Durham Match Thread 2019

[captaincolly]

55/5!

[captaincolly]

89/9 and Weighell made 27. I've got a hunch Hampshire will win!

[captaincolly]

Although Hampshire aren't quite coasting. 52/4.
Must be an interesting pitch.

[captaincolly]

Easy win now for Hampshire.

[Durhamfootman]

Although Glendinning made them work a bit harder than perhaps they expected

[captaincolly]

Although Glendinning made them work a bit harder than perhaps they expected

Yes. Gave them a bit of a scare.

[Durhamfootman]

Jimmy the Weighell didn't bowl

in as a batsman, or didn't dare risk him?

[captaincolly]

Jimmy the Weighell didn't bowl

in as a batsman, or didn't dare risk him?

Not sure. I think he probably has had an injury and that's why he has been away from the first team. Don't know though if he has been bowling for the seconds.

[westoelad]

Jimmy the Weighell didn't bowl

in as a batsman, or didn't dare risk him?

Not sure. I think he probably has had an injury and that's why he has been away from the first team. Don't know though if he has been bowling for the seconds.

Don't think he's been bowling for the 2nds and has had a miserable season with the bat. Don't know what his contract situation is .
Never been near the 1st team since early season so appears to be another who isn't rated.

[captaincolly]

Jimmy the Weighell didn't bowl

in as a batsman, or didn't dare risk him?

Not sure. I think he probably has had an injury and that's why he has been away from the first team. Don't know though if he has been bowling for the seconds.

Don't think he's been bowling for the 2nds and has had a miserable season with the bat. Don't know what his contract situation is .
Never been near the 1st team since early season so appears to be another who isn't rated.

Franklin and North seem to be having a clear out so it's a bad time for him to fall out of favour!

[westoelad]

Agree. Presumably,then, the reason why his departure hasn't been announced amongst the other departures is he has time remaining on his contract.

[captaincolly]

Agree. Presumably,then, the reason why his departure hasn't been announced amongst the other departures is he has time remaining on his contract.

Yep. The notification period for non-renewal of contracts must be around now if not before? So he most likely has at least one more year.
Still not sure why we haven't got Eckersley signed up, perhaps it's just a formality because surely he has done more than enough to warrant a good deal.

[captaincolly]

We know the middle order is dodgy but contriving to lose that game was a really special achievement! It has to be one of the worst 10 overs or so batting in the history of T20 cricket given they only needed about 5 an over when the first wicket went down!
Surely they have to bring in Eckersley now - preferably as captain! Although the forecast tomorrow suggests we might not play. If we do though it's on Sky.

[Durhamfootman]

For 32 overs of that match we were in complete control 39 runs needed at about 5 an over, all 10 wickets intact. Everything had been going our way... our bowling was excellent, the fielding sharp, the catching exemplary, the captaincy golden... everything was working and working well. At the half time interval it was clear that only a reckless assault early doors could deny us an easy win. So we played within ourselves.... rightly so. Risk free cricket, no wild heaves, no half baked helicopter shots, we worked the field, got ourselves well ahead of the asking rate.... the winning line was in sight.

what happened next was like Durham in the dark ages. Barnard banged in a fearsome delivery which caught Steel out and he only managed to chop the ball onto his own foot... which looked painful. Next ball his furniture was completely demolished. In comes Clark.... a mighty heave of the bat off Mitchell... caught in the deep. 2 balls later Dame D'Arcy repeated the shot, with the same result.

Worcs had spent the first 12 overs trudging about with terrible body language and what seemed like a hope that we would just put them out of their misery so they could go home (they knew they hadn't got even remotely enough runs)...... suddenly they were up for the fight. Things had been so bad for them up to that point that they even threw the ball to Martin Guptill in the hope that we would do something stupid. Now back came Parnell and Brown snarling and snorting....... Handscomb tried to flay a rapid and rising ball from Brown over the top of the infield... he didn't make it.... Then Burnham decided it would be a good idea to charge Wayne Parnell and flog the ball straight to mid on

Lees did what he could to salvage something, but in those last 8 overs we didn't find a single boundary... in the last couple of overs we could barely lay bat on ball

It was an abject final fifth performance. If ever the old adage about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory was appropriate, it was appropriate tonight. It was horrible and it was entirely self inflicted.

