County Cricket 2024

still been a really good season for somerset though.
seems like they need a little more in the batting?

Well done to Surrey who win the County Championship for the third year running.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/ced0853dey4o

batted Surrey

Rossington's last game for Essex today, hopefully.

almost everything pre 2000 is somewhere online, so how about we make it 20th century film of the week?

County cricket in late September. Always a joy.

comment by Amanda Hugginkiss (U11574)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
County cricket in late September. Always a joy.
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With the weather patterns coming over from the USA, I will be surprised if any of these games get finished.

Not a lot of cricket going on.

I've just seen Aaron Beard has retired at the age of 26. Shame as he was a bolter when he first burst onto the scene but injury problems seem to have cost him his pace and now his livelihood.

comment by The Califiori Mop (U8959)
posted 27 minutes ago
Not a lot of cricket going on.

I've just seen Aaron Beard has retired at the age of 26. Shame as he was a bolter when he first burst onto the scene but injury problems seem to have cost him his pace and now his livelihood.
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I remember about five or six years ago where took 4 wickets in a county championship match and the Essex captain at the time said we would see many 5 fers from him. He never made one.

I think he had good pace and may have made more appearances for us had he not been up against two of the best seamers there are in county cricket. Thought he was a better option than Snater given he could bowl close to 90mph but I'm assuming the injury problems have meant he doesn't have the pace nor learned the skills to be a good medium pacer. Or he just wasn't good enough. Although he took 108 wickets at under 35 which is more wickets at a better average than I thought. Perhaps it is purely based on wanting to do something else. I remember Ansari retiring at like 25 not long after he played test cricket for England.