| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread 10:53 - Jan 31 with 5235 views | Superhoops2808 |
Cricket 2025 County/International Thread by Superhoops2808 9 Apr 2024 13:39With the football season coming to a close in a months time, some here will turn their attention to the smell of freshly mown grass and long days sat in the hot sunny weather watching the great game of cricket.
As a member of Kent Cricket Club, I got to enjoy my first match of the season against Somerset at Canterbury over the last few days. Unfortunately, as is always the way starting the season this early, the first day was lost to rain. In fact nearly all the games were affected by rain, some without a ball even being bowled.
But I did manage to get to see 2 centurions at Canterbury yesterday and a very enjoyable day of cricket (even if I did get sun burned head - Yes I know should have taken a cap).
Did anyone else get to see cricket over the last few days? I know we have several Middlesex supporters who no doubt enjoyed the 'runfest' at Lords (over 1300 runs I believe)
I've started a new thread for the 2026 season, and I've started it now because the T20 World Cup starts a week today. (And in fact 2 months and we will be chatting county cricket red ball)
In a group with Italy, Nepal and Scotland and a pretty solid squad I expect that we will progress beyond the group stage. After that who knows and will depend on fitness. Curran and Salt played very well in the first game warm up game v Sri Lanka but tougher tests are ahead. Anyway, here is the squad for England (albeit still provisional).
Harry Brook (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood.
Be relying on Archer to stay fit (as per usual) - But hope that Brook finally stands up as captain, and Banton and Jacks perfom like we know they can at county level. If all that clicks should be a good watch. |  | | |  |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 18:09 - Feb 1 with 2633 views | Superhoops2808 |
After the superb win yesterday, this went down the list but another superb win today by England although there was some pretty wayward bowling with Curran and Overton going at 15's.
But if Brook continues this batting form, and Butler and Banton did well today, then well within a shout of the T20 World Cup | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 18:44 - Feb 1 with 2578 views | GaryBannister86 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 18:09 - Feb 1 by Superhoops2808 |
After the superb win yesterday, this went down the list but another superb win today by England although there was some pretty wayward bowling with Curran and Overton going at 15's.
But if Brook continues this batting form, and Butler and Banton did well today, then well within a shout of the T20 World Cup |
I think we have a decent chance, especially if Adil Rashid keeps fit. What a servant he has been - and to me he is bowling better than ever. Brilliant again today. Would still like to see more of Rehan Ahmed but they just don't seem to want to give him a long run. |  | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:55 - Feb 3 with 2409 views | Superhoops2808 |
Good effort by the bowlers to defend that low England total.
Curran got us back into it with Bethell doing well with the wickets
On a side note, a great England U19 semi final v Australia today. Went right to the wire but England are in the final on Friday. Thomas Rew, (younger brother of James) scored 110. Definitely one for the future and already looking a bigger prospect than his brother.
Australia got hammered in record T20 defeat by Pakistan too. Shame that Bangladesh and Pakistan have been impacted by politics because of the stupid ICC | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:48 - Feb 4 with 2270 views | TheChef |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:55 - Feb 3 by Superhoops2808 |
Good effort by the bowlers to defend that low England total.
Curran got us back into it with Bethell doing well with the wickets
On a side note, a great England U19 semi final v Australia today. Went right to the wire but England are in the final on Friday. Thomas Rew, (younger brother of James) scored 110. Definitely one for the future and already looking a bigger prospect than his brother.
Australia got hammered in record T20 defeat by Pakistan too. Shame that Bangladesh and Pakistan have been impacted by politics because of the stupid ICC |
Yeah the U19s give us some hope for the future, even if the ECB doesn't.
You'd expect one if not both Rews making it into the senior team in the next few years. |  |
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 11:19 - Feb 4 with 2228 views | derbyhoop |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:48 - Feb 4 by TheChef |
Yeah the U19s give us some hope for the future, even if the ECB doesn't.
