Comments on: Lancashire have qualified for the 2021 Bob Willis Trophy

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:18:18 +0000

In reply to Balladeer. Feels like we're out of options here.

By: Balladeer

Balladeer — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:43:54 +0000

“Update: Currently erring on the side of The Bob being the bigger ‘un.”

How’s this doing? (Take two…)

By: Balladeer

Balladeer — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:43:00 +0000

In reply to daneel. "Update: Currently erring on the side of The Bob being the bigger ‘un." How's this doing?

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:25:29 +0000

Well, there go my hopes of heading to Lord’s for a dramatic fifth day conclusion to the season.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 20:52:04 +0000

In reply to King Cricket. ‘We’ll probably write something about this when we’re much less tired’. I’m going to try this line in my morning conference at work tomorrow.

By: Bail-out

Bail-out — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:01:16 +0000

In reply to daneel. Moooooo noooooo

By: A P Webster

A P Webster — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:20:32 +0000

In reply to Ged Ladd. I think one of the more interesting things said in that article is

"after a couple of years playing short-format cricket, he found he no longer had what it took to flourish in Test cricket. He just couldn't, as he puts it, "get in the zone" anymore"

This might be one for anyone who is worried that The Hundred/The IPL Is Killing Test Cricket to get their teeth into....

By: daneel

daneel — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:57:01 +0000

In reply to A P Webster. Say it ain't so, Mo

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:10:10 +0000

In reply to A P Webster.

I am saddened by this news, but Moeen seems sanguine about it and so should we be, I feel.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/moeen-ali-retires-from-test-cricket-i-was-wasted-but-in-a-good-way-1279828

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:29:06 +0000

In reply to A P Webster. A consequence, but that's also how he came to be a Test player in the first place and how he came to play quite a lot of those matches. We'll probably write something about this when we're much less tired.