View Full Version : The County Championship
comme
11 Apr 2005, 07:42 AM
Starts soon, what are people's opinions on possible winners, losers etc.
As always Surrey look very strong, Glamorgan were superb last year but will miss Kasp for a fair bit of the season.
michaec
11 Apr 2005, 09:11 AM
The defending champions Warwickshire must have a good chance. They have seasoned campaigners in Nick Knight and Trevor Penny underpinning the batting, England fringe player Ian Bell looking to stake a claim in the squad and Heath Streak leading the attack.
Surrey do look strong too and Hampshire look to have a good lineup, but I think they'll have too many players missing on international duty to sustain their challenge.
comme
12 Apr 2005, 05:13 AM
Surrey's problem is always the fact that internationals are away. If they weren't they would be odds on favourites every season.
I still think they have a good chance, and as you say Warwickshire will be tough to beat.
Lancashire are another team who are normally there or thereabouts and also suffer from international absences.
michaec
13 Apr 2005, 04:21 AM
So it's the first day of the cricket season and surprise, surprise, it's chucking down with rain. Lovely!
Bluto11
14 Apr 2005, 11:39 AM
any matches played today?
michaec
15 Apr 2005, 04:51 AM
You can keep an eye on how things are going here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/latest_scorecard/default.stm
Warwickshire and Durham weighed in with huge batting performances in their first innings, so look set for victory. With the weather being a bit rainy (as it will be in England in April!) expect a few draws.
BhoysFC1995
15 Apr 2005, 08:10 PM
4.14.05 County round up (http://cricket365.com/reports_previews/story_15469.shtml)
Aussie Mike Hussey grabbed 214 for durham
btw, 20/20 starts june 22 :)
Bluto11
25 Apr 2005, 10:59 PM
hmm, i need a team to support
how about Middlesex?
comme
30 Apr 2005, 08:33 AM
It depends what you want.
Middlesex are a good team and play at Lords. But other than Strauss,Ed Smith and Owais Shah they are lacking in top talent.
comme
30 Apr 2005, 08:37 AM
Lancashire are another team who are normally there or thereabouts and also suffer from international absences.
BTW I'm referring to the one day comps here as Lancashire are in the second division.
Bluto11
30 Apr 2005, 12:57 PM
It depends what you want.
Middlesex are a good team and play at Lords. But other than Strauss,Ed Smith and Owais Shah they are lacking in top talent.
works for me. Lord's is the only ground I've seen.
and Middleex got owned in their latest match
comme
12 May 2005, 09:43 AM
Glamorgan are often to a terrible start, three straight losses and a real uphill task against Surrey now.
This might end up being a tough first class season for the Glam.
MasterShake29
12 May 2005, 10:09 AM
Since I'm from Middlesex County (NJ) I've decided to support them. So of course they're terrible so far.
OldFanatic
12 May 2005, 01:44 PM
Since I'm from Middlesex County (NJ) I've decided to support them.
That's funny. I didn't realize they had English county names in New Jersey. I thought most of them were Native American names. Piscataway is a native name, no?
I know that in Massachusetts, almost all county names (except Nantucket) are identical to county names from England.
OK, here is a map of all county names in New Jersey:
http://county-map.digital-topo-maps.com/new-jersey-county-map.gif
and a map of all county names in Massachusetts:
http://county-map.digital-topo-maps.com/massachusetts-county-map.gif
Sorry, this is very much off-topic. But I couldn't resist doing this research after above comment.
MasterShake29
12 May 2005, 02:02 PM
Some of them are: Middlesex, Sussex, Gloucester, Essex, etc. Others like Cape May I presume aren't.
Piscataway is indeed a Native American derived name.
Speaking of researching, I discovered today that Middlesex County in England is at least partly London. Been trying to decide on a English soccer team to follow, so I'll pick one from there.
BhoysFC1995
14 May 2005, 10:58 AM
a bit slow on this but anyway-
by shane warne
...fastest in county cricket this year, reaching my hundred in 72 balls and 100 minutes, including 15 fours and three sixes.
[url=http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,15272960-23212,00.html]
Katich keeps Warne quiet (plus round up) (http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,15270041-23212,00.html
Warne hits first Ton[/url)
round up, may 14th (http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,15283540-23212,00.html)
BhoysFC1995
29 May 2005, 10:10 AM
Surrey Docked 8 points for ball tampering (http://msn.foxsports.com/cricket/story/3645374)
they admitted to tampering with the ball, not naming which player(s) though, from may 9th's game vs nottinghamshire.
round up, 5.29.05 (http://cricket365.com/news/story_15861.shtml)
Hampshire's lead reduced to 5pts- Warne bowled 6-88 in a losing effort as Streak bowled 6-31 for the winning team (warwickshire).
Bluto11
15 Jun 2005, 01:55 PM
Glamorgan is at 248-1 at the close of play on Day 1. not a good start for Middlesex
MasterShake29
15 Jun 2005, 02:20 PM
Especially since Glamorgan is 0-1-6 (that would be 1 draw and 6 losses) so far this season.
Bluto11
15 Jun 2005, 04:19 PM
Especially since Glamorgan is 0-1-6 (that would be 1 draw and 6 losses) so far this season.
yeah, and the match started late, if it had gone like this and started on time Glamorgan would probably have like 500 runs and just declare