The Cricket Thread

£16 per day?

 

Yep.

 

Hampshire are now two down (33-2 as I type this), so there may not be any action after day 2, just because both team look capable of losing wickets

 

Hants bat really deep. Early wickets are inevitable with the new ball.

 

Fletcha opening with Organ, and Holland down at 7, is what we did in the warm-up game. So I'm not surprised that we've done it again. I don't think it's what I'd have done, but it might yet work.

 

Jeez that can't have been missing leg by much.

 

Well done Fletcha!

 

Great knock, he looks a natural opener at this level.

 

A very satisfactory day for Hants.

 

Solid enough first day of the season. No complaints.

 

Somerset v Warks due to start at 12

 

Looks like Hampshire and Notts have two of the best pace attacks in the country judging on the match so far as both seem capable of exploiting whatever help there is in the pitch.in addition to the skillset of their bowlers. Now which team has the better batting line-up? As for Middlesex, a team that I used to see regularly when I lived in the UK, their attack seems punchless.

 

I seem to be sat right behind Brown's wife, son and dad. They were very disappointed when he got out a moment ago!

 

I just turned to the Som v War livestream and literally the very first ball I saw was Tom Lammonby getting caught behind.

52-2 lunch

 

Hampshire with a 1st innings lead. Now to get some batting points. At this rate, we'll get to 250 by Sunday lunchtime

 

We're going at 3 an over. Not that slow.

 

Fair enough. ECB rules suggest that points (batting and bowling?) will only be awarded for play in the first 110 overs. At 3 an over, we're not going to get more than 2 batting points, so at what point do the batsmen start to push the score along?

 

Awful shot by Holland

 

We don't need to. 16 points for the win is far more valuable than an extra point or two. Although Fuller and Barker are naturally aggressive.

 

I'm assuming that Hampshire can knock over Notts for a score similar to their 1st innings total, so a Hampshire win is a foregone conclusion, so increasing the scoring rate to get batting bonus points will not damage our chances of a win. Having said this, as Saints fans, we don't do foregone conclusions.