First Day of the Cricket Season

[mickyhoss]

County put Yarkshire into bat and are 12 without loss after 5 overs

 

[Will Hay]

Looks like they are starting as they ended last season crap.

 

[DagenhamFox]

Good early wicket.

 

[Bowdenfox]

Hopefully Higgs and McVicker can make inroads tomorrow.....

 

[mickyhoss]

Hopefully Higgs and McVicker can make inroads tomorrow.....

If Illy uses his Headingly expience we might get them all out for under 450

 

[TopFox]

If Illy uses his Headingly expience we might get them all out for under 450

Illy didn't.

 

[Brauny]

Did alright today. Still a mountain to climb to get a draw but the first innings gave them a sniff.

 

[DagenhamFox]

They’ll bat for an hour today and declare. Can we hold out for a draw? Time will tell.

 

[Brauny]

County making a fight of it.

75-0.

Need 320 odd to win !!!!

Surely not

 

[Brauny]

92-2.

The slump is on

 

[Brauny]

154 -2

Still going well.......

 

[Brauny]

203-3 at tea.

186 to win. A tall order but probably could afford to lose 1 more wicket in trying before shutting up shop.

 

[Oadlad]

Could win this, 175 needed with seven wickets to go...
how many overs are there today?

 

[mickyhoss]

96 in a day, minimum of 20 in the last hour

 

[Brauny]

Could win this, 175 needed with seven wickets to go...
how many overs are there today?

Not sure but I'd expect about 30 ?

Another wicket or two and it'll be take a draw.
Promising start though.

 

[Brauny]

Century for Patel

 

[Brauny]

Need 142 but only 24 overs left.

Draw looks favourite

 

[Brauny]

270 for 4.

Patel out for 125.

That might be that

 

[Brauny]

304 for 5

Take the draw County, don't throw it away.

Been a good effort and some real positives from the match

 

[Brauny]

318 for 6.

About 11-12 overs to go.

Squeaky bum time

 

[Brauny]

327 for 7.

Alarm bells ringing!!!!

 

[Brauny]

What a game.

County need 33 off 4 overs.

7 down

 

[Bowdenfox]

Cracking finish this.....

 

[Club_B00k_Crutchless]

What a win

 

[Bowdenfox]

Wow! chasing down nearly 400 to win...well done County!

 

[Brauny]

COUNTY WIN !!!!!

What a performance.

To put it in perspective the last time Leicestershire won at Headingley the TITANIC hadn't yet sailed !!!!!

Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott, Fred Truman, your boys........

 

[mickyhoss]

Who needs 20/20 when you can see PROPER CRICKET played like that. Superb Leicestershire and well played Yarkshire too.

 

[Billsballbag]

Take a bow County

 

[Brauny]

Never mind 'up the City' bring on the County and ' fuck the City '

 

[Brauny]

That was brilliant.

Also today an amazing finish in the IPL, Kolkata needed 29 off the last over when their player struck 5 consecutive sixes to win.

Agree with Micky about the longer format being proper cricket but games that provide finishes like that one in the IPL are still a good watch.

Bring on the Ashes. Looking forward to it.