Kid Dynamite 7320 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 of the county variety. If Durham win this match they win the league with 2 games spare. Coetzers just gone for 107 and Di Venuto is on 194 not out. 330-1 Looking nailed on if the weather stays good. Its about the only thing CLS is good for these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 All aboard the bandwagon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15871 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I've always been a big fan of cricketball. Those helmets are just preposterously cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7320 Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 All aboard the bandwagon! Ive seen all the home games this year ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walliver 0 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I used to play against Coetzer at a regional level. Look how closely our careers have mirrored since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 of the county variety. If Durham win this match they win the league with 2 games spare. Coetzers just gone for 107 and Di Venuto is on 194 not out. 330-1 Looking nailed on if the weather stays good. Its about the only thing CLS is good for these days Just need a draw don't they? As they've already got enough batting points. Notts are second too which just shows how far they are ahead of the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7320 Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 Tbh im not sure about the points system in cricket. Someone mentioned they have to pick up some bowling points??? Fuck knows! Im off today though so il be having a look down. I heard someone mention its free entry on friday or saturday too? Not sure if thats true though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) Tbh im not sure about the points system in cricket. Someone mentioned they have to pick up some bowling points??? Fuck knows! Im off today though so il be having a look down. I heard someone mention its free entry on friday or saturday too? Not sure if thats true though Here's the points system (from wiki - just checked): The county championship works on a points system, the winner being the team with most points in the first division. The points are awarded as follows: Win: 14 points + bonus points. Tie: 7 points + bonus points. Draw: 4 points + bonus points. Loss: Bonus points. Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling. These points can only be obtained from the first 120 overs of each team's first innings. The bonus points are retained regardless of the outcome of the match. Batting 200-249 runs: 1 point 250-299 runs: 2 points 300-349 runs: 3 points 350-399 runs: 4 points 400+ runs: 5 points Bowling 3-5 wickets taken: 1 point 6-8 wickets taken: 2 points 9-10 wickets taken: 3 points Durham only need 11 points to secure victory in the county championship and they've already got 4 batting points. A draw will give them 4 more. It's done and dusted basically barring an incredible turn around as they'll get one more batting point in this innings plus the odd bowling point and batting points in their 2nd innings if they bat again. 5Live reckoned they didn't need any more points but it would appear you're right and they need 2 bowling points (as at least a draw is nailed on). Edited September 10, 2009 by alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walliver 0 Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Tbh im not sure about the points system in cricket. Someone mentioned they have to pick up some bowling points??? Fuck knows! Im off today though so il be having a look down. I heard someone mention its free entry on friday or saturday too? Not sure if thats true though Here's the points system (from wiki - just checked): The county championship works on a points system, the winner being the team with most points in the first division. The points are awarded as follows: Win: 14 points + bonus points. Tie: 7 points + bonus points. Draw: 4 points + bonus points. Loss: Bonus points. Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling. These points can only be obtained from the first 120 overs of each team's first innings. The bonus points are retained regardless of the outcome of the match. Batting 200-249 runs: 1 point 250-299 runs: 2 points 300-349 runs: 3 points 350-399 runs: 4 points 400+ runs: 5 points Bowling 3-5 wickets taken: 1 point 6-8 wickets taken: 2 points 9-10 wickets taken: 3 points Durham only need 11 points to secure victory in the county championship and they've already got 4 batting points. A draw will give them 4 more. It's done and dusted basically barring an incredible turn around as they'll get one more batting point in this innings plus the odd bowling point and batting points in their 2nd innings if they bat again. 5Live reckoned they didn't need any more points but it would appear you're right and they need 2 bowling points (as at least a draw is nailed on). Bonus points only apply to the first innings. Looks like they're likely to get the full five for batting (a 314 opening partnership will often do that for you) and I doubt they'll get fewer than six wickets with GBH and Plunkett playing. I reckon they'll win this quite comfortably so bonus points shouldn't be of too much importance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7320 Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 Plunkett has had a horrific second half of the season. His bowling figures are tosh and hes only playing on reputation at the minute. Claydons the one to watch for next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Tbh im not sure about the points system in cricket. Someone mentioned they have to pick up some bowling points??? Fuck knows! Im off today though so il be having a look down. I heard someone mention its free entry on friday or saturday too? Not sure if thats true though Here's the points system (from wiki - just checked): The county championship works on a points system, the winner being the team with most points in the first division. The points are awarded as follows: Win: 14 points + bonus points. Tie: 7 points + bonus points. Draw: 4 points + bonus points. Loss: Bonus points. Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling. These points can only be obtained from the first 120 overs of each team's first innings. The bonus points are retained regardless of the outcome of the match. Batting 200-249 runs: 1 point 250-299 runs: 2 points 300-349 runs: 3 points 350-399 runs: 4 points 400+ runs: 5 points Bowling 3-5 wickets taken: 1 point 6-8 wickets taken: 2 points 9-10 wickets taken: 3 points Durham only need 11 points to secure victory in the county championship and they've already got 4 batting points. A draw will give them 4 more. It's done and dusted basically barring an incredible turn around as they'll get one more batting point in this innings plus the odd bowling point and batting points in their 2nd innings if they bat again. 5Live reckoned they didn't need any more points but it would appear you're right and they need 2 bowling points (as at least a draw is nailed on). Bonus points only apply to the first innings. Looks like they're likely to get the full five for batting (a 314 opening partnership will often do that for you) and I doubt they'll get fewer than six wickets with GBH and Plunkett playing. I reckon they'll win this quite comfortably so bonus points shouldn't be of too much importance. Ah right, makes sense I suppose as you can therefore only get a maximum of 5 in the match and stops manufacturing of results (well, not results but situations in order to get extra points). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7320 Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 Lost 2 early wickets this morning. I find it more exciting watching us bowl than bat for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Only slight worry I have about Durham having all these stars (i.e. overseas players in particular) is the impact on the development of younnger players like Ben Harmison, who was starting to look the part but is now no.14 in the pecking order unlike last year where he was playing quite a bit. Can't complain about the results on the pitch mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7320 Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 We dont have that many overseas stars. The league was practically won by the time Chanderpaul started playing. And our best performers this year, Onions, Harmison and Blackwell are all English, along with Claydon who is on a British passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Chanderpaul was who I was on about in particular as they didn't need him at all. But Claydon's still an Aussie, even if they get around that by his holding a UK passport. They've got a canny few others on their books too. It's a trend in cricket in general over here though what with 'Colpac' players taking advantage on EU passports etc. It was a minor criticism, like I said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7320 Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 His dads a truck driver from Yorkshire! You not get down to watch it alex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Only been to one game this season. I'm in Norn Iron Mon-Friday still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheMan 0 Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Going to watch the Yorkshire day/night game tonight- should be canny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Landed a free ticket for the one day international at cls next sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Off to Lords tomorrow for the ODI. Can't wait. Mark Butcher was in my hotel bar last night in Leeds. He was good craic, had a few drinks with him reminissing about his 173* against the Aussies. Paul Allot (I think that's his name) the presenter fella, nicked my toast out of the communal toaster at breakfast today too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Anyone else going to the Riverside tomo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 My brothers popping along. £40 a ticket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Mine's a freebie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7320 Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 Bit of a surreal moment today at the great north run. Stood next Michael DiVenuto who was on the phone giving Ricky Ponting advice on how the wicket at the Riverside plays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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