County Championship discussion thread 2015

[Making_Splinters]

Ian Bell has signed a further 3 year contract with his beloved Bears. Hardly surprising but still a sensible thing to do on his part. He'll probably spend the rest of his working life with them in some capacity or other.

Bell is one of the few international players you can envisage playing first class cricket after his international retirement. It's sadly a dying idea that players are County players first, England players second.

[Aidan11]

Moises Henriques has joined Surrey for the T20s.

[andy]

good signing

[rich1uk]

I see that senanayake has signed for worcs

they must have a thing for chuckers , first ajmal and now him

[andy]

like for like replacement

[Aidan11]

Two hours away from the new season

[hopeforthebest]

Two hours away from the new season

Nice to have real cricket to distract us from the England saga. Weather for all todays games is lookng good for the whole 4 days. Maybe a little rain at Taunton they say.

[Aidan11]

Two hours away from the new season

Nice to have real cricket to distract us from the England saga. Weather for all todays games is lookng good for the whole 4 days. Maybe a little rain at Taunton they say.

Wouldn't be the start of the county season if there wasn't rain around somewhere.

[Aidan11]

I'm clicking like mad everywhere on the net looking for team news etc.

I always get edgy at the start of the season.

[Arthur Crabtree]

No one's covering the CC. Everyone's watching Surrey play some students.

[Aidan11]

Tosses going on around the country now.

Team sheets being exchanged.

[Aidan11]

Yorkshire have been able to find XI players despite most of their team being in the Caribbean.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Worcs get to play Moeen, before he heads off to the Caribbean. How ironic.

[sussexpob]

Flying start from Sussex... are we going to make a 100 here?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Two early wickets for Brooks. Moeen still in though.