Cricket Season!

[Tubby Isaacs]

Cricket Season!

Who's going to watch Birmingham who wouldn't have watched Warwickshire?

The teams with the small grounds look teriffic on TV.

[Etienne]

Cricket Season!

In the relegation battle, Durham are finally all out, but only 50 behind. Hants need to throw the bat, or hope Lancs produce an unlikely chase against Warks, who lead by 263 with 6 wickets down.

[longeared]

Cricket Season!

Restart at 3:10 at Lords, 10 overs lost so they haven't taken tea during the break. Middlesex should give Finn the ball and tell him he's playing for England, that'd guarantee Bresnan gets the run immediately.

[ursus arctos]

Cricket Season!

People in Bangalore and Brisbane?

[longeared]

Cricket Season!

Game on!

[Haddock]

Cricket Season!

Never in doubt

[E10 Rifle]

Cricket Season!

People in Bangalore and Brisbane?

No.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Cricket Season!

Watching Sidebottom and Bresnan take 12 overs to get from 340-9 to 349-9 was one of the most fascinating hours of cricket I've ever watched. Twenty20 it was not. I hope Yorkshire get that last run, but then Middlesex play them out for the draw (or it pisses down) because I want Somerset to finally win one.

[E10 Rifle]

Cricket Season!

Yorkshire will surely win the title now. Middlesex are going to have to score quickly, which means they'll toss away wickets, and with a deficit of more than 100, I can't see a way out for them.

[Etienne]

Cricket Season!

Or Middlesex will decide to draw and hope that Notts save it.

Apparently Durham's last wicket came when the No.11 tried to hit the ball for 6 ... with his partner on 99*.

[ursus arctos]

Cricket Season!

Lumb gone.

E10, what is the source of your certainty for that?

Would it hold if "Birmingham" featured Kohli and Warner?

I don't agree, but that seems to be the way the people who are pushing this think about things.

[nmrfox]

Cricket Season!

Sidebottom gone - 390 all out, a lead of 120. Intriguing.

[Guy Profumo]

Cricket Season!

longeared wrote: Game on!

Indeed.

And also for the remaining relegation spot.

[ursus arctos]

Cricket Season!

Notts lose their fifth wicket

[longeared]

Cricket Season!

Normally you'd expect Middlesex to try and bat - Robson out cheaply again - long to save the game, but given the circumstances they need to try and give themselves time to have a crack at bowling Yorkshire out, say about 35-40 overs at a tricky but achievable target.

[E10 Rifle]

Cricket Season!

They get cash for coming second but not third. That might temper their approach, but to be honest can't see them holding out.

[ursus arctos]

Cricket Season!

Middlesex 2 for 2, and Notts now 7 down

[diggedy derek]

Cricket Season!

Yorkshire in the driving seat now, surely, if I understand what's going on correctly.

Would dearly love one of the other two to win, but that was some innings from Bresnan.

[Ray de Galles]

Cricket Season!

Why are the flags/crests of Middlesex and Essex almost identical?

[ursus arctos]

Cricket Season!

Because they each formed part of the Kingdom of the East Saxons (the swords are Saxon).

More here and here.

[E10 Rifle]

Cricket Season!

Beautiful ball from Brooks to get rid of Compton there, but looking at how the bowler used the slope so expertly while the batsman looked clueless, you'd never guess who was playing on their home deck.

Quite the choke, this, from Middlesex.

[ursus arctos]

Cricket Season!

Doesn't look like Notts have any interest in spending the night in Taunton.

[longeared]

Cricket Season!

Good on TMS for going over to Taunton for the conclusion.

[E10 Rifle]

Cricket Season!

Great stuff from Somerset, but it's still not my favourite Somerset v Notts title-deciding final game ever. This is.

[diggedy derek]

Cricket Season!

Not quite sure what Middlesex are doing here, going at under two an over. They need to win, don't they - just digging in now, have a thrash later, and see if they can skittle Yorkshire in 40 overs or something?