The Cricket Thread

Need to get a shift on for 4 batting points, looks more likely to be 3. New ball due in 3 overs, so it would be good if Abbot could stick around for a bit.

 

I wouldn't even be contemplating the fourth batting point. Just look to bat, and bat, and bat. Hopefully pick up the third batting point along the way, but ultimately just get as close to their score as possible - and if we can pass it, then great. Every run we score, the closer we get to a draw. And if we really can rack them up as the day goes on, we might even come away with a three figure lead to let Abbott loose on.

At this moment in time, there's still too much of a risk that we get skittled out around lunch tomorrow, with Middlesex taking a healthy 80+ run lead. And then we're looking at having to save the game on Monday.

 

Really hope Canberry gets his century.

 

Heart breaking

 

Gutted for him. Having said that if you said to Carbs 6 months ago he would score 98 in the 2nd match of the season against the champions he would have bitten your hand off.

 

Great 50 from Abbott. Robson owes his team a drink.

 

Dreadful drop of Rossouw on 76

 

Well done Fidel, saw off the two balls. Although if I am Rilee, I'm going after this over and not trusting Fidel with facing any further balls. At least until I've scored another 7 runs, anyway.

 

Suicidal second run, but at least it was his own decision. Another gutter.

 

Warks are 7-5! Right now, they're going to be relegated before August.

 

Good lead though StB and two big scores in last two matches with contributions through the order. Promising.

 

Massively promising!

Will almost certainly be a draw from here, but if Abbott can reproduce his third innings heroics from last week, then who knows. But no complaints from me if he doesn't. This has been a brilliant start to the season for us, aside from the final hour on day one of the season.

 

Absolutely needed that fourth wicket tonight. A real chance now.

Kyle has a potential nine balls at Finn tonight.

 

If we beat Middlesex as well I will be ecstatic!

 

Such a great day, again. But slightly tempered by McManus, for the second time in the innings, not diving to his right to take a catch. Take Finn off that penultimate ball, and Middlesex are in all sorts of trouble.

 

A fit Fidel; or a bit more luck with the new ball; or Crane in the XI to bowl rather than Dawson (who offered nothing), and who knows, we'd have probably won that.

Not to be though. Middlesex hung in there very well.

 

Yep a fabulous effort from Hants without one of their strike bowlers for virtually all of the match against a team that hasn't lost a 4 day game since 2015.

 

That will be a bit tricky considering the counties play 4 games in September!!! So again the farce of losing hours of possible play from the second week of September onwards due to failing light. And it is not every autumn that stays dry until the season is concluded. The 4-day games should be at the hub of the season, the other tournaments should be built around that. As it is, it has been shunted to the margins.

 

Opened v Yorkshire 19 -1 Carbs gone for 6.

 

149 -2 after 53.2 overs.