ago, Graceroad said:

Maybe with Archer but Robinson blotted his copybook so can't see him playing for England again any time soon while Gartons just been injury prone in the last couple of years

Didn't they pick him after his suspension? Unless he's done something else I've missed since the old tweets?

[Tommy Fresh]

1 hour ago, SemperEadem said:

Thats the team era that got me hooked on the county.

Same here, 2005 Ashes got me in to cricket overall so the Leicestershire side of that era are the ones I really remember.

[LBTufty]

Mike's already bowled 4 no balls in his first two overs, it's a bit of a car crash TBH. 

[when_you're_smiling]

Just now, LBTufty said:

Mike's already bowled 4 no balls in his first two overs, it's a bit of a car crash TBH. 

Can’t help but think he struggles with the transition from white ball to red. Seemed to have turned a corner before The Blast, then didn’t start that well but improved massively. 

[Tommy Fresh]

Boring, should have just carried on batting 

[Cakey]

1 hour ago, when_you're_smiling said:

Can’t help but think he struggles with the transition from white ball to red. Seemed to have turned a corner before The Blast, then didn’t start that well but improved massively. 

Well from side on he and Mulder (first innings ) constantly losing their run ups. 

 

That can't help. Looks like an under 12s game. Literally stopping and starting it every over. 

[BigWesMorgan]

Really don’t see the point in declaring when there are so many team and personal records to be broken. I know you’ve got to have some desire to go for victory but what are the chances that you take 10 wickets in 2 sessions on that pitch and keep them under 200?

[Sunbury Fox]

Has to be the most Leicestershire thing ever for us to get a first innings lead for the first time this season in a game where the opposition batted first and got nearly 600. We never do the obvious, do we?

Edited 14 July 2022 by Sunbury Fox

[Graceroad]

15 hours ago, Tommy Fresh said:

Didn't they pick him after his suspension? Unless he's done something else I've missed since the old tweets?

Yep heard Agnew and a few others mention the fact that the selectors weren't impressed with his fitness levels and attitude last winter

[Harpenden Fox]

With suggestions that Ben Mike is off at the end of the season it would make sense to me to have an extended look at Roman Walker over the rest of the season. No idea if he’s any good but his debut against India went well enough 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

19 hours ago, MaidstoneFox said:

They should be fined, it's not fit for first-class cricket. Better tracks yes, but this is ridiculous. Bowling has been awful, but fair play to Mulder and Ackers for taking advantage

No doubt if there is a pitch like this down at Grace Rd the ECB will be all over it with penalties and fines 😂