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23/06
Bazball selection forthe ever smiling, Nottingham lad Rehan Ahmed
22/06
Middlesex record Blast chase
Paul Nixon relieved of duties
21/06
Kent's PPV streaming model
15/06
Ashley Giles Worcester appointment
06/06
Moeen Ali and Test cricket reunited
Not played first class cricket since 2021. Lazy ECB, or ECB showing contempt for the County Championship and the players playing in it?
31/05
James Vince most T20 Blast runs
25/05
Harry Gurney and Stuart Broad's burning desire to reopen tumble-dryer pub
24/05
Directors of cricket want their voice back
19/05
Michael Vaughan back on the Beeb
16/05
Former Derbyshire player jailed
14/05
Cricket show (with a Yorkshire bias)
13/05
Franchised players need to respect counties - Stewart
12/05
McCullum on 12 month IPL contracts
10/05
Yorkshire's first female President
09/05
Sam Billings reminds us to slap on the suncream
08/05
Confusion at Derby where folk lose the ability to count to 16. Paul Nixon's take
BBC report Derbyshire report cricketer report
03/05
Matt Milnes, Yorkshire's new signing from Kent, has sadly had a reccurence of a lumbar stress fracture and will out for the rest of the season.
02/05
Not really news but Trent Bridge Pravda are using it as vehicle to sell tickets - READ HERE
29/04
Leicestershire’s headquarters at Grace Road continues to be a ground favoured by Glamorgan’s batters and where a series of record-breaking performance have occurred (writes Andrew Hignell).
Last year, it was Sam Northeast and Chris Cooke who shared an Club record partnership of 461* - the highest-ever stand for any wicket in the Welsh county’s history as a first-class club.
This year it was Cooke and Michael Neser who re-wrote the record books against the Leicestershire attack as the pair shared a record eighth wicket stand of 211 in 65.1 overs, thereby surpassing the 202 added by Dai Davies and Joe Hills against Sussex at Eastbourne, 1928, as well as beating Glamorgan’s previous best for the eighth wicket against Leicestershire set in 1978 at Swansea when 166 was added by Gwyn Richards and Malcolm Nash.
Michael's score of 90 was also his best-ever score in the County Championship beating the 62 he made against Durham at Chester-le-Street last summer.
JAG's photos from this match can be found on Harry Butler Daft's Facebook
Bopara ILP Full Time contracts
28/04
26/04
Wisden Almanack 2023 review in the Telegraph
23/04
Jonny Bairstow selected for Yorkshire 2s against Notts 2s
22/04
Biggest ever Hampshire win over Northants
20/04
Ton and a Hat trick in one day by Tom Price
17/04
Cricketers have been left frustrated after a group of travellers set up on their ground causing 'major disruption'. A group of travellers, reported to be towing 18 caravans, moved onto the grounds of Cavaliers & Carrington Cricket Club on Esher Grove, Mapperley Park at around 9pm on Sunday, April 16.
The club leases the cricket ground from the council and is in the process of serving an eviction notice to the group. Kafeel Shafique, 30, first team club captain and committee member, said residents had informed one of committee members straight away.
"When we went to the ground the police were already there, but there was not much they could do so they checked everyone was alright and then they told us to leave and take the necessary action.
"I did speak to one of them and he replied 'we are good people', but the thing is we have no issue with the traveller community - it is that you have come onto our ground and unsettled our club. Nobody should do that."
The solicitor, who has been part of the club for more than a decade, explained the trespassing had caused "major disruption". "We have four men's teams, a women's team and from U-9s all the way up to U-17s. The women's team were supposed to have a warm up match today and our first match was due on Saturday, but we've had to cancel everything.
They've been driving all over the ground and the pitch and the wicket covers have also been damaged. It's not good because it is all going to be an expense - it has been very frustrating for everyone."
15/04
15/04
Play was abandoned for the second day running at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol, with play yet to start in the LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two match between Yorkshire and Gloucestershire.
