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Number 1 Jasper said:
From Vic Marks on TMS .


Moeen has gone from 'promising Mo' to 'good, old Mo' in such a short space of time. He's so modest. He was talking about how he couldn't hit sixes like the other lads in a press conference recently. He'd just hit five sixes in his innings! He's like that - he's so self-effacing.
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His contract is up at Worcester. Hampshire, Warwickshire and even Middlesex are all vying for his serivces, as I suppose are his current county, Worcestershire. Will it benefit any of the counties though, considering he plays both the limited over and longer version for England?
 
Great knock by Morgan. If ever a guy needs time in the middle, it is him. However, he has played very little cricket this year, as he has not featured in any 4 day games for his county. Absolutely ridiculous.
 
The Ides of March said:
His contract is up at Worcester. Hampshire, Warwickshire and even Middlesex are all vying for his serivces, as I suppose are his current county, Worcestershire. Will it benefit any of the counties though, considering he plays both the limited over and longer version for England?
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Fair comment . Why sign him when he will hardly play for the County .
 
The Ides of March said:
His contract is up at Worcester. Hampshire, Warwickshire and even Middlesex are all vying for his serivces, as I suppose are his current county, Worcestershire. Will it benefit any of the counties though, considering he plays both the limited over and longer version for England?
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Number 1 Jasper said:
Fair comment . Why sign him when he will hardly play for the County .
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Because he's centrally contracted. He literally wouldn't cost a county a penny whilst the central contact with the ECB is in place. So even if he only played one county match, that is still one county match for free (for the county).

Only if the ECB were to ever not renew his annual central contract, would the salary of his county contract 'kick in'. (Which is why Northants had to let Monty go a few years back - they couldn't afford to have him back on their books, once he lost his central contract. They were already spending his old county salary elsewhere, as had not expected him to lose to central contract).
 
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st_brendy said:
Because he's centrally contracted. He literally wouldn't cost a county a penny whilst the central contact with the ECB is in place. So even if he only played one county match, that is still one county match for free (for the county).

Only if the ECB were to ever not renew his annual central contract, would the salary of his county contract 'kick in'. (Which is why Northants had to let Monty go a few years back - they couldn't afford to have him back on their books, once he lost his central contract. They were already spending his old county salary elsewhere, as had not expected him to lose to central contract).
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Thanks Brendy!! Wonder if Essex will give game time to Alastair Cook in this final round of matches. I suspect not.
 
Went to the England game today, was a good game. Only slight disappointment was Gayle getting run out pretty stupidly when he was settled, if he had carried on it could've been a great finish. Moeen was crazily good.
 
st_brendy said:
Because he's centrally contracted. He literally wouldn't cost a county a penny whilst the central contact with the ECB is in place. So even if he only played one county match, that is still one county match for free (for the county).

Only if the ECB were to ever not renew his annual central contract, would the salary of his county contract 'kick in'. (Which is why Northants had to let Monty go a few years back - they couldn't afford to have him back on their books, once he lost his central contract. They were already spending his old county salary elsewhere, as had not expected him to lose to central contract).
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Didn't know that ta .
 
Yorkshire are now safe. Somerset cannot catch them.

If Middlesex can somehow make 250 on that turning Taunton wicket, then they too will be safe. And it will be a two horse race between us and Somerset. But all the signs would point to 250 being a very tough task for Middlesex.

Eight points is the target we have been set to survive. But that could be reduced to as low as six points, if Middlesex were to fail to make 200.
 
st_brendy said:
Yorkshire are now safe. Somerset cannot catch them.

If Middlesex can somehow make 250 on that turning Taunton wicket, then they too will be safe. And it will be a two horse race between us and Somerset. But all the signs would point to 250 being a very tough task for Middlesex.

Eight points is the target we have been set to survive. But that could be reduced to as low as six points, if Middlesex were to fail to make 200.
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What if the rain destroys the game ?
 
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