Had no idea he was a keeper!
Doubt he’ll get a look in with England which is a massive shame.
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Had no idea he was a keeper!
Doubt he’ll get a look in with England which is a massive shame.
HomerJSimpson
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Last one day final at Lords so well done to Somerset. See the old enemy inflicted an ODI defeat on England. Perhaps a sign of things to come and the hype has been overblown by the press (surely not)
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Not a shame for us 😉 but big shame for him when his talent means he should be in the England team - will be interesting to see how he gets on in FC County games will prob end up replacing Tres.
fundy
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loved his interview after the game, was clearly overjoyed, admitting to being nervous but having spoken to Tres who'd told him to back his ability and bat like he does in every game. He then pied the rest of the interview with Knight off to go and celebrate with the team
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Tres was talking about him last year and said to Ward that this season a lad from Somerset will burst through in OD at first but will be a Test player - can’t have a better mentor than Bangers , a good future ahead for him and a good number of those players - pretty young team and some more to come as wellloved his interview after the game, was clearly overjoyed, admitting to being nervous but having spoken to Tres who'd told him to back his ability and bat like he does in every game. He then pied the rest of the interview with Knight off to go and celebrate with the team
fundy
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On all accounts Trego is currently in the Lords Tavern, still in full kit, medal round his neck, beering it up with the Somerset fans. Legend!
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Will be smashing the Thatchers down - proper cider boy from Weston - remember him smashing it all over the place as a 13 year old at Weston when I was there
fundy
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yeah "beering" in the loosest possible sense
HomerJSimpson
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Injury worries today aside from Morgan's fractured finger. Wood has hurt a foot and awaiting a scan, Dawson has split the skin on a finger and didn't bat as a result and Woakes' knee a concern https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48408372
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fundy
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Good article from the cricketer
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics...finals_goodbye_lords_leaves_bitter_taste.html
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics...finals_goodbye_lords_leaves_bitter_taste.html
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Excellent article - i didn’t realise it was the last final at Lords ! I think also next year in the RLC it’s going to be young kids and second string players in it because the main players will be playing the 100
fundy
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sadly all of that is true
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Really sad news - I expect it won’t be long before the “selected “ players are no longer attached to any county as well and become fully England players. To downgrade the one and only county One Day Comp is a disgrace but it’s no surprise when they are trying to gain more money from this 100 game - I hope that falls flat but unfortunately there will be enough people wanting to get smashed watching cricket to make it financially viable
We will crash out of the next 50 over world cup in 2023 or whenever, the same cretins at the ECB will hold an enquiry, reinstate the 50 over county game as it should be and take a bucket load of credit (and a tasty pay rise) if we then turn it around in the next cycle.
Sport is full on governing bodies completely unfit to run, but outside of the obvious 2 in football I struggle to think of a worse one than the current ECB
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Basically they did for 40 over cricket, theyve screwed over 4 day county cricket, theyre currently screwing over 50 over cricket and then finally they are trying to screw over T20 cricket.
Ive been slagging off the ECB for years and years and they just get worse and worse as they continue to destroy the beautiful game whilst chasing money and trying to keep up with the Joneses. Been incompetent since the Stanford situation and just continue to compound it year after year. Give it 5 years theyll have rid the country of the sport the way theyre going
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Similarly when we never see the Ashes urn for decades and lose every rubber away from home (and only scrape wins against the mediocre test nations) they'll look at the longer format as well to boost the test ethos. Basically as fundy points out the board aren't fit for purpose.
Mudball
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Looking fwd to Eng v afg warmup at the Oval tomorrow.. weather seems ok. If there is any turn in the pitch the Afghans will Hans the English boys their backside. If on the other hand there is no turn, then the Afghans are in for a kicking. I know the Afghans from the IPL but no clue about their batting.
In some ways the minnow games can be very interesting.. will need a pitcher of pimms though
In some ways the minnow games can be very interesting.. will need a pitcher of pimms though
Tongo
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Really pleased for Somerset. Always had a soft spot for them and its good that another non-TMG county has won some silverware.
Dan2501
Tour Winner
Solid start for England after the early Bairstow wicket. Root has played some beautiful drives through cover and straight down the ground. Pitch looks good, England will be wanting 320+ I reckon.
