The Cricket Thread

Waller opens, 1-0 after the first.

 

Arron Finch has destroyed us...

 

When Finch is having one his nights, there's not a lot anyone can do.

 

Got him, but too late.

 

Oh no it was Curran!

 

You're only two overs behind, and you finished well with the bat. Surrey are certainly big favourites, but it's not quite done yet.

 

OK, that over has killed it off.

 

Have to say that was an incredible knock by Finch. We should beat Middlesex on Friday, you need to beat them on Thursday and Glamorgan on Friday.

 

The door is ever so slightly ajar for us, but we're still up against it.

If we win our last two matches, we'll finish joint 4th with the winner of Somerset-Middlesex (and with Essex too if they also win their two matches). If that side is Middlesex, we should be fine (although not guarantees). If that side is Somerset, then because of NRR we'll almost certainly have to instead be looking at hoping the loser of Kent-Gloucs fails to win their final match.

 

Crane, Shamsi and Dawson all play tonight. #spinfest

 

Next year who are the punters going to watch? Hampshire in the T20 or the South Team based in Southampton. It Will be interesting to see the final composition of that squad. Who gets priority over the players - T20 or the Hundred Side?

St Brendy - Will counties offer contracts to their players for just the County Championship and the 50 over game, and then supply players with another contract for the T20 once the Hundreds have had their pick?

 

Would be nice if one of your bowlers could slightly damage ABDV to stop him playing tomorrow!

 

Vince and Donald making a good start to the chase!

 

Well, we're right back in the hunt for the quarter finals.

 

Well done on a good victory against my beloved Middlesex. Back in the mix and calculators out!!!

 

Tomorrow will be fun!

 

Enjoy whatever happens. Could be Vince´s last T20 for Hamphire unless Hants progress as I feel he will be snapped up by one of the Hundreds, unless these players can play both T20 and this Hundred lark.

 

The Hundred runs alongside the 50 over cup not the T20 blast so he will play both.

 

Thanks for that!!!

 

Great win, we've certainly done our job tonight. Feels a long time since we've had a home win like that in t20.

But with Kent blowing up at the end there, it doesn't feel like a huge amount much has changed. I'd be feeling a lot more comfortable if it was Gloucs who we were looking at to lose tomorrow rather than Kent. In all likelihood, if Kent and Somerset both win tomorrow then we're out, despite tonight. But then again, Essex have kept themselves alive tonight (albeit they need us to slip - their NRR is too poor to finish above us on NRR), so you would hope that they'll present Kent with a tough test tomorrow.

Two realistic chances of us qualifying (we win and Kent lose; or we win and Middlesex win, but with us keeping hold of our very slender NRR advantage), and one unrealistic chance (we win and Somerset win, and somehow we jump above Somerset's NRR - never going to happen).