YB40 Thread

[jimbohammers]

Started on 3rd May. Will keep results + fixtures updated on here....

Friday 14th June
Unicorns vs Somerset

Sunday 16th June
Durham vs Scotland
Essex vs Lancashire
Gloucestershire vs Yorkshire
Nottinghamshire vs Warwickshire
Somerset vs Leicestershire
Sussex vs Northants
Worcestershire vs Netherlands

[NickisBHAFC]

Sussex usually do very well in this format and are usually favorites so im putting my money on them again this year.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Wonder who will be in Unicorns side this year..... Can't see Scotland getting many points apart from rained off matches.

[Guest]

Essex were shocking with the ball last night

Lecistershire win by over 100 runs today

[Gregers]

Essex were shocking with the ball last night

Lecistershire win by over 100 runs today

You've been pretty shocking in general this season so far tbh mate

[JDizzle]

108 off 102 for Jimmy Taylor today.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Whilst Bopara gets 10 off 21 balls for Essex.

God knows how on earth he is in the Champions Trophy squad

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Wonder who will be in Unicorns side this year.....

Tom Lancefield among others. Released by Surrey without ever having been given much of chance in the first team he appeared early in the season for the Gloucs second team. Now the Unicorns - where he opened and his 38 at a decent rate...

[JDizzle]

Wonder who will be in Unicorns side this year.....

Tom Lancefield among others. Released by Surrey without ever having been given much of chance in the first team he appeared early in the season for the Gloucs second team. Now the Unicorns - where he opened and his 38 at a decent rate...

Not at as good a rate as Somerset got to their target! 184 off 15.3 overs, Tres and Trego the main destroyers!

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Kent scrape home against Warks. With one wicket and two balls left Patel needed one to tie and two to tie. But he failed to score off the first and was run out of the second for a rapid 50.

[JDizzle]

50* for Taylor againt tonight as Notts beat Kent comfortably. England Lions game vs NZ starts tomorrow.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Somerset tonking Yorkshire all over the park.

Jos Buttler playing a corker, currently 70 off 45 balls

[Carrotdude]

Just watching Jos Buttler taking Yorkshire to pieces on Sky, he's a bit good isn't he? Looking at his record it's fantastic, over 50 from 48 innings before today. Only 2 hundreds but 1/3 of his innings have been not out at the end which wuggests he should be higher than number 6 doesn't it?

Out for 89 off 51, that was absolutely brilliant

[Shelsey93]

Just watching Jos Buttler taking Yorkshire to pieces on Sky, he's a bit good isn't he? Looking at his record it's fantastic, over 50 from 48 innings before today. Only 2 hundreds but 1/3 of his innings have been not out at the end which wuggests he should be higher than number 6 doesn't it?

Out for 89 off 51, that was absolutely brilliant

Ideally I'd think he should bat 5. Powerplays at the back of the innings so important these days that that's where you want your hitters (of course, if you don't lose many wickets up front he can always shuffle up to 4).

[Carrotdude]

Agree Shelsey, I was having this discussion with someone on Twitter earlier. Ideally you want a flexible line up - if we're 10-2 or 20-3 don't bring him in but if we're 150-1 bring him in at 3 instead of Trott surely?

I could see him being in the Test side relatively soon if he gets some decent ODI runs this summer and if either Bairstow or Compton fail to impress.

[Shelsey93]

I've written a preview for Gloucestershire v Middlesex - http://deepextracover.com/home/yb40-gloucestershire-v-middlesex-preview/.

In truth, I don't think Middlesex give a damn about the YB40. The Championship is the focus (and T20 a bonus) and I wouldn't be surprised if they lose tomorrow.

[jimbohammers]

RESULTS:

Glamorgan 281-6 (40.0 overs)
Gloucestershire 288-5 (40.0 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 7 runs

Hampshire 242-5 (35.1 overs)
Durham 241-8 (36.0 overs)
Hampshire won by 5 wickets

Lancashire 176-9 (40.0 overs)
Surrey 169 (40.0 overs)
Lancashire won by 7 runs

Somerset 257-4 (35.5 overs)
Middlesex 252-9 (40.0 overs)
Somerset won by 6 wickets

Unicorns 189-9 (40.0 overs)
Yorkshire 191-5 (38.5 overs)
Yorkshire won by 5 wickets

[guildfordbat]

In the end a fairly comfortable win for Yorks over the Unicorns by 5 wkts with more than an over to spare. However, it didn't look so straightforward when they were 4 down and still needed 100 plus. Perhaps not too surprising that the Unicorns seem to lack that killer instinct to force things home when they are in the ascendancy.

