Durham Match Thread 2024

[captaincolly]

nor me. I'm too tired thanks to a combination of election night sleep deprivation and a week of looking after my daughter's dog

I haven't even remotely got near your daily step count, but more than the 3 or 4 walks a day, it's also the constant stress of dog in the house high alert or jumping out of my skin when she barks because someone has had the temerity to walk past my house on the street, now what's she up to? "come here dog, FFS", that wears me out. I don't even get proper sleep because she's allowed on the bed at home and would just howl all night for the one week a year that she stays here. It doesn't help that she's one of the stupidest dogs (springer) I've ever met.... lovely... but thick, so everything is hard work. She goes home in the morning, though, so that'll be that for another year. I can't wait

Oh dear! I used to know a springer spaniel and he was quite lively!

[Durhamfootman]

seemingly they calm down when they turn 12

[Durhamfootman]

Strong finish from the Corporal. 3 sixes and a four in the final over to propel us to 190

lets hope that's enough and Bas doesn't bowl too many overs

[captaincolly]

Strong finish from the Corporal. 3 sixes and a four in the final over to propel us to 190

lets hope that's enough and Bas doesn't bowl too many overs

Hopefully. Never know what's a good score on that ground -:although that might be down to the unpredictable bowlers. What we definitely don't want is a load of extras /free hits.

[captaincolly]

And there's the unpredictable thing- de Leede with a wicket. Predictable bit was the 10 runs from his over.

[Durhamfootman]

there's that bloody fella again. I wonder how many times he's swung and missed this time

[Durhamfootman]

Raine gets him though

[Durhamfootman]

Bas.... 4 overs, 2 wickets, 24 runs

he's definitely improved since last year.... or maybe we've learned when to bowl him to get the best out of him

[Durhamfootman]

Worcs need 28 off the last over

we could be on course to go 3rd in the group

[Durhamfootman]

easy win

Dwarshius cleans up the tail in the final over

what on earth is going on?

[captaincolly]

Excellent win. Quite straightforward in the end.

[Durhamfootman]

indeed

it just goes to show how awful we were in those first 2 games. 5 wins and a draw from the following 7 matches has still left us on a negative NRR and quite a big negative too

[Durhamfootman]

Yorks need 6 from their last ball. This'll be 2 last ball defeats in a row for them

don't get it

[captaincolly]

indeed

it just goes to show how awful we were in those first 2 games. 5 wins and a draw from the following 7 matches has still left us on a negative NRR and quite a big negative too

Yes, scoring 218 against Lancashire and winning should have boosted that run rate...had it not gone down to the last ball when we were cruising a few overs before.
I think there are too many flaws in the team to challenge the top teams if we do make it to the knockouts but at the very least we look like a decent side after the catastrophic start.

[Durhamfootman]

and the last couple of catastrophic seasons

Balance again. I questioned Jones at 6, when he got back from the WC, but he's done well at giving us the oompf right at the end of our innings that we've been missing for some time. Played a blinder tonight in that last over. That was the sort of thing that normally happens to us, rather than the sort of thing that we do