Royal London Cup Discussion Thread

[hopeforthebest]

What a year for Klinger, he's been a scoring machine.

[st_brendy]

Now for Klinger to bat the innings and Dent/Howell/Roderick/Jones to score around him

Can't work out why Yorkshire are resting players for a competition they have already won

Putting faith in players who have got them this far in the competition which is fair enough.

I would agree,but they picked Lyth

And they were happy enough to play Plunkett and Rashid in the QFs, rather than two of the bowlers who played today.

(My point not being that by picking Plunkett and Rashid they were going against what they had done in the group stages, but more that they were happy to not play Carver and Pyrah in that game. If you're happy to leave them out of the QF, you should be happy to leave them out of the SF too. I'm a fan of Bresnan, but asking him to carry that attack today by himself was always likely to backfire).

[westoelad]

Not sure why Alex Lees is persisting with Steve Patterson, the Gloucestershire batsmen are just picking him off.

To be fair,as Harmison has just said on Sky,that was a masterclass on how to compose a 1day innings by Klinger. Yorkshire didn't get enough runs to make Gloucs have to take risks.

[Alviro Patterson]

Not sure why Alex Lees is persisting with Steve Patterson, the Gloucestershire batsmen are just picking him off.

To be fair,as Harmison has just said on Sky,that was a masterclass on how to compose a 1day innings by Klinger. Yorkshire didn't get enough runs to make Gloucs have to take risks.

I feel 260 odd was a defendable total, but Yorkshire barely threatened with the ball. Pyrah too often bowled a fraction short and wide of off-stump.

Pyrah, Patterson and Rhodes are too similar bowlers in terms of pace. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Brooks should have played for that extra variety in the bowling attack.

[westoelad]

Not sure why Alex Lees is persisting with Steve Patterson, the Gloucestershire batsmen are just picking him off.

To be fair,as Harmison has just said on Sky,that was a masterclass on how to compose a 1day innings by Klinger. Yorkshire didn't get enough runs to make Gloucs have to take risks.

I feel 260 odd was a defendable total, but Yorkshire barely threatened with the ball. Pyrah too often bowled a fraction short and wide of off-stump.

Pyrah, Patterson and Rhodes are too similar bowlers in terms of pace. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Brooks should have played for that extra variety in the bowling attack.

Yes in Plunkett's absence Yorkshire were definately lacking a "go to" bowler. Does highlight the too heavy schedule when 1day semis clash with ODIs.

[st_brendy]

Not sure why Alex Lees is persisting with Steve Patterson, the Gloucestershire batsmen are just picking him off.

To be fair,as Harmison has just said on Sky,that was a masterclass on how to compose a 1day innings by Klinger. Yorkshire didn't get enough runs to make Gloucs have to take risks.

I feel 260 odd was a defendable total, but Yorkshire barely threatened with the ball. Pyrah too often bowled a fraction short and wide of off-stump.

Pyrah, Patterson and Rhodes are too similar bowlers in terms of pace. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Brooks should have played for that extra variety in the bowling attack.

Yes in Plunkett's absence Yorkshire were definately lacking a "go to" bowler. Does highlight the too heavy schedule when 1day semis clash with ODIs.

And tomorrow's SF could have been a great batting head-to-head. But instead they'll be no Hales, no Taylor and no Roy.

[rich1uk]

forgot this game was on today , just switched it on and see the strange sight of stuart broad playing for notts

looks like I have missed a fantastic innings from sangakkara

[westoelad]

forgot this game was on today , just switched it on and see the strange sight of stuart broad playing for notts

looks like I have missed a fantastic innings from sangakkara

You may just have missed the calm before the storm.

[Alviro Patterson]

Just a shame that the ECB continues to dictate player availability even in the RLODC semi-finals. The quality of international cricket is one thing, but the pressure situation in tournament cricket is where the top players really need to be tested in.

[rich1uk]

150 for sanga

he looks absolutely knackered

[Aidan11]

166 in the end.


He'll be missed when he retires completely.

[rich1uk]

notts look to be struggling here , the south Africa of English domestic cricket

[rich1uk]

notts have got themselves back into this with this partnership

this 17 year old bowler for surrey looks a bit handy

[Alviro Patterson]

Game on for Notts, surely Dirtbag will bowl his usual dross at the death.

[rich1uk]

Game on for Notts, surely Dirtbag will bowl his usual dross at the death.

hes always worth a few double figure overs