[Shelsey93]

In the end a fairly comfortable win for Yorks over the Unicorns by 5 wkts with more than an over to spare. However, it didn't look so straightforward when they were 4 down and still needed 100 plus. Perhaps not too surprising that the Unicorns seem to lack that killer instinct to force things home when they are in the ascendancy.

Yup. The Unicorns will be scrapped after this season, having proved mainly that the best talent is already in the county game. A couple of players have gone on to return to county cricket having played for them (most notably Wayne Durston) but I'm sure Durston would have found a county quite quickly without them. Otherwise, its been disappointing that they haven't really unearthed much hidden talent. Allied to the fact that generating support has proved difficult and I don't think they'll really be missed sadly.

[Shelsey93]

This weeks two games in the Netherlands have been washed out - http://deepextracover.com/home/counties-frustrated-by-rotterdam-rain/

[jimbohammers]

Hampshire vs Lancashire tonight, should be a close game

[jimbohammers]

Michael Carberry you legend, what a performance!

[Shelsey93]

Hampshire vs Lancashire tonight, should be a close game

Great stuff from Carberry, though Lancs were really quite poor.

[jimbohammers]

I was trying not to jinx it Shelsey haha. Lancs were poor but Carbs was class

[GSC]

Michael Lumb isnt hanging around

[NickisBHAFC]

Was there actually any one at the Nottinghamshire vs Warwickshire game tonight? No joke.

[GSC]

Wednesday evening for a game that looked like it had a decent chance of a washout?

[Shelsey93]

There is very little interest in floodlit YB40 games in cities on cold May evenings. I guess they are only scheduled to suit Sky. There probably was a bit of a crowd which was lost in the big stadium but, yes, a very small one.

Hopefully the ECB will have recognised this when they schedule their new 50-over competition next year but I'm not particularly hopeful as with Champ reportedly moving to Sunday-Wednesday and T20 on Fridays there doesn't seem to be room for a regular slot...

[Guest]

Rikki Clarke;s knock last night was very good...warks were in trouble when he came in, he got in, re-built the innings and ended up having a very good s.r very good all-round cricketer these days

[hodge]

Somerset appear to be using up all their form for both competitions in YB40 this season, so far so good

[NickisBHAFC]

Hmmm you say that, but Hove usually attracts good crowds for floodlit pro 40's. Helps because you can bring your own beers into the ground for 40 over games

[Shelsey93]

Hmmm you say that, but Hove usually attracts good crowds for floodlit pro 40's. Helps because you can bring your own beers into the ground for 40 over games

There is admittedly considerable variation between venues (rival distractions, proximity to areas where people work etc.). And, of course, a crowd which looks good at Hove can look poor at Edgbaston and some of the other Test grounds.

Certainly from a Middlesex perspective I expect Monday's afternoon match at Radlett to feel like much more of an event than next Tuesday's evening match at Lord's. In London and other big cities there seem to be too many other things on. The idea of people coming down for a few drinks after work works to an extent for T20, but I guess the YB40 doesn't have the same pull.

[Shelsey93]

My preview for Middx-Yorks at Radlett - http://deepextracover.com/home/yb40-middlesex-v-yorkshire-preview/.

Really looking forward to this one with Morgan, Stirling and Bresnan amongst those on show.

[Carrotdude]

Good game at Leicester today - Somerset 323/3, Leicestershire 324/4 with 7 balls remaining after a 235 partnership for the first wicket.

I see Buttler got a 50* from 25 balls again, really think he should be higher up the order with the amount of not outs he gets, especially today as they were 164/2 after 20 overs which to me seems like the perfect time for him to come in and ideally bat the whole second half of the innings as opposed to only being in for the last 7.

Also see Tom Lancefield got 76 for the Unicorns today which is good to see and James Taylor continued his good form with 75 from 74.

[Shelsey93]

Good afternoon from a rather cramped and slightly uneven press tent at Radlett. There is a bumper crowd in and it should be a terrific game.

