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UPDATE: An early tea is being taken. Still spitting with rain here in Taunton
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UPDATE: An early tea is being taken. Still spitting with rain here in Taunton
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Yorkshire 35 for 6 in 14 overs.
For those like me who love the 4 day game
IT IS A JOKE
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Unfortunately, more rain is forecast for Edgbaston than Taunton. Can’t see us salvaging a draw.
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Has been raining for last 4.5 hours just 10 miles from Taunton so keep your fingers crossed. However need it to stop some time tomorrow as playing golf in Taunton Friday !!!!
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Nick Compton: 19 innings, one score of 120, the other 18 he didn't make it to 50 in any of them.
I can't complain if we go down, it really has been a season to forget.
I can't complain if we go down, it really has been a season to forget.
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......having said that, if Warwickshire could take two wickets in the next 25 runs, then Hampshire would start to feel pressure.
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That changes things.
They'll be feeling the pressure now.
If it's 100-5, pretty sure they won't make it.
Unfortunately, there is also the option of trying to play out for a draw.
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Ok, clutching at straws a little here, BUT, if Hants don't lose today is there any prospect of Somerset being deducted points for shenanigans with the pitch for this match and/or Middlesex appealing against the deduction of 2 points for a slow over rate in an abandoned game.
In any event, a shockingly bad season for the 'sex.
In any event, a shockingly bad season for the 'sex.
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PITCH: The Cricket Liaison Officer has deemed the Taunton pitch "below average" - but this should not result in a points deduction
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From the BBC
Ongoing pitch investigation'
The amount of turn in the pitch at Taunton has caused controversy and it has been assessed by ECB cricket liaison officer (CLO) Wayne Noon, as well as umpires Alex Wharf and Michael Burns.
Shortly after the completion of the game, it was announced that the pitch had been graded "below average" and this rating does not normally carry a points deduction.
However, this does not mean that Somerset are in the clear with Noon revealing that investigations will continue.
"I've marked the pitch below average for excessive spin on days one and two," he said. "Days one and two it [the bounce] was fine, the odd one from the spinners on day three might have kept a bit low, but at no stage was there any thought of any unevenness.
"The criteria says it's not how it looks, it's how it plays. In my opinion and other people I've asked for their opinion, we've come to the same conclusion that it's excessive turn.
"There's going to be an investigation tomorrow. Phil Whitticase, another CLO, comes in. He'll conduct an investigation and he will go through my findings and speak to both umpires, both captains and the groundstaff.
"He could downgrade it, he could upgrade it, that's entirely up to him. He looks at the evidence and he makes his own call."
Ongoing pitch investigation'
The amount of turn in the pitch at Taunton has caused controversy and it has been assessed by ECB cricket liaison officer (CLO) Wayne Noon, as well as umpires Alex Wharf and Michael Burns.
Shortly after the completion of the game, it was announced that the pitch had been graded "below average" and this rating does not normally carry a points deduction.
However, this does not mean that Somerset are in the clear with Noon revealing that investigations will continue.
"I've marked the pitch below average for excessive spin on days one and two," he said. "Days one and two it [the bounce] was fine, the odd one from the spinners on day three might have kept a bit low, but at no stage was there any thought of any unevenness.
"The criteria says it's not how it looks, it's how it plays. In my opinion and other people I've asked for their opinion, we've come to the same conclusion that it's excessive turn.
"There's going to be an investigation tomorrow. Phil Whitticase, another CLO, comes in. He'll conduct an investigation and he will go through my findings and speak to both umpires, both captains and the groundstaff.
"He could downgrade it, he could upgrade it, that's entirely up to him. He looks at the evidence and he makes his own call."
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And with the game being abandoned surely there is a Legal appeal possible ???
Or is a random crossbow treated like weather??
If so could a Hampshire fan not fire one onto the Edgbaston outfield now ???
Or is a random crossbow treated like weather??
If so could a Hampshire fan not fire one onto the Edgbaston outfield now ???
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The ball is doing all sorts at Edgbaston and Hampshire batsmen Ian Holland and Gareth Berg are doing their level best to survive.
Berg guided Middlesex to promotion from Division Two in 2011, will he send them back down to the second division today?
Berg guided Middlesex to promotion from Division Two in 2011, will he send them back down to the second division today?