[whittman]

As soon as we started batting it looked a different wicket to what we had let Leicestershire get nearly 500 on

How many times did that happen last season when we put the opposition in?

Good recovery eventually but we have to bowl better in their second innings or hope for rain tomorrow lol

[Mr_Pleasant]

whittman, on 13 April 2025 - 09:04 AM, said:

As soon as we started batting it looked a different wicket to what we had let Leicestershire get nearly 500 on

How many times did that happen last season when we put the opposition in?

Good recovery eventually but we have to bowl better in their second innings or hope for rain tomorrow lol

There aren't many demons in the wicket, the outfield is amazingly quick for April and there is a pretty short boundary. I think a bit of scoreboard pressure played a part when we batted. They could add pretty quickly today if we're not careful. Morley should have a good bowl, take the pace off the ball.

[whittman]

I see the wicket has changed again lol now that leicestershire are batting again in their second innings

[DOUGLAS JARDINE]

Already miles better than last season after just two games

[clarevoyant.]

Mr_Pleasant, on 13 April 2025 - 11:24 AM, said:

There aren't many demons in the wicket, the outfield is amazingly quick for April and there is a pretty short boundary. I think a bit of scoreboard pressure played a part when we batted. They could add pretty quickly today if we're not careful. Morley should have a good bowl, take the pace off the ball.

Their skip wasn't very adventurous or did he show us to much respect, probably well deserved respect though, with our new opener.

[Johnnyspireite7]

Madsen & Guest to the rescue again

[HolmesfieldBlue]

I'm quite liking how this season is shaping up. Speaking to a few Middlesex fans at Derby yesterday and it seems like Andersson was a player they would have liked to keep.
It looks like we'll be on the top side of a draw against Middlesex and that's not a bad place to be in.

[Westbars Spireite]

Be nice to win this but not sure we'll take these wickets quickly enough.

[JonB]

Watched a bit this morning and looked a bit of a slog to make much happen with the ball so was always going to be a big ask to roll them over in time. The yorker that go Du Plooy looked like it hurt him on top of the sore toe he already had!

[clarevoyant.]

These hybrid pitches will not be good for the long game (4 innings). Very bland.

[Westbars Spireite]

Didn't help that neither Reece nor Andersson bowled yesterday but both were in the field so can't have been serious issues.

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[whittman]

i went down on the last day hoping to see a derbyshire victory but really thinking they would bat out the day

without any alarms

the only real excitement was the two wickets in the last over before lunch which i just missed having made an

early start to the chip shop just outside the ground lol

[whittman]

A tense finish to the Glamorgan match for derbyshire

Wanting over 330 for victory derbyshire were making a good fist of it until the usual losing a cluster of wickets for virtually no runs and finished 30 runs short with one wicket remaining

Still unbeaten start to the season though

[clarevoyant.]

A cracking win today and probably aided by a couple of dodgy decisions, Jewell looked out before he'd really got going and a dismissal off the 1st ball of the day looked decidedly dodgy (off the batters shoulder), but the wind interfering with the cameras didn't help the view. It's always nice to get one over on Kent when for years favouritism shown to them by the MCC kept one of the greatest wicket keepers out of the England team.

We must have nearly has many points now as we attained last season.

[whittman]

clarevoyant., on 26 May 2025 - 12:51 PM, said:

A cracking win today and probably aided by a couple of dodgy decisions, Jewell looked out before he'd really got going and a dismissal off the 1st ball of the day looked decidedly dodgy (off the batters shoulder), but the wind interfering with the cameras didn't help the view. It's always nice to get one over on Kent when for years favouritism shown to them by the MCC kept one of the greatest wicket keepers out of the England team.

We must have nearly has many points now as we attained last season.

at roughly the half way point of the county championship who would have thought that we would be second in the table and that Leicestershire would be top lol

lets hope the momentum is carried forward into the T20 and 50 over part of the season

[Westbars Spireite]

clarevoyant., on 26 May 2025 - 12:51 PM, said:

A cracking win today and probably aided by a couple of dodgy decisions, Jewell looked out before he'd really got going and a dismissal off the 1st ball of the day looked decidedly dodgy (off the batters shoulder), but the wind interfering with the cameras didn't help the view. It's always nice to get one over on Kent when for years favouritism shown to them by the MCC kept one of the greatest wicket keepers out of the England team.

We must have nearly has many points now as we attained last season.

Muyeye got a shocker with that decision it has to be said. Pleased with how it's going this season, I'm a little surprised but in a good way. Good time to pause for the T20 stuff.

[clarevoyant.]

Westbars Spireite, on 27 May 2025 - 11:54 AM, said:

Muyeye got a shocker with that decision it has to be said. Pleased with how it's going this season, I'm a little surprised but in a good way. Good time to pause for the T20 stuff.

Yes a showcker but not as shocking as Sue Redfern's in last night's women's T20.

[Westbars Spireite]

Fancy us to do alright in the T20s. Looking forward to seeing this Afghani lad with the ball.

[whittman]

if you start badly with the batting somewhat recover then start even worse when bowling then last nights result against Leicestershire was sadly inevitable

some of Patels captaincy when we were bowling was very questionable to say the least

[Westbars Spireite]

Disappointing last night. Excellent power-play then some poor fielding and very mediocre slot bowling at the death left us chasing 25 too many. Donald and Lloyd don't look like threatening the scorers much and we were bang up against it. Despite that, there was a moment we were favourites chasing. Wrong team picked imo, wrong order. I'd open with Jewell and Andersson (who didn't even get a bat) and Guest has to play.