[Carrotdude]

Another 50 for Tom Lancefield for the Unicorns today, I think he's unfortunate not to have a County.

[Shelsey93]

Any thoughts of Eoin Morgan smashing it all over Hertfordshire for the next couple of hours have gone out of the window as he plays a stupid reverse sweep 2nd ball and is out lbw.

Middlesex 69-3 chasing 237.

[Shelsey93]

Here is my report - http://deepextracover.com/home/middlesex-christen-radlett-with-a-comfortable-win/.

Apologies for the blandness of Dawid Malan's quotes!

[jimbohammers]

Sunday 26th May

Gloucestershire 260-7 (40.0 overs)
Unicorns 231-5 (40.0 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 29 runs


Leicestershire 324-4 (38.5 overs)
Somerset 323-3 (40.0 overs)
Leicestershire won by 6 wickets

Nottinghamshire 263-5 (40.0 overs)
Netherlands 174 (38.1 overs)
Nottinghamshire won by 89 runs

Scotland 182-9 (40.0 overs)
Derbyshire 186-4 (37.4 overs)
Derbyshire won by 6 wickets

Sussex 222-9 (40.0 overs)
Kent 202 (39.2 overs)
Sussex won by 20 runs

Worcestershire 177 (37.4 overs)
Northamptonshire 219-6 (40.0 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 42 runs

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Monday 27th May

Durham 273-6 (40.0 overs)
Derbyshire 70-3 (16.0 overs)
Durham won by 43 runs (D/L)

Kent 250-2 (35.4 overs)
Netherlands 249-5 (40.0 overs)
Kent won by 8 wickets

Middlesex 237-4 (35.4 overs)
Yorkshire 236-8 (40.0 overs)
Middlesex won by 6 wickets

Northamptonshire 229-9 (40.0 overs)
Warwickshire 193 (37.3 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 36 runs

Scotland 223-8 (40.0 overs)
Surrey 237-5 (40.0 overs)
Surrey won by 14 runs

Unicorns 253-8 (40.0 overs)
Leicestershire 256-4 (39.0 overs)
Leicestershire won by 6 wickets

[NickisBHAFC]

Sunday 26th May

Gloucestershire 260-7 (40.0 overs)
Unicorns 231-5 (40.0 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 29 runs


Leicestershire 324-4 (38.5 overs)
Somerset 323-3 (40.0 overs)
Leicestershire won by 6 wickets

Nottinghamshire 263-5 (40.0 overs)
Netherlands 174 (38.1 overs)
Nottinghamshire won by 89 runs

Scotland 182-9 (40.0 overs)
Derbyshire 186-4 (37.4 overs)
Derbyshire won by 6 wickets

Sussex 222-9 (40.0 overs)
Kent 202 (39.2 overs)
Sussex won by 20 runs

Worcestershire 177 (37.4 overs)
Northamptonshire 219-6 (40.0 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 42 runs

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Monday 27th May

Durham 273-6 (40.0 overs)
Derbyshire 70-3 (16.0 overs)
Durham won by 43 runs (D/L)

Kent 250-2 (35.4 overs)
Netherlands 249-5 (40.0 overs)
Kent won by 8 wickets

Middlesex 237-4 (35.4 overs)
Yorkshire 236-8 (40.0 overs)
Middlesex won by 6 wickets

Northamptonshire 229-9 (40.0 overs)
Warwickshire 193 (37.3 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 36 runs

Scotland 223-8 (40.0 overs)
Surrey 237-5 (40.0 overs)
Surrey won by 14 runs

Unicorns 253-8 (40.0 overs)
Leicestershire 256-4 (39.0 overs)
Leicestershire won by 6 wickets

[NickisBHAFC]

COME ON SUSSEX!!!!!!

[NickisBHAFC]

Ed Joyce and Luke Wright both out after good innings.

Cant' see anyway of us winning this now.

[NickisBHAFC]

What a shot from Joe Gatting, still hope!!!

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Match evenly poised - could easily go either way with 54 needed off 38 balls...

[NickisBHAFC]

Warwickshire going to win this

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Only 2 runs off Rankin's over - but things could change fast with a couple of boundaries.....

[NickisBHAFC]

ffs Yardy

Can't see it happening now

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Time to promote Jordan....

[NickisBHAFC]

Couple of good much needed boundarys

too little too late though.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

18 needed off last over.

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