The Cricket Thread

101-3, Bell-Drummond caught on the boundary by Eddie Byrom.

 

101-4, going well!

 

101-5, Craig Overton on a hat trick...

 

Almost a repeat of last night. 200 is chaseable, but you need your first three overs to go the distance. Kent, like us, have always been way behind - and that just leads to stupid shots and easy wickets.

Think this will be Kent's third defeat in their last three or our games. Which is the sort of form I had them down for (I really thought they'd challenge Glamorgan for bottom spot). Our two last-over defeats to them are looking particularly painful now, with our top four chances in danger of disappearing over the next week.

 

101 needed from 6 overs

 

When it's not your day, it's not your day.

 

112-6, RRR now nearly 20

 

129-7, I think we’ve got this.

 

138-8

 

139-9

 

Kent 151 ao, Somerset win by 55 runs!

 

Middlesex-Gloucs at the moment. So whatever happens in that one we'll be moving further away from 4th.

 

Much the same as what has happened to Pompey since 2011 I guess Meowth.....

 

Weeellllll, maybe not quite that bad....

 

Need to win tonight.

 

This is very much the make-or-break week, going into the (very short) t20 break when we return to four day action.

Beat Gloucs and Surrey and we're right in the mix - with qualification in our own hands (just). Lose to them both and we're finished. Win one and lose one and we'll need a small miracle (probably four wins from wins, with results going our way elsewhere).

Bristol is something of a fortress for Gloucs. But if you're going to qualify, you need to be beating the likes of Gloucs and Surrey - especially when we're handicapped in only playing them both once. Howell being injured is a big plus.

 

What the hell? We've made our already flimsy batting line up even flimsier.

 

I mean, Morris is down to come in at 5 FFS!