Durhamfootman wrote:are you down there Capt? I confess I can think of about two dozen things that I'd much prefer to waste my time on.
Unless the weather holds up well at the end of September I think my season is done. Never say never.... I don't usually get apoplectic on the first morning of a 4 day game, so maybe there's another 2 hours in me yet
Durhamfootman wrote:the spinner must be on because we're losing a wicket every other over atm. Capt Beaky the latest for a 5 an over 45
this might not take too long, because the asking rate is 10 now, so we don't have time for any more rebuilding phases
we need to be put out of our misery
He started with a breezy enough but not game altering 45-ball half century. He was handed a lifeline but few thought anything of it.
And then something quite unexpected, quite stunning happened. The members had started to drift out. Green's opposite number Scott Borthwick – having delivered a respectable first stint – returned, this time defending the short leg-side boundary. Four sixes flew into the car park. The Durham laughing and joking stopped, replaced by a hint of concern.
"I managed to get going in one over against the spinner," Green recalls. "That built some momentum. I've probably not struck the ball better than that."
Durhamfootman wrote:only lost by 6 runs in the end.
Kudos to Coughlin for getting us much closer than I thought we would
the website headlined the 9 run win as a 'thriller' when they should have headlined it as a 'horror' for nearly losing it from a position of total dominance
this will have been a thriller
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