Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:49 am  

Does Larry Gomes count as white??

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:31 pm  

Ordsall Quays Red wrote:

Does Larry Gomes count as white??

certainly not sir !!!

if he's white then i'm a chinaman !

ok - a clue

this guy was a wicketkeeper/batsman and played a few tests in England when the regular keeper was out of action - I watched him play so it's in my lifetime and i'm 58

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:40 pm  

Ordsall Quays Red wrote:

With the Hit & Giggle starting today who are people tipping to win it?
I will go for Surrey or Essex with someone unusual like Derbyshire being a dark horse.

Nottinghamshire were tipped up to win it by the Racing Post yesterday and looked good yesterday though hard to believe how bad Leicestershire were and perhaps Derby/Yorks/Lancs have a sniff of qualificationwith up to 3 coming out of that group under the new format.

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:10 am  

If Yorkshire bowl well enough then the addition of Miller to the batting could add some real fireworks. Just worry about our ability to take vital early wickets.

[John_D]

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:13 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

If Yorkshire bowl well enough then the addition of Miller to the batting could add some real fireworks. Just worry about our ability to take vital early wickets.

Stuffed Cleckheaton last night in a warm-up, therefore we're going to win it oh dear me yes

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:51 am  

Andrew Gale has been saying you mob are better prepared than ever before after having a full week to get ready. We all remember one of his last gobbing's off to the press cmoing back to bite him on the arris though dont we?!

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:08 pm  

Couldn't be any less well prepared than last year, where IIRC we had three consecutive Championship away games then the first T20 game up at Headingley the day after finishing a four-day game at Hove.

[John_D]

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:05 pm  

Dreadful news about Tom Maynard

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:23 pm  

Absolutely awful.

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:51 pm  

The death of Tom Maynard is simply tragic. Details emerging of the circumstances suggest it was a senseless and rather bizarre accident.

I was lucky enough to see a lot of Tom batting since he moved from Glamorgan to Surrey before the start of last season. He was a brilliant prospect. An obvious future Test batsman, with the all round game to flourish in the limited overs stuff too. Just turned 23, he should have been one of the next generation of England middle order batsman along with the likes of Bairstow and Taylor, who will eventually succeed Trott, Pietersen & Bell.