Durham match thread 2023

[Durhamfootman]

something to raise at the members meeting perhaps?

[captaincolly]

Tense game in the end! Frustrating defeat but a much more interesting one than the numerous bore draws of last year.

[Durhamfootman]

indeed

[captaincolly]

Carse missing tomorrow- ECB decision!

[Durhamfootman]

unlikely to be much play tomorrow, looking at the forecast

might not be that much on Friday either

looking like a Saturday visit for me

[captaincolly]

The weather forecast was dodgy. Just arrived, don't know how conditions have been but in the handful of overs I've seen batting doesn't look straightforward- although Bedingham has 74 from 87 balls. Lees made 70.
226/4.

[captaincolly]

Clark has 11 from 33 balls and is swinging away merrily - although he's made contact with the last 2!

[captaincolly]

Campbell's probably thinking of a post-tea declaration.

[captaincolly]

I say that because he apparently considered a day 1 declaration last week but we lost too many wickets after tea!Those two things probably were related!

[captaincolly]

18 runs from what I thought would be the last over of the session but it wasn't...and 4 from the first ball of the next one.

[captaincolly]

18 runs from what I thought would be the last over of the session but it wasn't...and 4 from the first ball of the next one.

Seems as tea was taken before I got here. Can never work out the timings after 25 years!

[captaincolly]

Clouds building up behind the pavilion, think there might be acrain delay soon.

[captaincolly]

100 for Bedingham. 278/4 .

[captaincolly]

Oh dear. Brief rain delay followed by Bedingham, Bushnell and Clark dismissed in 7 balls! 308/7.

[Durhamfootman]

curse of the rain delay followed by the new ball

Still.... we have Coughlin, so how bad can things really be

Can we do what we allow other teams to do and get a competitive total from 9, 10, Jack?

I wouldn't have thought so