Durham Match Thread 2021

[captaincolly]

we've only taken 1 wicket all day up to now. the rest of the Warks batsmen retired

That's a bit ominous although wickets seemed fairly hard ro come by for Warwickshire too - they eventually took a few but not easily.

[captaincolly]

Final day has been abandoned- rain.

[westoelad]

So a total of 4 days pre-season practise and now 13 days without any competition before season starts. Apparently we were due to play a 2 day friendly v DUCC but
@Durham university cc
Gutting news has just come through:

The police have deemed the game unsafe due to spectators, and how they are managed, out of our control.

Very upsetting but we will go on with our training and prepare for the season ahead!

[captaincolly]

So a total of 4 days pre-season practise and now 13 days without any competition before season starts. Apparently we were due to play a 2 day friendly v DUCC but
@Durham university cc
Gutting news has just come through:

The police have deemed the game unsafe due to spectators, and how they are managed, out of our control.

Very upsetting but we will go on with our training and prepare for the season ahead!

Typical ovrr caution. it's not as if thousands would be flocking to the ground.

[Durhamfootman]

are we not playing on the 8th April?

[westoelad]

are we not playing on the 8th April?

Our last friendly finished last Thursday. Our next game ,as you say,is 8th April. 13 days without a game?

[Durhamfootman]

ah!

fair enough

maybe they're a bit tired and need a rest?

[Durhamfootman]

Western Australia blew up in their final Shield game and haven't made the final

By my reckoning they have one more Marsh cup match on Thursday and then Bangers is free and clear

[captaincolly]

Squad v Nottinghamshire (8-11 April)

Chris Rushworth, Brydon Carse, David Bedingham, Stuart Poynter+, Alex Lees, Ned Eckersley, Scott Borthwick*, Ben Raine, Jack Burnham, Alex Thomson, Paul Coughlin, Mike Jones, Matt Salisbury

Dickson has a side injury and Young isn't available so perhaps that's why Poynter is there.

[westoelad]

Squad v Nottinghamshire (8-11 April)

Chris Rushworth, Brydon Carse, David Bedingham, Stuart Poynter+, Alex Lees, Ned Eckersley, Scott Borthwick*, Ben Raine, Jack Burnham, Alex Thomson, Paul Coughlin, Mike Jones, Matt Salisbury

Dickson has a side injury and Young isn't available so perhaps that's why Poynter is there.

It's the fact that he has the w/k symbol against his name that worries me. Sheer nepotism.
Just realised Potts isn't in the squad.

[captaincolly]

Squad v Nottinghamshire (8-11 April)

Chris Rushworth, Brydon Carse, David Bedingham, Stuart Poynter+, Alex Lees, Ned Eckersley, Scott Borthwick*, Ben Raine, Jack Burnham, Alex Thomson, Paul Coughlin, Mike Jones, Matt Salisbury

Dickson has a side injury and Young isn't available so perhaps that's why Poynter is there.

It's the fact that he has the w/k symbol against his name that worries me. Sheer nepotism.

Yep. We could have played an extra bowler without weakening the bstting considering how few runs he scores. I wonder why Potts isn't there?

[westoelad]

Squad v Nottinghamshire (8-11 April)

Chris Rushworth, Brydon Carse, David Bedingham, Stuart Poynter+, Alex Lees, Ned Eckersley, Scott Borthwick*, Ben Raine, Jack Burnham, Alex Thomson, Paul Coughlin, Mike Jones, Matt Salisbury

Dickson has a side injury and Young isn't available so perhaps that's why Poynter is there.

He took a bad tumble following through v Warks. Looked in some distress, got treatment and continued.
It's the fact that he has the w/k symbol against his name that worries me. Sheer nepotism.

Yep. We could have played an extra bowler without weakening the bstting considering how few runs he scores. I wonder why Potts isn't there?

He took a tumble on follow through v Warks. Received treatment, non- Nigel but continued.

[Durhamfootman]

I said this on the DBTR thread..... assuming, as I always do, that we really are stupid enough to select the gruesome twosome

Essex will be far too good for us, Notts and Warks should be far too good for us, maybe Worcs too (definitely Worcs too if we're unlucky enough to have to face Moeen), so we might only have the 2 Derbyshire games to try and grab a win.... although that'll probably take Matt Critchley not playing, of course, in which case the season might be a baptism of fire for the prodigal son.

Still..... you never know.

Although we will know by 11.30 on the 8th April.... probably. After that there is the outside chance that Coughlin and Poynter get dropped and then we might have a chance to improve. Sadly it will probably take them 2 or 3 games to realise that those two are the millstones that will drag us down, but it might take the return of Bancroft for them to grasp that nettle

[Durhamfootman]

I really hope I'm wrong. We can field an XI without them that will still give us 5 batsmen, a keeper and 5 bowlers

Lees
Jones
Borthwick
Bedingham
Burnham
Eckersley
Thomson
Raine
Carse
Salisbury
Rushworth

[Durhamfootman]

well...... we're batting..... that'll make a nice change on day of the season

Poynter is playing as keeper

No Coughlin and no Thomson