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Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:48 amby captaincolly
It's BJ Watling. Excellent batsman, will be tough though for him to make an immediate impact but that would apply to anyone coming in for a couple of games.
https://www.durhamcricket.co.uk/news-an ... p-matches/
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:53 pmby westoelad
All credit for getting a replacement so quickly. Short term replacements haven't usually been successful but New Zealand conditions are as near as you get to English.
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:58 pmby captaincolly
westoelad wrote:All credit for getting a replacement so quickly. Short term replacements haven't usually been successful but New Zealand conditions are as near as you get to English.
Yep. Wonder if Latham recommended him. Presumably Tom was not available himself.
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 12, 2019 1:34 pmby Durhamfootman
another wicket keeper. That's 3 this season. Not sure how much cricket he will have had, but at least we are getting a look at players who may play a part for us in the future
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 12, 2019 1:39 pmby captaincolly
Durhamfootman wrote:another wicket keeper. That's 3 this season. Not sure how much cricket he will have had, but at least we are getting a look at players who may play a part for us in the future
Yeah. Always a possibility of getting one back for a longer stint.
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 12, 2019 6:33 pmby Arthur Crabtree
Good signing.
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:49 pmby Durhamfootman
pleased to see that he has been playing recently in the 2 test series in SL. 3 innings....... 1, 77, 105, so it seems he's seeing the ball well enough. SL is a hard place to score runs normally
maybe JJB put in a word?
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:50 pmby Durhamfootman
maybe JJB can find us an overseas spinner for next year?
or is that pushing it a bit?
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:51 pmby Arthur Crabtree
Presumably Ashwin won't want to go back to Notts.
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:57 pmby Durhamfootman
Ashwin will probably be happy to play for anyone who can pay him his wedge
the days of overseas players associating themselves with certain counties have long gone.... which is a shame, really. There was a charm about the great West Indian players, in particular, returning year after year to play for their adoptive county
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:00 pmby Durhamfootman
Jeetan Patel is probably the nearest anyone comes to those players, these days. Remarkable loyalty, presumably well remunerated, but worth every penny. Tends to be the Kolpaks these days
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:02 amby westoelad
Similar article appeared in Northern Echo so clearly a press release from DCCC. It's end of season timing suggests to me that we won't be seeing the hoped for major signings.
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/dur ... youth.html
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:20 amby captaincolly
I don't like the sound of that! We've got a fine record of producing bowlers but only a handful of batsmen have come up through the ranks and established themselves - and the likes of Rocky and Colly took years to find their feet.
Bancroft, Lees and Eckersley have been the standout batsmen this year - all brought in!
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:31 amby captaincolly
Interesting snippet from cricinfo:
If one eye is on the field, the other must be on the ledgers. The latest accounts, up to the end of September 2018, were lodged with Companies House recently and reveal an overall loss for the year of £1,136,418. This against a profit of £2,227,951 for 2017, when they received £2 million from the ECB for agreeing not to apply to stage Test cricket for the foreseeable future.
World Cup and another - presumably- fairly lucrative T20 season should surely see an improvement.
https://www.espn.co.uk/cricket/series/8 ... vision-two
Re: Down by the Riverside 2019
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Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:02 pmby westoelad
captaincolly wrote:Interesting snippet from cricinfo:
If one eye is on the field, the other must be on the ledgers. The latest accounts, up to the end of September 2018, were lodged with Companies House recently and reveal an overall loss for the year of £1,136,418. This against a profit of £2,227,951 for 2017, when they received £2 million from the ECB for agreeing not to apply to stage Test cricket for the foreseeable future.
World Cup and another - presumably- fairly lucrative T20 season should surely see an improvement.
https://www.espn.co.uk/cricket/series/8 ... vision-two
Profits from the World Cup went to ICC who staged the event but Durham got a staging fee of circa £100k. I recall mention of a substantial repayment to DCC of the loan. I don't understand Balance sheets but clearly we've dispensed with 5 players already this season so should have funding for substantial recruitment.