A wet outfield put paid to yesterday’s opening day – the sun was shining when umpires Paul Pollard and Billy Taylor called things off at 9.45am.
But today, persistent overnight and morning rain meant there was no chance of any play at the Nevil Road venue, with the umpires making their decision at 9.30am.
The forecast for Saturday and Sunday is for dry weather in the South West, and the players and coaches from both sides will hope today’s rain doesn’t do too much damage to the outfield and enable some play to take place.
07/04
Day 2 at Taunton and Umpire Rob Bailey in the 200th game as umpire says that they are hopeful of getting some play today.
Following an inspection at 10.30AM, play is scheduled to start at 12 noon
06/04
05/04
05/04
04/04
01/04
31/03
31/03
Vaughan charges found unproven and Vaughan has his say.
Rafiq says he feels vindicated
31/03
30/03
29/03
Kibworth to host a ODC game, Leicestershire v Essex
28/03
24/03
Brexit, Bedingham and South Africa
23/03
Released by Leicestershire last year, former Notts Academy's Hassan Azad is playing for Northamptonshire in their current warm-up game against Worcestershire and Wantage Road.
22/03 Scotland Criticised
Bears' Captain Mo no great surprise!
20/03 Curran T misses Surrey spell after two doses of franchise cricket over the winter
18/03 Political appointment(?) in what is going to be a year of politics in cricket ?
15/03 Toffs hold out as MCC advocates for change hide from fight
13/03 Sky to broadcast Lancashire v Surrey Championship opener.
13/03 Club evicted after 143 years
09/03 Free paint to sort Lady Bay
07/03 Leicestershire Development Plans
04/03
There's a lot of marking of a year since the shock passing Shane Warne on social media, and his time with Hampshire (BBC), but it all could have been very different.
| Nottingham Evening Post 18 August 1997 |
Joe Clarke on Trent Bridge Pravda
With the season fast approaching, there is still yet to be an announcement of Joe Clark's new contract, which he signed last summer. It is just a little odd, and not the Trent Bridge usual means of practice. At least from the article we can draw from it that the new contract isn't a white ball only deal.
02/03
Second home for Lancashire approved
27/02
20/02
Essex Chair Akhtar Stands down
Essex are already in hot water with Sport England, for not meeting their target diversity quotas.
16/02
Somerset sign Archie Vaughan, son of Michael.
14/02
Duckett Dobell Article
13/02
Eoin Morgan retires:
"Thanks to cricket, I have been able to travel the world and meet incredible people, many of whom I have developed lifelong friendships with. Playing for franchise teams across the globe has given me so many memories that I will hold on to forever."
I doubt Middlesex will miss him as England haven't.
Alex says, "bye".
07/02
Kent drops dress code for hospitality
02/02
Ben Duckett will remain on England duty following the Test series in New Zealand, with the England T20 series in Bangladesh until the middle of March. Ben will surely be allowed a break before joining the Notts boys ahead of the season.
New Dublin Cricket stadium?
Strauss Lecturing at Lord's - MCC Cowdrey Lecture
01/02
Tom Curran Resting from First Class
The Witchfinder General aka St George d'Bell moves on to Essex
31/01
Curran Bans, sounds like something delicious to eat !
ReplyDeleteWhat a deeply disappointing and depressing 'lecture' by Strauss - wooded, corporate, laissez-faire and, worst of all, dismissive and disrespectful of the red ball game. I cannot believe I am actually saying this but I now actually prefer Ponting (https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/ponting-s-timely-call-for-central-test-funding-must-be-heeded-20230125-p5cfcp.html) to Strauss...and I was at the MCG and the SCG in 10/11!
ReplyDeleteStrauss is too wrapped-up in his own self-importance. I suspect that he believes that he is talking sense all of the time. The great shame is that he is for 90% of the time he's talking utter twaddle.
