Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

[Alviro Patterson]

I wonder if Matt Coles is a friend of Oliver Robinson?

Well we did give Robinson a trial last season, so at the very least they presumably would have come into contact with each other then.
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Oliver Robinson and Matt Coles both came through the Kent youth system too.

Is the Kent academy based in the hop fields?

Bat and Ball pub, next to the cricket ground

[Alviro Patterson]

so why would going back be a good idea?

At least Plunkett could come back to Durham, because they've demolished the Tall Trees outside Yarm, to make room for a housing estate. Have they demolished all of Matty Coles haunts?

Why would Pudsey want to come back to Durham, when the Headingley nightlife is like minutes away from the cricket ground?

I'm surprised Jesse Ryder and Shane Warne haven't played for Yorkshire at some point in their careers.

[dan08]

Coles set to re-sign tomorrow: http://www.express.co.uk/sport/cricket/ ... Matt-Coles

Key wants him back.

[andy]

Brendan Taylor signs as a Kolpak for Notts

Hampshire re-sign Owais Shah for t20

[budgetmeansbudget]

Brendan Taylor signs as a Kolpak for Notts

Hampshire re-sign Owais Shah for t20

I saw that, trific.

[andy]

Mahela Jayawardene has signed for Sussex for the first 7 games of the t20 blast

[Aidan11]

Nice.

[captaincolly]

Umpires Willey & Sharp have lost their age discrimination case against the ECB. This article suggests an appeal is a possibility.
http://au.eurosport.com/cricket/umpires ... tory.shtml

[westoelad]

Umpires Willey & Sharp have lost their age discrimination case against the ECB. This article suggests an appeal is a possibility.
http://au.eurosport.com/cricket/umpires ... tory.shtml

The but the frightening thing is that Willey apparently before hearing as appeasement was offered a pitch liaison officer position.

[captaincolly]

Umpires Willey & Sharp have lost their age discrimination case against the ECB. This article suggests an appeal is a possibility.
http://au.eurosport.com/cricket/umpires ... tory.shtml

The but the frightening thing is that Willey apparently before hearing as appeasement was offered a pitch liaison officer position.

That would be disastrous!

[Aidan11]

Sounds like a job made for Rob Key.

[captaincolly]

Sounds like a job made for Rob Key.

Probably have every game ending with a points deduction!

[westoelad]

Sounds like a job made for Rob Key.

Who is a big mate of Harmi which won't help our cause. Just as well we can buy him off with an extra portion of chips at lunch and extra cakes at tea.

[andy]

England bowling coach Saker, has been appointed coach of the Melbourne Regenades on a 2 year deal

[Arthur Crabtree]

Much thanks to Saker for his work with England over the years. It's often said a coach can only be effective for so long, and he may have stayed too long. And it's hard to quantify how much of a difference a coach makes. But for a while, he was associated with a functioning attack.