New Posts For Thread: chris readhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29072033/chris-read102 not out of 157 on the trentbridge greentop. next highest score is 10Nottinghamshire v Somerset, Trent Bridge, 4th dayNewell thanks rain for 'hopeless' NottsGeorge Dobell at Trent BridgeApril 22, 2012Nottinghamshire 162 (Read 104*, Trego 5-53) and 169 for 4 drew with Somerset 445 for 2 (Compton 204*)Mick Newell admitthttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29072033/chris-read?post_id=519090759#519090759Nottinghamshire v Somerset, Trent Bridge, 4th dayNewell thanks rain for 'hopeless' NottsGeorge Dobell at Trent BridgeApril 22, 2012Nottinghamshire 162 (Read 104*, Trego 5-53) and 169 for 4 drew with Somerset 445 for 2 (Compton 204*)Mick Newell admittFri, 27 Apr 2012 15:16:41 -0500no it probably wasn't flat but i imagine they chose to bowl for a reason, which would suggest the conditions were likely to be at their toughest 1st up.Game involves 2 evenly matched teams, Team A win the toss and insert, knock them over for 150 oddhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29072033/chris-read?post_id=519037513#519037513no it probably wasn't flat but i imagine they chose to bowl for a reason, which would suggest the conditions were likely to be at their toughest 1st up.Game involves 2 evenly matched teams, Team A win the toss and insert, knock them over for 150 oddThu, 26 Apr 2012 05:53:31 -0500it's april in england, there was more rain than cricket over the 4 days and at trentbridge it swings round corners at the best of times. i doubt it suddenly flattened out into a batting paradise when zum had their turn.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29072033/chris-read?post_id=519024299#519024299it's april in england, there was more rain than cricket over the 4 days and at trentbridge it swings round corners at the best of times. i doubt it suddenly flattened out into a batting paradise when zum had their turn.Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:08:23 -0500if the conditions were so great and not at all different to when somerset batted i would imagine Zums would have batted 1sthttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29072033/chris-read?post_id=519012479#519012479if the conditions were so great and not at all different to when somerset batted i would imagine Zums would have batted 1stWed, 25 Apr 2012 13:11:27 -0500notts coach basically said their performance was a total shambles and they were very, very poor and extremely lucky that the weather saved them. he slammed some of shots their batsmen played the likes of taylor and patel and bowled some absolute rubbhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29072033/chris-read?post_id=519012109#519012109notts coach basically said their performance was a total shambles and they were very, very poor and extremely lucky that the weather saved them. he slammed some of shots their batsmen played the likes of taylor and patel and bowled some absolute rubbWed, 25 Apr 2012 12:59:01 -0500Not sure how you can compare notts 1st innings to somersets, given that the zummers won the toss and put them in, you would be barmy to suggest that the conditions were the same given that hales, patel, taylor and lumb managed 15 between them and whehttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29072033/chris-read?post_id=519009925#519009925Not sure how you can compare notts 1st innings to somersets, given that the zummers won the toss and put them in, you would be barmy to suggest that the conditions were the same given that hales, patel, taylor and lumb managed 15 between them and wheWed, 25 Apr 2012 12:00:21 -0500True, but I'm not convinced Foster would have ever made enough runs to have a long run in the team. Sooner or later England would have needed felt they needed an extra batsmen, Foster would have been out and Stewart would have been keeping again.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29072033/chris-read?post_id=518943695#518943695True, but I'm not convinced Foster would have ever made enough runs to have a long run in the team. Sooner or later England would have needed felt they needed an extra batsmen, Foster would have been out and Stewart would have been keeping again.Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:27:20 -0500rob_dylan • April 23, 2012 7:11 PM BSTDid they ruin cooks career by picking him too early? yes good comparison, lets compare him with tendulkar, lara and ponting toohttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29072033/chris-read?post_id=518943659#518943659rob_dylan • April 23, 2012 7:11 PM BSTDid they ruin cooks career by picking him too early? yes good comparison, lets compare him with tendulkar, lara and ponting tooMon, 23 Apr 2012 15:26:28 -0500foster was unlucky in that he looked set for a decent run in the side until he broke his arm in about 2002. alec stewart took the gloves back and he never really got a look in again.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29072033/chris-read?post_id=518942755#518942755foster was unlucky in that he looked set for a decent run in the side until he broke his arm in about 2002. alec stewart took the gloves back and he never really got a look in again.Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:58:46 -0500Was at Edgbaston for Read's first day in test cricket. Remember thinking that he wasn't bad keeping to the seamers but looked very untidy to Tufnell. Did look young as well. Still think the best English keeper (as opposed to batsmen/keeper) of recenthttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29072033/chris-read?post_id=518942383#518942383Was at Edgbaston for Read's first day in test cricket. Remember thinking that he wasn't bad keeping to the seamers but looked very untidy to Tufnell. Did look young as well. Still think the best English keeper (as opposed to batsmen/keeper) of recentMon, 23 Apr 2012 14:46:46 -0500