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Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:38 am
by sussexpob
Lancs secondary venues have absolutely no history for sub-standard pitches.... none at all.

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 12:32 pm
by Durhamfootman
none whatsoever

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:29 am
by Alviro Patterson
westoelad wrote:
captaincolly wrote:
westoelad wrote:Roses 2nd XI game at Southport abandoned on 2nd day-"Unfit Pitch".?

Some info here from the Lancashire website.
http://cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/ ... ip-update/

We at Durham know only too well how long it takes new pitches to bed but I didn't realize that global warming has had such an effect on Southport. Sounds like propaganda from the Southport Tourist Board :halo:


Found an image on the White Rose Forum of the Southport pitch

Image

I suppose the sun has shone on the dark side of t'pennines!

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:37 am
by westoelad
David Willey say he was on the verge of the sack from Yorkshire for going to IPL. Situation now resolved and he's signing a 1 year extension(Cricket Paper).

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:04 pm
by captaincolly
Michael Carberry considering taking legal action against Leicestershire "over the manner in which he lost the captaincy."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44512514

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:13 pm
by westoelad
captaincolly wrote:Michael Carberry considering taking legal action against Leicestershire "over the manner in which he lost the captaincy."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44512514

He's well out of that environment. Sit back and see out your contract on gardening leave.

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:53 pm
by captaincolly
westoelad wrote:
captaincolly wrote:Michael Carberry considering taking legal action against Leicestershire "over the manner in which he lost the captaincy."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44512514

He's well out of that environment. Sit back and see out your contract on gardening leave.

I agree.

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:39 pm
by Durhamfootman
except that he's getting on a bit, so he probably needs to play as much cricket as he can while he still can

I'd have him up here

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:56 am
by captaincolly
Durhamfootman wrote:except that he's getting on a bit, so he probably needs to play as much cricket as he can while he still can

I'd have him up here

He might have one last burst of form in him, I wouldn't be unhappy to see him here. Stories in the press that Yorkshire are not going to give Tim Bresnan a new deal , if this is Colly's last year as a player and this time it surely will be , he'd be a good replacement.

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:23 am
by westoelad
captaincolly wrote:
Durhamfootman wrote:except that he's getting on a bit, so he probably needs to play as much cricket as he can while he still can

I'd have him up here

He might have one last burst of form in him, I wouldn't be unhappy to see him here. Stories in the press that Yorkshire are not going to give Tim Bresnan a new deal , if this is Colly's last year as a player and this time it surely will be , he'd be a good replacement.

Bresnan's stats in the last season and a half are moderate in the extreme; doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. Colly's retirement will release mega bugs but the priority should be not a player but a top fitness consultant who can keep our young fast bowlers on the park.

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:09 am
by sussexpob
westoelad wrote:
captaincolly wrote:Michael Carberry considering taking legal action against Leicestershire "over the manner in which he lost the captaincy."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44512514

He's well out of that environment. Sit back and see out your contract on gardening leave.


At what stage does one have to maybe think the problem is not with the club, but with the player? He left an Aussie club side when sent by Surrey in the early 2000s after a bust up on field with an umpire. He left Surrey and blamed the club for not giving him a chance. He left Kent and moaned the club didnt back him aswell, and wondered why they replaced him with others. He got dropped by England a couple of times and accused the setup of being racist. And now he's suing Leicester.

Pretty sure he's also spoke about leaving the game at every single club hes played at. He describes himself as "straight talking", that type of honest guy who sees things for what they are..... can we read between the lines and maybe redefine that as "outspoken ar*sehole"?

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:56 am
by westoelad
sussexpob wrote:
westoelad wrote:
captaincolly wrote:Michael Carberry considering taking legal action against Leicestershire "over the manner in which he lost the captaincy."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44512514

He's well out of that environment. Sit back and see out your contract on gardening leave.


At what stage does one have to maybe think the problem is not with the club, but with the player? He left an Aussie club side when sent by Surrey in the early 2000s after a bust up on field with an umpire. He left Surrey and blamed the club for not giving him a chance. He left Kent and moaned the club didnt back him aswell, and wondered why they replaced him with others. He got dropped by England a couple of times and accused the setup of being racist. And now he's suing Leicester.

Pretty sure he's also spoke about leaving the game at every single club hes played at. He describes himself as "straight talking", that type of honest guy who sees things for what they are..... can we read between the lines and maybe redefine that as "outspoken ar*sehole"?

Certainly didn't realize he had such a chequered history. Given Leic s recent behaviour issues they'd appear to be made for each other.

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:17 am
by captaincolly
westoelad wrote:
captaincolly wrote:
Durhamfootman wrote:except that he's getting on a bit, so he probably needs to play as much cricket as he can while he still can

I'd have him up here

He might have one last burst of form in him, I wouldn't be unhappy to see him here. Stories in the press that Yorkshire are not going to give Tim Bresnan a new deal , if this is Colly's last year as a player and this time it surely will be , he'd be a good replacement.

Bresnan's stats in the last season and a half are moderate in the extreme; doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. Colly's retirement will release mega bugs but the priority should be not a player but a top fitness consultant who can keep our young fast bowlers on the park.

Just looked a those stats and they are a lot worse than I expected!

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:20 am
by captaincolly
westoelad wrote:
sussexpob wrote:
westoelad wrote:
captaincolly wrote:Michael Carberry considering taking legal action against Leicestershire "over the manner in which he lost the captaincy."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44512514

He's well out of that environment. Sit back and see out your contract on gardening leave.


At what stage does one have to maybe think the problem is not with the club, but with the player? He left an Aussie club side when sent by Surrey in the early 2000s after a bust up on field with an umpire. He left Surrey and blamed the club for not giving him a chance. He left Kent and moaned the club didnt back him aswell, and wondered why they replaced him with others. He got dropped by England a couple of times and accused the setup of being racist. And now he's suing Leicester.

Pretty sure he's also spoke about leaving the game at every single club hes played at. He describes himself as "straight talking", that type of honest guy who sees things for what they are..... can we read between the lines and maybe redefine that as "outspoken ar*sehole"?

Certainly didn't realize he had such a chequered history. Given Leic s recent behaviour issues they'd appear to be made for each other.

I didn't realise it either. Given this track record he'd seem to be the least likely choice as a captain so it's not surprising it has ended in tears or maybe in court !

Re: Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:26 am
by sussexpob
I can maybe understand a little chip on his shoulder. Breaking into that Surrey team in the early 2000s would have been tough with all that talent floating about. At Kent I think they signed a load of cheap Kolpaks and faded him out, but he wasnt really performing that well. He does speak highly of Shane Warne, who he credits as motivating him to become the player he was, and not sure he has said much of a bad word about Hampshire, even strongly denying a dressing room bust up with his team mate Pietersen while on the Ashes tour.

But there are question marks about his attitude. Maybe explains why he was dropped after one start in BD in 2010 even though most of us seemed a bit puzzled why. Hes also gone through a lot with the tumour in his lungs and over the last years I believe thats a battle that has limited his playing time. Maybe a good idea on paper that didnt work, Leicestershire realised and wanted to correct it maybe.

One cant help but feel sorry for Carberry for what hes faced, but one also has to look at the things he says and does publically and maybe conclude he isnt the easiest guy to play with.