The Cricket Thread

The balloon definitely has gone up in Taunton!

 

I suspect 265-5 might be just about enough.

 

Finish 5th on the world record list

 

Sky said yesterday that we're the first

 

From memory, Derby also won the toss and choose to bowl when we battered them in the QFs. They clearly haven't learnt their lesson.

I get the advantage of knowing what you need to score by batting second, but it takes away the opportunity for the opposition batters to face scoreboard pressure in a run chase. OK, 265 is a stupidly high score, but Somerset were always capable of getting something massive. So their only tiny, tiny chance was to bat first, hope to post something decent (eg 200) and then hope the pressure of the chase got to Somerset. By putting Somerset in, Derby just gave them license to cash into a shockingly poor bowling attack.

 

What’s the record winning margin in the Blast?

 

144. Set the other day between Birmingham and Worcs.

The previous record was held by Somerset (143). So a chance for Somerset to quickly grab it back again.

 

The world record is safe though (and it's one of those records which you struggle to ever see get beaten). 257 run victory.

 

Wow!

 

Czech Republic made 278-4 (which is the joint world record score, alongside Afghanistan vs Ireland).

Turkey replied with...21.

 

Looking like the Blast record might be slightly amended, anyway!

 

South v South
North v North

South v North final

 

New Blast record of 191!

 

Sky confirmed that it has been changed. We are now the second.

 

We've been the 2nd SF six times before. Only once have we won that 2nd SF...it was in 2012 when we beat Somerset...and then followed it by beating Yorkshire in the final.

10 years later...

 

Out of curiosity, I looked up the record total for the John Player League, which as it happens was set by Leicester against Somerset, at Frome in June 1970.

Leicestershire scored 262-6 in their 40 overs.

Somerset just beat that in 20!

How the game has moved on in 50-odd years…

 

That’s a shame …. I think? Still if you’re going to do it; JUST DO IT HANTS!

 

Any idea why the change? Seems very strange!

 

India chasing 216 are 31 - 3 off 5 overs

 

India need 55 from 22 balls 161 - 4.