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6 wickets (so far) for Matt Parkinson in the same game. Not bad for a leggie on a first day pitch.
England do have prospects out there. I feel post the Ashes you will see another England side in transition and build a team that can win at home when next time Australia tour.
 

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England do have prospects out there. I feel post the Ashes you will see another England side in transition and build a team that can win at home when next time Australia tour.
Hold on, I thought England weren't in transition but India were :fishing:
 

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Poor old Nass desperately trying to sound as excited about the start of the women's Hundred as he was yesterday morning.
 

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Interesting chat,Samir Patel says we should use the kookaburra ball to develop spin and quick bowlers.the dukes ball allows 70mph bowlers to play country cricket.every country bar is and India use the Dukes ball.
 

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Off to Somerset v Durham in Metro Bank One Day Cup (50 overs) on Friday.
Believe it's a sell out.
Somerset Members/fans really are not fans of The Hundred....
(Although might also be something to do with the fact that it's their Beer and Cider Festival game!!! Over 100 different varieties available apparently!!! ?????)
 

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Looks like the T20 competition is going to be crammed into one month next year before the Hundred .

It's a good move IMO but only with the cavaet that finals day doesn't clash with the England white ball series against India.
 

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Looks like the T20 competition is going to be crammed into one month next year before the Hundred .

More details

Six in a group
Play the other 5 home and away
PLUS
Random 6th home and 6th away with another county
 

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Group C: Essex, Hampshire , Kent , Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex .

Group-stage matches

Each county will play the other counties in their group on a home-and-away basis – a total of 10 matches. They will additionally play one home game against a county from outside their group and one away game against a county from outside their group.

This will allow counties to play against all 18 counties, over time, on a rolling basis during the group stage of the competition.

Knockout stage

The top two teams in each group plus the best two third-placed teams will progress to the quarter-finals. The winners of the quarter-finals will progress to the men’s Vitality Blast Finals Day.

Metro Bank One Day Cup

There will be no change to the Metro Bank One Day Cup.
 

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Why is the Oval test so early next summer?
There are 2 teams visiting playing 3 Tests

I guess The Oval maybe bid for New Zealand rather than Pakistan

So they have to have 1 of the 3 early tests in summer

The other 2 Pakistan Tests are in Leeds and Birmingham
 

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What's happened to Marcus labuschagne?
He's only 31 but his demise is spectacular.Averages are across all 3 formats.
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Jamie Overton takes an indefinite break from red ball cricket so effectively ends his test match career. I'm fairly sure he would have gone to Australia.

 

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Jamie Overton takes an indefinite break from red ball cricket so effectively ends his test match career. I'm fairly sure he would have gone to Australia.

Maybe he was told that he wasn't going to Australia and that influenced his decision
 

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Very good win for Northamptonshire.

Held out well in the end .
 

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Something called the women’s Caribbean Premier League on TNT at the moment, think they’ve forgotten to open the gates, more players than spectators.

What’s the point:confused:
 

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If you hadnt created a competition no one wanted. We wouldn't be in this mess!
Surrey players were asked by the club to vote on whether they wanted the reduce the number of county championship games from next session onwards. They voted 31 to zero against reducing the amount of games. The county players are not exhausted and reducing the number of county championship games is not the solution that the ECB think it is.
 

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Surrey players were asked by the club to vote on whether they wanted the reduce the number of county championship games from next session onwards. They voted 31 to zero against reducing the amount of games. The county players are not exhausted and reducing the number of county championship games is not the solution that the ECB think it is.
of course,they get paid for the hundred as well!
 

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Surrey players were asked by the club to vote on whether they wanted the reduce the number of county championship games from next session onwards. They voted 31 to zero against reducing the amount of games. The county players are not exhausted and reducing the number of county championship games is not the solution that the ECB think it is.
The ECB are making it clear that they are contractually obligated to keep the 100. However, there plans are just going to further alienate some of their strongest supporters.

They should have just admitted this was a disaster and looked to end it when the cycle was up. But having sold it to the highest bidder it will only get worse.
 

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The ECB are making it clear that they are contractually obligated to keep the 100. However, there plans are just going to further alienate some of their strongest supporters.

They should have just admitted this was a disaster and looked to end it when the cycle was up. But having sold it to the highest bidder it will only get worse.
It will soon become a T20 franchise league run by IPL owners for Indian TV audiences.

The T20 Blast will eventually die as the franchise league expands.
 

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It will soon become a T20 franchise league run by IPL owners for Indian TV audiences.

The T20 Blast will eventually die as the franchise league expands.
The blast and 50 ovef cup are basically done already. The bigger worry is will the championship and England games in general follow suit.
 
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