County Championship 2018 Chat Thread.

[Alviro Patterson]

Word on the grapevine is Stoneman threw his bat in the bin, hence Yorkshire being awarded 5 penalty runs.

[captaincolly]

Word on the grapevine is Stoneman threw his bat in the bin, hence Yorkshire being awarded 5 penalty runs.

The bin is the best place for it considering the way he has been batting!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Good attritional day for Yorks. Maybe we'll get a match report from Al later ;)

[Durhamfootman]

off early... bad light

[Durhamfootman]

Thanks. So it sounds as if Surrey must have transgressed once in the field and then Stoneman's dissent was the second offence resulting in the 5 run penalty. The pressure must be getting to him!

Oh bless.........

I can feel his pain

[Durhamfootman]

[Durhamfootman]

to$$er!

[captaincolly]

Crazy game at Kent. Grant Stewart with 6-22 in Middlesex's first innings of 56 all out and , in Kent's second innings of 281 he scored 103 from 74 balls batting at number 10!

[Durhamfootman]

who is he?

[captaincolly]

who is he?

I'd never heard of him before.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Hameed out for 13. Unlucky.

[The Professor]

who is he?

I'd never heard of him before.

Mates with Mitch Claydon. Worked his way through the seconds and made a fleeting debut last season.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Morne Morkel has Yorks 70-6. Looks like he's bowling Surrey to a win, unless the pitch is a cabbage patch.

[Durhamfootman]

Kent only score 200+ in both innings and yet win by nearly 350 runs

got to be a dodgy pitch, surely?

6-22 for a new kid and 6-36 for someone who looked a very average bowler last year

I smell a rat

(I wonder if Rob Key will comment on this pitch?)

[Alviro Patterson]

Morne Morkel has Yorks 70-6. Looks like he's bowling Surrey to a win, unless the pitch is a cabbage patch.

Morkel terrorising the Yorkshire batsmen, whereas the seam quartet of Coad, Brooks, Bresnan and Patterson are too samey in pace. Would have backed Matty Fisher to do well with the extra pace and bounce on offer at Scarborough, but which of the seam four do you realistically leave?

Praying for sea fret tomorrow so Yorkshire can beat Surrey by 4 runs