Durham Match Thread 2018

[Durhamfootman]

Tahir makes a difference, I think. He sometimes gets flogged, but on the whole I think he gives us elements of control and threat in the middle overs

[captaincolly]

Tahir makes a difference, I think. He sometimes gets flogged, but on the whole I think he gives us elements of control and threat in the middle overs

Yes. It almost takes a few overs out when he bowls well.

[Durhamfootman]

Northants are on the charge.... taking it out on their old boy

Stone has been put away for 59 off 3 overs

[Durhamfootman]

Clark and Stokes opening

I was expecting Latham and Stokes

[Durhamfootman]

bright start

[Durhamfootman]

bright start

but whisper it, though

[Durhamfootman]

Plunkett runs out Buttler before he gets going

which seems sensible

[Durhamfootman]

the boys are flying

shhh!

[st_brendy]

What's this, a fourth straight match for you guys with just a 6 man attack? Proof is in the pudding.

Great to see that you might just be cracking this. Top stuff.

Middlesex are a bit like the southern version of Durham. Every year they look strong on paper, but their method just appears all wrong. Look at today; Fuller walks off with 6 wickets, a great spell. But he was 7th change! They just went from bowler to bowler to bowler, until they found someone who wasn't leaking runs for fun (with us going at over 10 an over from the off). And yesterday, he didn't even bowl a ball for them!

A proper strategy in place, and Fuller bowls long before the 13th over. But seven bowlers last night, eight bowlers tonight, it's just a mess. OK, they might well win (Fuller's figures may well mean we've fallen short here), but it's not really the point.

[Durhamfootman]

Stokes gone, but the damage is done, I feel

4-16
43 off 24

good man!

target is 43 off 11 overs

[Durhamfootman]

Raine watch

takes the wicket of a full flowing Wessells

[Durhamfootman]

Surrey post 250

Mitch concedes 33 off his final 2 overs

[captaincolly]

Stokes gone, but the damage is done, I feel

4-16
43 off 24

good man!

target is 43 off 11 overs

They looked in no trouble at all. My pitch reporr might have been wrong! Even we couldn't make hard work of this now...barring a catastrophe.

[Durhamfootman]

we need 34 off 10 overs

even I believe now!

chance to do our NRR some serious good too

[Durhamfootman]

19 off 9 overs