Royal London Cup Discussion Thread 2016

[Alviro Patterson]

Scoring hasn't been particularly easy for the incoming batsmen, Lyth has done well to bat through a good portion of Yorkshire's innings.

They say 300 is standard in one day cricket, but these tiring and gripping pitches are anything but.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Maybe easier with a harder ball. I suppose Kent will have a better idea how to bowl on their surface.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Bresnan and Willey gone in two balls and Ballance scoring slowly. Going to have to sit in for a few overs. 270 possible.

[Alviro Patterson]

This is a wicket for Rashid to work it around for 1s and 2s if Yorkshire are to get anywhere above 250.

[hopeforthebest]

I thought these two games had the same start time yet the Yorkshire innings was about 7-8 overs behind the Northants innings.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Plunkett goes and Ballance becalmed. SR of 60 for Ballance is a bit of a poisonous medicine.

[Aidan11]

Could be a winning score.

[Alviro Patterson]

Good flurry by Rashid in the final over for Yorkshire

256 can be defended, seen Durham defend a lower total on a pitch which had better assistance for batting in this competition two years ago.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Doesn't look like a winning score. They might bat badly though.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Usual early wicket from Willey, and tidy from Bresnan. If Kent are well behind when the spinners come on they'll struggle to catch up. Another wicket would be good.

[Alviro Patterson]

Kent making good use of the extra pace provided from the Yorkshire bowlers

and Plunkett breaks up the 2nd wicket partnership, just when it was looking good.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Just as well, this game was disappearing fast.

[Alviro Patterson]

After Patterson gets the dangerman of Sam Billings, Yorkshire have regained momentum.

Out of interest, has anyone heard the story of Azeem Rafiq? It's so good that the commentators keep on telling it

[westoelad]

And now we've found out how the Kent wonderboys fare when they come against a good attack.

[Alviro Patterson]

Some loose bowling in the last few overs from Rashid and Plunkett has got Kent right back in the game.