Comments on: Hampshire’s sly tricks take them top of the table

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 15:11:08 +0000

In reply to sam. At least one of them involves the two teams who are a game behind.

By: sam

sam — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:25:32 +0000

There appear to be only two division one games this week.

Ah, cricket. Why make things simple when you can make them complicated?

By: Bail-out

Bail-out — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 23:26:34 +0000

In reply to Ged+Ladd. I sense an arithmetic progression. What do you call a guy who breaks three hands? A fast bowler.

By: Ged+Ladd

Ged+Ladd — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:35:46 +0000

To be off games for breaking one hand might be described as misfortune…

…to be off games for breaking both hands seems more like carelessness.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:51:12 +0000

In reply to Tom. Plenty to play for. As we intimate above, there's an art to contracting players who aren't quite good enough to be taken away for international duty. The next phase of the season will be very different from this one.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 13:50:44 +0000

Somerset are relegated already aren’t they?

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 12:14:38 +0000

In reply to Mike. And also play other teams an unneven number of times in Division One.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 11:54:53 +0000

Oh and Jonny Bairstow’s back, as in almost returned (but hopefully not back on the golf course).

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 11:52:03 +0000

I just cannot fathom why they deliberately evened up the numbers of teams in each division (by un-evening the divisions) so everyone could play each round, and then schedule it so that not everyone plays every round.

Can anyone attempt to explain this?