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22 Aug 14
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What's everyone got here? England players released to play, and 4 decent sides it seems - should be a good day's cricket if the weather holds out.
First semi sees Surrey vs Birmingham Bears. Surrey have already released their squad and it looks very strong. Gary Wilson (capt), Zafar Ansari, Gareth Batty, Rory Burns, Steven Davies, Jade Dernbach, Matthew Dunn, Aneesh Kapil, Azhar Mahmood, Kevin O’Brien, Robin Peterson, Kevin Pietersen, Jason Roy, Chris Tremlett. Warwickshire liekly to welcome back Ian Bell and Woakes, but despite home advantage I feel that Malik is a big miss for them. Surrey to win.
Second up Lancs vs Hampshire. No idea how this one has been priced up with Lancs as underdogs. Hampshire have won the tournament before, experience etc etc. However they are simply not as good a side this year as they were in previous. Maxwell and Abbott not available hence no foreign player for them this time round. Previous years they had Afridi, Tahir, McKenzie, Mascherenas, Tanvir etc who all added something their side. This year they look hugely reliant on Carberry and Vince. Bowling attack looks very light with Coles, Briggs, Wood, Smith, and Tomlinson/Ervine maybe. Lancs on the other hand have Jimmy Anderson and Jos Buttler available. Lancashire to go through.
First semi sees Surrey vs Birmingham Bears. Surrey have already released their squad and it looks very strong. Gary Wilson (capt), Zafar Ansari, Gareth Batty, Rory Burns, Steven Davies, Jade Dernbach, Matthew Dunn, Aneesh Kapil, Azhar Mahmood, Kevin O’Brien, Robin Peterson, Kevin Pietersen, Jason Roy, Chris Tremlett. Warwickshire liekly to welcome back Ian Bell and Woakes, but despite home advantage I feel that Malik is a big miss for them. Surrey to win.
Second up Lancs vs Hampshire. No idea how this one has been priced up with Lancs as underdogs. Hampshire have won the tournament before, experience etc etc. However they are simply not as good a side this year as they were in previous. Maxwell and Abbott not available hence no foreign player for them this time round. Previous years they had Afridi, Tahir, McKenzie, Mascherenas, Tanvir etc who all added something their side. This year they look hugely reliant on Carberry and Vince. Bowling attack looks very light with Coles, Briggs, Wood, Smith, and Tomlinson/Ervine maybe. Lancs on the other hand have Jimmy Anderson and Jos Buttler available. Lancashire to go through.
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agree with most of the above and have bet accordingly
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can u take your own grub in ?
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(2) Will Smith (3) Owais Shah (4) Jimmy Adams (6) Joe Gatting(7) Sean Ervine (8) Liam Dawson (10) Sean Terry (14) James Vince (c) 15) Michael Carberry (16) Michael Bates (19) Danny Briggs (21) James Tomlinson (25) Chris Wood (26) Matt Coles (31) Adam Wheater
Paul Horton (capt), James Anderson, Tom Bailey, Karl Brown, Jos Buttler (wkt), Jordan Clark, Steven Croft, Alex Davies (wkt), Andrew Flintoff, Kabir Ali, Simon Kerrigan, Arron Lilley, Stephen Parry, Ashwell Prince, Tom Smith, Usman Khawaja. Likely Lancs team in bold (if I've done my maths right) |
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I always find it bizarre that most bookies will not allow a 4 fold on top batsmen - in what way is it a related bet ?
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I know toffee..fcking ridiculous.Only 365 allow you to combine.
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Good luck to anyone getting involved in T20 Finals Day today. Weather looks set to be good for most/all of the day.
Some things to bear in mind that you may not know about Edgbaston... 1. Only 6/29 scores under 150 have been defended at the ground in T20s. Only 8/35 scores of 150 or above have been chased. 2. The highest total chased at the ground is 184. The lowest total defended at the ground is 133. 3. From the start of the 2012 season the chasing team have won 9 of the last 12 matches. But bat 1st won 2 of last 3. 4. Teams scoring 40 or less in the 1st innings power play have won 1 out of 12 matches. The full report is available at CricIntel (dot com) but hope these snippets act as a good guide on what to expect. |
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Gret info, thanks. Will the boundaries come in a little or a lot
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Great*
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More Irish than English players in this match
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how's the weather looking today folks?
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Worse as the day goes on, the dodgiest time weatherwise may be late afternoon / early evening.
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piebach over tremlett is a poor decision imo - too expensive/easy to hit. Still fancy Surrey here though, esp now that they're chasing.
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jesus how the **** does derncock get a game other than for the 3rd team
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An England 1-day opening combination of Bell/Hales/Roy (any order) would be a match for any side, if England are brave enough to go down that route.
We're the worst at making use of Powerplays. |
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I've missed Dernmug
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So not many on here appreciate the subtle, canny brilliance of Dernbach then ?
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Bell showing his class
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my timing is impecable
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free runs
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joe39 23 Aug 14 11:18
An England 1-day opening combination of Bell/Hales/Roy (any order) would be a match for any side, if England are brave enough to go down that route. We're the worst at making use of Powerplays. there are two choices for england. either pick their batsmen according to the conditions or make the following decision: do you want a side that does well in difficult batting conditions but fails in easy ones or the other way around. the answer is simple for me, based on the fact that it's easier to teach an aggressive batsman to reign it in than to teach a defensive one to attack. there's also the massive problem at the top of the order that we have one opener who doesn't hit through the covers and straight down the ground. |
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who win mylords
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Surrey - BB to capitulate
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Birmingham can be flexible with the batting order now if a wicket goes, Laurie Evans has a great strike rate on a going day.
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Look's like a really good pitch - 8 an over shouldn't win, need to get the burners on
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Mahmood 2 overs left, Peterson 1 over, Dernmug 2 overs, this could be anything.
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market loves Surrey but Birmingham will win this imo
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muppet shot
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169 guaranteed as I'm on 170 !
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great Dernbach back !
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Leg side full toss, then another full toss. Dernmug stealing a living off Surrey.
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market will just love Surrey batting line up so odds to plummet I'm sure
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shot son - this pitch is a 200+ surely !
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pitch looks an absolute belter, always going to be though with it being the first of 3 games - surrey's fielding hasn't helped though.
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pace bowling has been v poor but suits me
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market has hard on for surrey
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waiting for the slower ball there
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dernbach with the last over - could still be 200
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going for 189
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dernbach is very fast bowler
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