Durham Match Thread 2018

[Arthur Crabtree]

Looks like he and Weighell will take Durham past the follow on.

[captaincolly]

Looks like he and Weighell will take Durham past the follow on.

In a way it'd be a shame. A catastrophic performance like this deserves a memorable end - innings defeat before lunch on day 2!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Nice little hundred lead and it's game on again.

[Durhamfootman]

Heaven, I'm in heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
with the very worst performance of the week

[Durhamfootman]

*modded* me!

[captaincolly]

Heaven, I'm in heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
with the very worst performance of the week

Nice little hundred lead and it's game on again.

I think the lower order are pretty handy with the bat, if only one of the top 7 could have made a half decent score in either innings.

[Durhamfootman]

two 5fers for Henry

who would have ever thought that a devastating overseas fast bowler might be the way to go when pondering which player to sign for 4 matches right at the start of the season?

Personally I'd have thought that an opening batsman was probably the way to go

[Durhamfootman]

see you next season, Mr Lewis

[Durhamfootman]

I saw JJB on Look North last night and, when asked if he was hopeful for the season, he said that he was and that, on the eve of a new season with the sun shining, anyone who wasn't optimistic or looking forward to the new season was probably in the wrong job.

well, he was right on 2 counts..... he should be hopeful............ and he's probably in the wrong job

I wonder how optimistic he was half an hour into a 5 month season?

worth repeating, I think

[Durhamfootman]

:horse

see you next season, Mr Lewis

it's not as if the same thing happened last year to point him in the right direction, so I'm probably being excessively harsh

[Durhamfootman]

for crying out loud

[captaincolly]

I saw JJB on Look North last night and, when asked if he was hopeful for the season, he said that he was and that, on the eve of a new season with the sun shining, anyone who wasn't optimistic or looking forward to the new season was probably in the wrong job.

well, he was right on 2 counts..... he should be hopeful............ and he's probably in the wrong job

I wonder how optimistic he was half an hour into a 5 month season?

worth repeating, I think

Look on the bright side - we've found a proper number 3 batsman , Potts.
Seriously though , apart from Steel and possibly Carse we are playing the first choice 11 ( ignoring the two at the IPL ) and yet it looks very fragile. What gave Lewis grounds for optimism is a mystery - we look as weak a squad as I can remember.

[Durhamfootman]

What gave Lewis grounds for optimism is a mystery - we look as weak a squad as I can remember.

well... in fairness when it hasn't happened yet, anything is possible.

Hey.... we might turn out to be a white ball powerhouse this year

[captaincolly]

What gave Lewis grounds for optimism is a mystery - we look as weak a squad as I can remember.

well... in fairness when it hasn't happened yet, anything is possible.

Hey.... we might turn out to be a white ball powerhouse this year

White ball cricket

[captaincolly]

Lunch report from the Durham CCC Twitter account :

The first session really didn't go to plan
A lead of 30 with 2 wickets in hand at the break

Indeed.