Delete"It stays in the dressing room" long gone.
ReplyDeleteAny decent captain used to stamp
on anything really bad, but we now live in an age of hypocrictical self righteousness, Re Strauss on dressing room culture, during his lecture.
Just read Strauss lecture, worth a read, he has totally sold out and makes a very poor case for what he now believes in.
ReplyDeleteNo dress code ? Never keen on wearing a dress to be honest, despite the rumours !
ReplyDeleteThey should charge the prices the 6 restaurant is for the valentine special, that’ll keep the riff raff out, in fact I’ll keep everyone out.! Foxy
ReplyDeleteTimothy Lumsden.
ReplyDeleteAn exquisite, delicate, tasting menu with optional wine flute pairings and cheese board. Yes as Sybil said to Bail Fawlty in Gourmet Night “Fancy putting no riff-raff on the menu”
The good news with this is as it only opens from Thursday to Sunday(at best) you can quickly hop it across the road when you’ve finished your culinary experience and wuff pie&chips down from the Raddy Rd Fish Bar if you were still a bit peckish from those delicate taster offerings. You see Ms. Pursestrings thinks of everything for us.
There one big difference fawlty towers was funny the cost of the 6 restaurant is not. Foxy
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ReplyDeleteAgreed Foxy ! The palatial SIX is mighty expensive and very arty in food presentation - no pie peas and chips there.
But looking in the recently received accounts I noticed it produced an income for NOTTS of £500,000.
Whether or not it actually made a profit is a different matter
Each to their own of course, and if it has made that much money for the club then it’s a success.
ReplyDeleteIf people want to spend their money on it then who am I ?
But, the valentines meal , 110 quid , plus 15 for a cheese and port , plus 50 quid for wine! . I could eat in spoons at lunchtime in all the championship game for the next 2 seasons for that, foxy,
£500.000 all smoke & mirrors income is one thing profit a totally different thing
ReplyDeletePlenty of accountants on the committee
The question is what is the total loss
From over spend on build over spend on for fit out plus the £100.000 chef its only open two half days a week at best no proper run business can survive with this business model in my experience the 6th
with its fixed staff & running costs it's got to be haemorrhaging money week by week if open
So you would deny Lisa of her vanity project, and to do what with Le restaurant Six?
DeleteEoin gratitude to Middlesex, Cricket supporters, or Test Cricket ?
ReplyDeleteNone, just to Franchise pig trough.
Never took the opportunity to play for Ireland, once that was an option, perhaps as the profile wouldn't be high enough to keep him in the spotlight for those fickle franchises.
DeleteYes, Rich. Despite all his white ball achievements in the game, another VERY lucky boy that his playing era coincided with franchise cricket.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise a failed Test player, back to Middlesex and you’re on the County treadmill making a living for all these years.
Still, that’s his good fortune but it does make you wonder with him and Jason Roy et all and lads with no technique for proper, first class, cricket.
I think Hales could have had a decent Test career, but suspect he thought he wouldn’t be given many more opportunities in Test cricket so went the way he did instead.
And crucially in this day and age he talks a great game ! Foxy
ReplyDeleteBEWARE
ReplyDeleteNew home for lancs. whilst lancs can do what they want, it doesn’t take too much working out what will happen here. The end of championship cricket at old Trafford.
Where they lead others will surely follow.
Foxy
Looks like it's in the middle of nowhere
ReplyDeleteBit like Grantham and welbeck then . Foxy
DeleteIt's not far from Preston, and Leyland isn't an insignificant place. It's got good access to motorways and there's a railway station not far away. What concerns me is that they think that it's worthwhile for up to 6 Blast matches there with a capacity of only 5K. I assume the Roses game will still be earmarked for Old Trafford? What are Lancashire gates usually for games with Derbyshire or Northants for example, surely well in excess of 5K?
DeleteJust had a look on the map, said development is well connected by motorways.
