Durham Match Thread 2018

[westoelad]

Worcs v Lancs abandoned

[captaincolly]

Worcs v Lancs abandoned

We were fortunate to play yesterday - looks as if all of the games ( apart from at Taunton ) are rained off and I think ours would have been off too.

[Durhamfootman]

wait and see how Yorks get on, now. They have another 2 matches to play before our next game, so could go top with 2 wins

[captaincolly]

wait and see how Yorks get on, now. They have another 2 matches to play before our next game, so could go top with 2 wins

They look on course for a challenging score tonight against Leicestershire so probably will end up with a win and a loss.

I see we're on TV again next Tuesday and it's against Lancs - Jennings will presumably not be available but Onions has been playing T20 so will be coming in off his long run in possibly more ways than one.

[captaincolly]

No Coetzer for Northants tonight. They may not have won a game so far but look to have some dangerous players.
https://twitter.com/NorthantsCCC/status ... 75424?s=19
Other reason I'm not overly confident is Durham winning 5 T20's in a row would be astonishing.
Still I thought we'd lose to Notts.

[captaincolly]

Smith must still be injured and without Stokes too it looks a very poor batting lineup if the top 3 fail.
We'll soon find out because we've been put in. Northants' woes stem from a ridiculous overall economy rate of 10 or 11 an over. No chance of winning many with those figures but their batting looks strong and the chances of us getting 200 are virtually nil so they shouldn't be chasing a huge score.
Makes me think again this will be very tricky.

[captaincolly]

Tail starts at 4!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKO42975

[DiligentDefence]

No Coetzer for Northants tonight. They may not have won a game so far but look to have some dangerous players.
https://twitter.com/NorthantsCCC/status ... 75424?s=19
Other reason I'm not overly confident is Durham winning 5 T20's in a row would be astonishing.
Still I thought we'd lose to Notts.

Batting has generally been OK (If not good). The Bowling has been lamentable.

[captaincolly]

No Coetzer for Northants tonight. They may not have won a game so far but look to have some dangerous players.
https://twitter.com/NorthantsCCC/status ... 75424?s=19
Other reason I'm not overly confident is Durham winning 5 T20's in a row would be astonishing.
Still I thought we'd lose to Notts.

Batting has generally been OK (If not good). The Bowling has been lamentable.

Bowling looks on form tonight! Another pitch that seems hard to bat first on. Not sure what a good score is - probably about 30 more than we'll get!

[captaincolly]

Wonder if they've drawn lots yet to decide who'll come in at 4?

[captaincolly]

Wicket! Clark gone and the (un) lucky man at 4 is Trevaskis.

[captaincolly]

72-2 after 10 and 2 of the 3 batsmen back in the pavilion.

[captaincolly]

Trevaskis doing well here but we need a strong finish. Think around 160 was enough for Yorkshire but Northants are better batsmen than our lot. And even 160 will take some getting here.
Caveat is I'm hopeless at reading pitches so have no idea if 150 will be a handy score - with Tahir it might be.

[captaincolly]

130 with 4 overs left. Can they finish strongly?!

[captaincolly]

130 with 4 overs left. Can they finish strongly?!

Good last 7 deliveries and a misfield off the final ball to get Colly to 50. Target is 171.