You'd expect one if not both Rews making it into the senior team in the next few years. |
Absolute certainties, IMHO. |  |
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 11:21 - Feb 4 with 2225 views | MrSheen |
I see Sussex are starting on -12 next season? What were the bad decisions they talked about? |  | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 13:36 - Feb 4 with 2163 views | MrSheen |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:55 - Feb 3 by Superhoops2808 |
Good effort by the bowlers to defend that low England total.
Curran got us back into it with Bethell doing well with the wickets
On a side note, a great England U19 semi final v Australia today. Went right to the wire but England are in the final on Friday. Thomas Rew, (younger brother of James) scored 110. Definitely one for the future and already looking a bigger prospect than his brother.
Australia got hammered in record T20 defeat by Pakistan too. Shame that Bangladesh and Pakistan have been impacted by politics because of the stupid ICC |
India’s 14 year old boy wonder, Sooryavanshi, has gone potty in the other semi, 68 off 33 balls. He might end up as the richest sportsman that ever lived [Post edited 4 Feb 13:38]
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:25 - Feb 4 with 2071 views | Superhoops2808 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 13:36 - Feb 4 by MrSheen |
India’s 14 year old boy wonder, Sooryavanshi, has gone potty in the other semi, 68 off 33 balls. He might end up as the richest sportsman that ever lived [Post edited 4 Feb 13:38]
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Watched some of it, was a good match
620 runs off a 90 over match is pretty good
The future is bright for Afghanistan cricket too if their youth is performing that well | | | |
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 09:05 - Feb 6 with 1907 views | Superhoops2808 |
Oh my days
This 14 year old is something else... 97 off 50 odd balls and still going
Cannot see England pulling this one back | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 09:14 - Feb 6 with 1900 views | GaryBannister86 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 09:05 - Feb 6 by Superhoops2808 |
Oh my days
This 14 year old is something else... 97 off 50 odd balls and still going
Cannot see England pulling this one back |
He's unbelievable, we will spend the rest of our cricketing days watching this guy smash England to all parts.
Especially in the English tradition over Test series of being totally unable to stop one opposition player making a mountain of runs every single innings. | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 09:46 - Feb 6 with 1859 views | stowmarketrange |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 09:14 - Feb 6 by GaryBannister86 |
He's unbelievable, we will spend the rest of our cricketing days watching this guy smash England to all parts.
Especially in the English tradition over Test series of being totally unable to stop one opposition player making a mountain of runs every single innings. |
Can we not poach him and make him play for England?It wouldn’t be the first time would it? |  | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:28 - Feb 6 with 1829 views | TheChef |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 09:05 - Feb 6 by Superhoops2808 |
Oh my days
This 14 year old is something else... 97 off 50 odd balls and still going
Cannot see England pulling this one back |
Scored 175 off 80 balls FFS.
India currently 308 for 4 off 36 overs...might get 450 at this rate!! | |
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:44 - Feb 6 with 1813 views | Superhoops2808 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:28 - Feb 6 by TheChef |
Scored 175 off 80 balls FFS.
India currently 308 for 4 off 36 overs...might get 450 at this rate!! |
At one point, while he was still at the crease, the predicted score was in the 500's | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:46 - Feb 6 with 1805 views | MrSheen |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 09:46 - Feb 6 by stowmarketrange |
Can we not poach him and make him play for England?It wouldn’t be the first time would it? |
He’ll make much more money at home these days. The only hope for the rest of the world is his shoulders breaking down from overuse, or him getting bored at 19 and deciding he wants to play baseball. | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 12:42 - Feb 6 with 1735 views | stowmarketrange |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:28 - Feb 6 by TheChef |
Scored 175 off 80 balls FFS.
India currently 308 for 4 off 36 overs...might get 450 at this rate!! |
Luckily the last 5 wickets only went for 52 runs.Tough task to get 412 runs to win. | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 12:43 - Feb 6 with 1735 views | BlackAndGoldRanger |
Thought England fought back really well to "restrict" them to 411. Slowish start but starting to get going now, think it will be too many. Looking forward to the T20 world cup starting tomorrow, I'm sure there's one every year! |  | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 14:26 - Feb 6 with 1671 views | MrSheen |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 12:43 - Feb 6 by BlackAndGoldRanger |
Thought England fought back really well to "restrict" them to 411. Slowish start but starting to get going now, think it will be too many. Looking forward to the T20 world cup starting tomorrow, I'm sure there's one every year! |
I’m only following it on Cricinfo, but this is a wonderful game.
