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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by TheSecondStain, Apr 11, 2016.

  1. It'sOnlyAGame

    It'sOnlyAGame Well-Known Member

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    Looks like they have! 79-6
     
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  2. Saints_Alive

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    Hants are making a right pig's ear of their reply...79/6, Rilee fails to come to the party again..:(
     
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  3. Saints_Alive

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    Beat me to it IOAG!
     
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  4. Puck

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    Hants currently 143/7

    I’ll say no more.
     
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  5. tomw24

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    I still maintain 350 is par. Both sides have underperformed with the bat.
     
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  6. st_brendy

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    Ball has done a bit most of the game. Fidel pace, Curran's swing, and Clarke's accuracy have exploited it the most.

    (Wood also really got the ball to swing, but often away from Surrey's left-armers rather than into our right-armers like Curran is doing)
     
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  7. tomw24

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    147 is just a woeful score at the Oval. Can't see us doing anything other than losing now.
     
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  8. st_brendy

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    Six LBWs, and one clean bowled (which should really have been seven LBWs, because Abbott was plumb in front shortly before being bowled).

    That wasn't us giving our wickets away. That was the ball doing a lot, and Surrey bowling excellently.
     
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  9. Saints_Alive

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    Agreed, sometimes you have to hold your hands up and say "well played".
     
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  10. st_brendy

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    Somewhat bizarrely, if there's one thing to be disappointed about, it's Abbott's bowling from yesterday. Pretty much the only bowler who hasn't got the ball to do something.
     
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  11. Saints_Alive

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    Missing Bergy in this match..:(
     
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    It's a shame that Wood was bowling at a lot of lefties than righties. I think he'd have had a few wickets to go with a his decent economy (and decent swing) otherwise. Don't get me wrong, he wasn't on a par with Curran, but he bowled well. And he can bat.

    A few wickets for Wood, and it could have been Wheal making way for Berg next game. In April, when the ball often does a bit, I'm not sure about our strategy of picking Wheal as our 'bang it in, halfway down' bowler. I'd rather he was doing that on an Oval pitch in July, not in April.

    Still, there's a second innings yet.
     
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  13. The Ides of March

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    Sussex 384 for 7. Showing everyone else that batting is relatively easy. Either Sussex have good batting line up, or Leicestershire have very ordinary bowlers, or unlike elsewhere the pitch is a good batting strip.
     
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    There's a reason why Leicester have only won once in about a decade.
     
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  15. Saints_Alive

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    I know we needed quick wickets, but that opening spell from Fidel could prove very costly in all senses...
     
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  16. Saints_Alive

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    Great knock from Northeast in the circumstances, at least Hants have shown a bit of fight today.
     
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  17. st_brendy

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    And to be honest, I don't have too much of a problem with losing matches. I'd much rather WLWLWL than WDDDDD.

    We didn't bowl our best in the first innings, and didn't bat our best in the fourth innings. But that happens. And we were without one of our star players in Berg (and possibly could have done with Crane on day three). That said, I'm still not convinced about McManus as an opener, or (as I said the other day) Wheal in this enforcer role.

    (Can't comment too much on our third innings bowling, because I didn't see any of it yesterday.)
     
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  18. Dell1964

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    Undone by the 1st inns. collapse. Needed to get level or a little in front of the Surrey score (1st up) then the dynamic of the game may have been quite different...... and a lot closer on the final day.
     
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