County Cricket 2017 season

[dan08]

147 off 67 balls. 14 sixes. What a player. How Stevens never player for England i'll never know...

[Arthur Crabtree]

Good recovery from Waite, Root and Tim. Not a match winning score but it gives Yorks a chance.

This isn't going well.

[st_brendy]

Essex and Worcs have both qualified with top two finishes. Both still have automatic SF qualification to play for though, along with Somerset and Yorkshire.

Somerset and Yorkshire have also qualified, but could finish anywhere in the top three - although top two is almost certain for both, due to NRR.

Notts and Surrey have their fates in their own hands, and will qualify (almost certainly with away play-offs) with victories. If Surrey lose, then the winner of Hants-Sussex could pounce (Hants are out if Surrey game is rained off). If Notts lose, then the winner of Durham-Lancs could pounce, or indeed Leics (Lancs are out if Notts game is rained off)

Barring a miracle NRR recovery for Gloucs (coupled with an exact set of other results), everybody else is out.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Thanks Brendy. Good info.

[braveneutral]

Brendy is the king of working out all possible permutations.

[st_brendy]

Brendy is the king of working out all possible permutations.

Moving onto predictions though, my feeling is:

Yorkshire v Surrey
Somerset v Notts

Followed by SFs of:

Worcs vs one of the above
Essex vs one of the above

So no change in any of the current top three positions. You could make an argument that with those line-ups, the play-offs look tastier than the SFs.

But hey, back to the facts for me...

[braveneutral]

I would agree that they look tastier fixtures completely!

[andy]

Worcestershire vs Derbyshire today's televised game...couldnt they find a more intresting game to televise?!

[andy]

Derby 34-1 from 10, off for rain...out of that commentary lot at derby, only Athers and Key are worth listening to... Cork does my head in, can only talk about himself, drives me crazy

[Durhamfootman]

Yorkshire doing their very best to get turnip'd by Leics

[Arthur Crabtree]

One wicket left, could go either way.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Leics to win if they don't get bowled out though.

A run out is what happens in these situations.

[Durhamfootman]

Leics weren't even close, half an hour ago

[Arthur Crabtree]

They were coasting it surely in terms of runs. It was just a case of wickets in hand. A couple of quick wickets (particularly McKay's) have got Yorks back in it.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Griffiths has never made ten in an innings in first team county cricket. Need to get him on strike.

No, it's ok.

Well done to Yorks on the win.