I'm struggling to find some analogy that would explain what happened tonight. The best I can come up with is the situation where a bowler gets flogged in an over like Mark Ealham spanking Killa for a four and 5 sixes over the top of Bannatynes, or James Foster hitting Scott Borthwick for 5 sixes off the first 5 balls of an over, or Carlos Brathwaite hitting Ben Stokes for 4 consecutive sixes to win a world cup final...... what happens to the bowlers is that they go into a kind of shock and they end up bowling the same delivery over and over and over again, because their brains have become scrambled and they go into rabbit in headlights mode.... well that's what happened to our batting line up tonight.... rabbits in headlights, they kept trying to hit the ball into the stands despite never making it, despite always being caught on the rope and despite not having to ever do it.... they needed 39 runs and had 8 overs and 9 wickets to score them with.

absolutely shocking, what happened tonight and strangely the only person who can be absolved of any blame was the bloke who started it all off... Steel at least was just done by a great piece of bowling.... after that it was just mindless, brainless stupidity from the batsmen

Beggars belief really

[captaincolly]

For 32 overs of that match we were in complete control 39 runs needed at about 5 an over, all 10 wickets intact. Everything had been going our way... our bowling was excellent, the fielding sharp, the catching exemplary, the captaincy golden... everything was working and working well. At the half time interval it was clear that only a reckless assault early doors could deny us an easy win. So we played within ourselves.... rightly so. Risk free cricket, no wild heaves, no half baked helicopter shots, we worked the field, got ourselves well ahead of the asking rate.... the winning line was in sight.

what happened next was like Durham in the dark ages. Barnard banged in a fearsome delivery which caught Steel out and he only managed to chop the ball onto his own foot... which looked painful. Next ball his furniture was completely demolished. In comes Clark.... a mighty heave of the bat off Mitchell... caught in the deep. 2 balls later Dame D'Arcy repeated the shot, with the same result.

Worcs had spent the first 12 overs trudging about with terrible body language and what seemed like a hope that we would just put them out of their misery so they could go home (they knew they hadn't got even remotely enough runs)...... suddenly they were up for the fight. Things had been so bad for them up to that point that they even threw the ball to Martin Guptill in the hope that we would do something stupid. Now back came Parnell and Brown snarling and snorting....... Handscomb tried to flay a rapid and rising ball from Brown over the top of the infield... he didn't make it.... Then Burnham decided it would be a good idea to charge Wayne Parnell and flog the ball straight to mid on

Lees did what he could to salvage something, but in those last 8 overs we didn't find a single boundary... in the last couple of overs we could barely lay bat on ball

It was an abject final fifth performance. If ever the old adage about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory was appropriate, it was appropriate tonight. It was horrible and it was entirely self inflicted.

I'm struggling to find some analogy that would explain what happened tonight. The best I can come up with is the situation where a bowler gets flogged in an over like Mark Ealham spanking Killa for a four and 5 sixes over the top of Bannatynes, or James Foster hitting Scott Borthwick for 5 sixes off the first 5 balls of an over, or Carlos Brathwaite hitting Ben Stokes for 4 consecutive sixes to win a world cup final...... what happens to the bowlers is that they go into a kind of shock and they end up bowling the same delivery over and over and over again, because their brains have become scrambled and they go into rabbit in headlights mode.... well that's what happened to our batting line up tonight.... rabbits in headlights, they kept trying to hit the ball into the stands despite never making it, despite always being caught on the rope and despite not having to ever do it.... they needed 39 runs and had 8 overs and 9 wickets to score them with.

absolutely shocking, what happened tonight and strangely the only person who can be absolved of any blame was the bloke who started it all off... Steel at least was just done by a great piece of bowling.... after that it was just mindless, brainless stupidity from the batsmen

Beggars belief really

A brilliant description of the fiasco!
Could maybe be dismissed as a freak resuit were it not for the fact that the batting after the openers has been almost unbelievably bad all competition. We knew they were likely to fail if they had even the slightest pressure on them but they excelled themselves this time by having an absolute shocker when there was no pressure whatsoever!