Well, I jinxed that. Still great effort by Falconer, let’s hope Middlesex can keep him, but hail to the New King! [Post edited 6 Feb 14:55]
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:16 - Feb 6 with 1614 views | Superhoops2808 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 14:26 - Feb 6 by MrSheen |
I’m only following it on Cricinfo, but this is a wonderful game.
Well, I jinxed that. Still great effort by Falconer, let’s hope Middlesex can keep him, but hail to the New King! [Post edited 6 Feb 14:55]
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I think had Dawkins (good prospect for us at Kent) and Falconer stuck together longer, they were keeping up with the required rate, we could potentially of got close.
However, bias aside, it would have been criminal if Suryavanshi had ended up on the losing side. If ever there has been a game changing innings that was it.
Sad to see that middle order collapses run down from the senior squad too. Overall though a good campaign and on to the main course of the men's T20 World Cup | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:51 - Feb 8 with 1426 views | Superhoops2808 |
Not covering ourselves in glory here against Nepal of all countries.
Salt and Curran were shocking, with the latter chewing up balls without scoring, and as for Banton dancing down the wicket to the first ball of his innings was just stupid!! Hope our bowlers are going to be on the money
And hopefully Brook will knock it about a bit for the last 4 overs here.
Edit: Nice Cameo by Jacks at the end [Post edited 8 Feb 11:08]
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 12:54 - Feb 8 with 1331 views | E17hoop |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:51 - Feb 8 by Superhoops2808 |
Not covering ourselves in glory here against Nepal of all countries.
Salt and Curran were shocking, with the latter chewing up balls without scoring, and as for Banton dancing down the wicket to the first ball of his innings was just stupid!! Hope our bowlers are going to be on the money
And hopefully Brook will knock it about a bit for the last 4 overs here.
Edit: Nice Cameo by Jacks at the end [Post edited 8 Feb 11:08]
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It's worse than that. Giving runs away after being really tight.
Nepal need 14 from 9. |  |
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 13:06 - Feb 8 with 1320 views | E17hoop |
6 needed off the last ball and they couldn't do it.
England lucky. | |
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 13:09 - Feb 8 with 1315 views | Superhoops2808 |
Well that was too close, and tbh extremely poor from England.
Fair play to Curran who was pony with the bat, he was very good with that last over. We deserved to lose that though some really poor performances from some of our senior players such as Salt, Rashid and Archer. Luke Wood's final over despite the wicket was shocking with 3 wides.
Gonna have to up our game if we are to do anything in this tournament | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 13:42 - Feb 8 with 1254 views | OldPedro |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 13:09 - Feb 8 by Superhoops2808 |
Well that was too close, and tbh extremely poor from England.
Fair play to Curran who was pony with the bat, he was very good with that last over. We deserved to lose that though some really poor performances from some of our senior players such as Salt, Rashid and Archer. Luke Wood's final over despite the wicket was shocking with 3 wides.
Gonna have to up our game if we are to do anything in this tournament |
Maybe England thought they would coast to a win after their recent wins over Sri Lanka - just shows that if you have a few players who don't deliver, it's easy to slip up.
Thought Curran was excellent bowling that last over and dealt with the pressure well, while Archer and Wood didn't cope very well with the pressure in the last overs they bowled. |  |
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:19 - Feb 8 with 1142 views | TomS |
Ireland did really well with the ball against Sri Lanka, bar two loose overs towards the end. Unfortunately they simply didn't score enough boundaries when they needed them and were guilty of chasing too hard. |  | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 19:35 - Feb 8 with 1080 views | Superhoops2808 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:19 - Feb 8 by TomS |
Ireland did really well with the ball against Sri Lanka, bar two loose overs towards the end. Unfortunately they simply didn't score enough boundaries when they needed them and were guilty of chasing too hard. |
I'm afraid when a side drops 3 catches in 4 balls, they dont really deserve to win - That was appalling really | | | |
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