Down by the Riverside 2019

[captaincolly]

It looks relatively promising right now, bits of blue sky between the clouds. I think I'll risk it...so that should guarantee a downpour.

[captaincolly]

And right on cue the rain returns!

[Durhamfootman]

not as bad as earlier though

I might risk it

Even spending 3 hours sitting under a brolly has got to be better than endless Brexit bollix in Westminster dominating the telly all night

[westoelad]

not as bad as earlier though

I might risk it

Even spending 3 hours sitting under a brolly has got to be better than endless Brexit bollix in Westminster dominating the telly all night

You don't enjoy farces, D/F?
Very sparse crowd, corporate boxes in particular, as I watch from the warmth of my own corporate box, i.e. living room. Beard of Essex looks about 12 year old!

[captaincolly]

not as bad as earlier though

I might risk it

Even spending 3 hours sitting under a brolly has got to be better than endless Brexit bollix in Westminster dominating the telly all night

You don't enjoy farces, D/F?
Very sparse crowd, corporate boxes in particular, as I watch from the warmth of my own corporate box, i.e. living room. Beard of Essex looks about 12 year old!

Yep. I thought it might be poorly attended but there are even fewer in than I expected. The iffy weather must have put a fair few off making the journey.

[westoelad]

Bunny on commentary - being very complimentary about everything Durham. Says Lancys only filled 3 free coaches.

[captaincolly]

Bunny on commentary - being very complimentary about everything Durham. Says Lancys only filled 3 free coaches.

A shame to have a low key crowd in but at least it was a good game. Lancashire following our script of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Interesting decision to have Livingstone bowling the penultimate over!

[Durhamfootman]

me and the captain looked in amazement at each other when, with 23 to defend, Vilas decided to give Livingstone the penultimate over... 3 sixes and 22 runs later Essex needed 1 to win off the last over.

Bopara hit 4 sixes in a handful of balls (3 of them in 3 balls), and sixes have been as rare as hens teeth at the Riverside this season. 2 of the sixes were palmed over by fielders attempting to take the catch

shame for the Lanky's because they had the game in the bag with 13 balls to go and 29 still required. It looked for most of the match as though Davies and Vilas had held their nerve to get them to a winning total.

Delport was completely brainless. Essex were easily ahead on D/L and the rain was just starting to fall, so he tried to flog a six and got caught on the boundary which put them behind on D/L with the rain falling, so the next guy in tried to take 2 to get them back ahead of D/L and was brilliantly run out by a direct hit from Bohannon from halfway out and with only one stump to aim at. The umpires took them off the field and brought them back on again before the Lancashire fielders had managed to get off ( the covers were brought on, driven around the ground, and taken off again without stopping). If that had been it for the night, Essex would have gone from being something like 8 runs ahead on D/L to losing the game in 3 balls.

That Bopara innings at the death is exactly what we haven't been able to do all season.... maybe even forever..... I wonder if he's fed up of living darn sarf?

[captaincolly]

me and the captain looked in amazement at each other when, with 23 to defend, Vilas decided to give Livingstone the penultimate over... 3 sixes and 22 runs later Essex needed 1 to win off the last over.

Bopara hit 4 sixes in a handful of balls (3 of them in 3 balls), and sixes have been as rare as hens teeth at the Riverside this season. 2 of the sixes were palmed over by fielders attempting to take the catch

shame for the Lanky's because they had the game in the bag with 13 balls to go and 29 still required. It looked for most of the match as though Davies and Vilas had held their nerve to get them to a winning total.

Delport was completely brainless. Essex were easily ahead on D/L and the rain was just starting to fall, so he tried to flog a six and got caught on the boundary which put them behind on D/L with the rain falling, so the next guy in tried to take 2 to get them back ahead of D/L and was brilliantly run out by a direct hit from Bohannon from halfway out and with only one stump to aim at. The umpires took them off the field and brought them back on again before the Lancashire fielders had managed to get off ( the covers were brought on, driven around the ground, and taken off again without stopping). If that had been it for the night, Essex would have gone from being something like 8 runs ahead on D/L to losing the game in 3 balls.

That Bopara innings at the death is exactly what we haven't been able to do all season.... maybe even forever..... I wonder if he's fed up of living darn sarf?

Apparently Bopara isn't happy batting down the order...but his innings tonight - and think he also played a key role in the victories that saw them sneak through to the QF - suggests that having him at 6 was an inspired move.
David Hopps' cricinfo report makes for interesting reading!
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[westoelad]

Hopps should be awarded a complimentary FTECB badge for that article.
As he points out though, Lancs should have foreseen this possibility and kicked up a stink when the provisional fixtures were released. Or were they reticent to upset FTECB with test match allocation at stake?
Didn't think there was anything like 2000 there!

[captaincolly]

Hopps should be awarded a complimentary FTECB badge for that article.
As he points out though, Lancs should have foreseen this possibility and kicked up a stink when the provisional fixtures were released. Or were they reticent to upset FTECB with test match allocation at stake?
Didn't think there was anything like 2000 there!

Neither did I. 2000 seems too many.

[captaincolly]

According to The Times the crowd was 1017. Assuming it's correct that's likely to be tickets sold because when I went in the stewards were not 'swiping' the Durham membership cards so I don't know how it'd be possible to log the exact size of the crowd. Could there have been around a thousand Durham supporters there? Seems unlikely.

[Durhamfootman]

seems very unlikely. not only were they not swiping, but no-one had one of those clicker things either. I would have guessed the size of the crowd as being in the hundreds rather than the thousands.

as far as the fixture clash goes.I have no idea why sky would even want to be covering the QF's at the same time that most of their resources were engaged somewhere else. We could have been back on the CC this week and finished our season before the Aussie season started.... or at the very least they could have discarded the stupid idea of having a solitary round of CC slap bang in the middle of the Dribble and played the QF's last week when there was no test cricket

But then I am very dim, of course. I am unlikely to see the very obvious advantages to the long term health/integrity of the game by setting the fixtures this way.

[captaincolly]

seems very unlikely. not only were they not swiping, but no-one had one of those clicker things either. I would have guessed the size of the crowd as being in the hundreds rather than the thousands.

as far as the fixture clash goes.I have no idea why sky would even want to be covering the QF's at the same time that most of their resources were engaged somewhere else. We could have been back on the CC this week and finished our season before the Aussie season started.... or at the very least they could have discarded the stupid idea of having a solitary round of CC slap bang in the middle of the Dribble and played the QF's last week when there was no test cricket

But then I am very dim, of course. I am unlikely to see the very obvious advantages to the long term health/integrity of the game by setting the fixtures this way.

It's all a cunning plan!

[westoelad]

seems very unlikely. not only were they not swiping, but no-one had one of those clicker things either. I would have guessed the size of the crowd as being in the hundreds rather than the thousands.

as far as the fixture clash goes.I have no idea why sky would even want to be covering the QF's at the same time that most of their resources were engaged somewhere else. We could have been back on the CC this week and finished our season before the Aussie season started.... or at the very least they could have discarded the stupid idea of having a solitary round of CC slap bang in the middle of the Dribble and played the QF's last week when there was no test cricket

But then I am very dim, of course. I am unlikely to see the very obvious advantages to the long term health/integrity of the game by setting the fixtures this way.

As I've said before, it is very dangerous practise to try to get into the mind of the mindless