DeleteFound an archive article on the beeb from dec21. Said that it would be up and running by 24( that’s not far off now)and that Southport, Blackpool, Sedbergh
wood still be used.
Your question about 20/20 attendance ;I would assume lancs get as many as notts do , more probably given the ground capacity. Interesting stuff. Foxy
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ReplyDeleteREF THE LANCS “second home”
Why cant Notts upgrade the Lady Bay ground in order to stage fixtures that will take the pressure off the Trent Bridge square ? Thus do away with Notts ccc supporters having to make awkward journeys to Grantham , Welbeck and perhaps other “ out “ grounds that may be necessary ?
That's a very good idea wonder if the powers that be have looked into this
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ReplyDeleteCOME ON Notts ccc!
Put a few quid and some real pro effort into making Lady Bay more attractive to visit and support the Second 11.
Those that turn up there are true cricket supporters and they are being short changed by poor conditions and facilities on the ground . A £50,000 investment would make a big difference. A drop in the ocean when you look at this years Nottts ccc accounts and profit and loss ?
Pathetic.
ReplyDeleteAll the millions they’ve wasted on the city franchise stuff. Not decrying the goodwill of anyone that volunteers, but this says all you want to know, if you didn’t know already about the “know your station “attitude to the real cricket lovers . Foxy
Well "red ball" aka real cricket, not to blame re TC injury, because he is not playing it.
ReplyDeleteSo the Bears have a captain who will turn up late.
ReplyDeleteOur family memberships ended mainly because of Notts obsession/priority shifting to the rockets. We have no desire to be involved anymore but will continue to enjoy the Notts prem league games played around the County. I can recommend.
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ReplyDeleteThank goodness Michael Vaughan has been cleared to now get on with his career in broadcasting etc.
No Jury in the land would have convicted him on the contradictory evidence presented.
Does ANYONE remember EXACTLY the words they spoke TEN or FIFTEEN years ago?
A fresh start is needed by all concerned . Nothing now to be gained raking over old ashes.
He does talk some rubbish when on commentary and in the press, but shouldn't ever have been censored.
DeleteYes sad news at the old police ground
ReplyDeleteAt least 40 caravans around the field
Plus a menagerie of other vehicles
& animals must have thought after driving round mapperley park there was plenty of work to be had with the state of the park roads not sure who owns the ground outright these days but will need a court injunction
To remove them one elderly resident
Thought they may be a touring side
So pleased for young Tom Price !
ReplyDeleteNotts were fastest scorers in the county championship (p.442) but lowest on ECB pitches table for first-class matches (p. 443).
ReplyDeleteMr McCullum thinks the opposite to what I think. Cricket is now in anarchy, player control and they do not give tuppence for the game. In fact they do not give any money to anyone, as they want it all for themselves
ReplyDeleteMr Stewart talks a lot of sense, but is it too late for counties to have any say in what happens?
ReplyDeleteMoney talks to the best of the current crop of players but where will the next crop emerge from if not counties, franchise academies?
DeleteSeems unlikely, they want "oven ready" players, not promising ones.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, is this the first time Trent Bridge has missed out on successive home Men's Ashes, since the famous contest went to 5 Tests or more ?
Colin Hazelden is getting the in. Foxy
ReplyDeleteThem in , I’m tipsy already
DeleteAll the best to Harry and Stuart !
ReplyDeleteIf Moeen does well (if indeed he plays, as talk of Root doing the spinner impression in Birmingham); Vaughan, Agnew etc likely to use it to bash The Championship . That would be unfair, but since when have they been fair ?
ReplyDeleteJack leach is terribly unfortunate to say the least. But at this late stage ,Moeen is the the perfect “ oven ready “ as some may say, replacement. Foxy
ReplyDeleteTotal lack of respect to the 18+ professionals spin bowling in the Championship, of all abilities. The so called selectors are too bone idle to go and watch any of them and as Moeen is part of that clique of Sky/ECB/Stokes/Barmy Army approved (now aging cricketers), his familiar face fits straight in. He's failed in the role before and now he's got the opportunity to fail again. Exciting choice, it is not! He's not looked at a red ball in two years.
