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bigfluffylemon wrote:England reach the number one spot in the ODI rankings despite not playing a match for two months. The ECB extend this logic by declaring that England will never play another ODI - that way they will stay no. 1 forever.

but are quick to stress that this does mean they are going to focus on the county championship

County Championship match between Essex and Yorkshire at Chelmsford finishes in one day, Essex win by an innings and 8 runs.

Durhamfootman wrote:

bigfluffylemon wrote:England reach the number one spot in the ODI rankings despite not playing a match for two months. The ECB extend this logic by declaring that England will never play another ODI - that way they will stay no. 1 forever.

but are quick to stress that this does not mean they are going to focus on the county championship

nowt like ruining your own joke

Peter Moores obtains possession of two magnetic tapes containing data of 20 Million customers from Aussie banking giant, Commonwealth Bank.

ECB announce they will play a 15th round of Vitality Blast matches in America

ECB announce that over rates in county championship matches are to be reduced to 78 overs a day to ensure that domestic matches more accurately reflect international standards

The ECB also announce that by 2025 it is hoped that county championship matches will be reduced to 150 mins per innings.

Durham are left to wonder how on earth they will find a way to double the length of their current average innings

England replace Mark Stoneman and Dom Bess for the 2nd Pakistan test with Alex Hales and Adil Rashid

Tyrone Mills waiting for a test call up

Alviro Patterson wrote:England replace Mark Stoneman and Dom Bess for the 2nd Pakistan test with Alex Hales and Adil Rashid

Umpires make history by the stopping the one day cup match between Durham and Yorkshire after Durham take so many blows they appear concussed

Alviro Patterson wrote:England replace Mark Stoneman and Dom Bess for the 2nd Pakistan test with Alex Hales and Adil Rashid

The selectors explain they are trying to get the one day players in the Test team and play their same attacking cricket. We want to be 200/2 at lunch.
Team for the 2nd Test - Hales Roy Root Malan Bairstow Stokes Buttler Woakes Rashid Plunkett Willey. 2nd Test last two and a half days.

Alviro Patterson wrote:ECB announce they will play a 15th round of Vitality Blast matches in America

after the unparalleled success of the 15th match, the ECB reaffirm their commitment to county cricket by scrapping the other 14 matches

Durhamfootman wrote:

Alviro Patterson wrote:ECB announce they will play a 15th round of Vitality Blast matches in America

after the unparalleled success of the 15th match, the ECB reaffirm their commitment to county cricket by scrapping the other 14 matches

ECB mull over US based team in next year's edition, the New Yorkshire Patriots.

Slipstream wrote:

Alviro Patterson wrote:England replace Mark Stoneman and Dom Bess for the 2nd Pakistan test with Alex Hales and Adil Rashid

The selectors explain they are trying to get the one day players in the Test team and play their same attacking cricket. We want to be 200/2 at lunch.
Team for the 2nd Test - Hales Roy Root Malan Bairstow Stokes Buttler Woakes Rashid Plunkett Willey. 2nd Test last two and a half days.

Yet somehow is a draw