DeleteFeel somewhat vindicated in comments on this thread about Moeen's unsuitability for Test cricket at this stage of his career. His fingers aren't toughened enough after 2 years out. Therefore he's not up to the job. Bairstow has shown again that he's a poor wicketkeeper - how many chances did he put down/miss in the Aussie's first innings? The England cricket team shouldn't just be Ben Stokes and those he considers his mates exclusively; it ought to be the best players! IMHO, of course.
ReplyDeleteHave mixed feeling re result. Am Engish, but Australia played using the strengths of traditional cricket. That makes me strangely happy.
ReplyDeleteWith England batting at an accelerated rate and finishing their innings quicker, Australia's bowlers will be required to bowl fewer overs than their aging English strike bowling counterparts. Also, Australia can bat ultra-safely with the extra time provided by the shortened England innings. That's a double whammy in my eyes, in a series that's over in such a short time period.
DeleteUrgent need to calm down in cricket.
ReplyDeleteAgree to disagree, with mutual respect between these 2 Test countries.
The idea of Australia being booed onto the field on Thursday, terrible.
You don't think Australia deserve to know what people think of their onfield antics? Pushing the laws to their limits, whinging when one law doesn't suit, but then hiding behind another "by the letter of the laws 3rd umpire ruling". Opportunities were given to them to withdraw their appeal I understand, which they declined or ignored. They have set the tone themselves. Traditional cricket might of edged out Bazball in the first test and short ball was beating/ killing Bazball stone dead in the second before the Australians went all Ozball. Booing and sandpaper waving is what they deserve. It might be terrible and not cricket, but that is the tone the Australians have set. The Bodyline series saw a few additions to the laws as a result of legitimate tactics used, but this series might need some clarifications to the spirit of the game. Ozball winning at any cost could prove terminal for test cricket.
DeleteRespectfully no, don't think that.
DeleteBairstow did something very similar to Samit Patel in 2014, and laughed about it. I was there.
I saw it.
Australia also allege he tried to run out Warner, earlier in this match in the same way, though I have not seen that.
Behaviour of crowd, my opinion true, terrible.
By Thursday it'll be just pantomine booing of the Aussies. Yesterday, if the game was anywhere else other than at "reserved" Lord's, there would have been little doubt left in the Australian's minds about the poor sportsmanship that they now represent in English eyes. If Australia feel it's worth winning at any cost, is it they that have drawn the battle lines, England have been just trying to entertain. Now, England have to whip-up the crowd to gain home advantage, as every pantomine needs a villian (or eleven villians). A different form of entertainment for those shelling out for Test Match tickets and should be right up Headingley's street / Western Terrace. For my personal context, I was at Trent Bridge yesterday and only read the BBC's reporting during start of the Notts game, watching the highlights later in the car park on my phone. Which game, what format in 2014?
ReplyDeleteCounty Championship, as Yorkshire clinched the title.
ReplyDeleteBairstow stood and waited , ball in hand, Patel in his ground but falling forward slightly, as Samit lifted his foot, JB whipped off the bails. Sky were there, and it went to
"review", should not have, as no review system in the competition, but did. Dicke Bird was near to us in members, and did not like what had happened, despite it favouring Yorkshire. There was a bit of booing, but not much, and it didn't last.
From MAG's report: Patel (25) looked in good form and hit five fours and added 53 with Titch. Bairstow was standing up to seamer Steven Patterson and Patel after leaving a leg side delivery momentarily lifted his foot. Yorkshire appealed for the stumping which without the cameras could not be given. But umpire Benson confirmed the stumping and Patel left the field for the second time after a review.
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