At the Surrey vs. Kent Twenty20 last night and apart from the disappointing performance from Surrey on the pitch, it certainly didn’t stop the fun off the pitch!
We invited three blogging superstar friends, Ashley Norris (ShinyMedia.com - who’s ancestors were responsible for moving Arsenal north of the river!) & Canadian, Jeremy Wright (b5Media.com) & Californian, Richard Rocker (glam.com). There is no better introduction to cricket than a Twenty20 game, and what do you do when you are pissed up at the cricket and have plenty of empty plastic pints? You build beer towers, obviously!!
As Mark Ramprakash scores another hundred in a great start to his season, KnightsinWhites.com have setup a dedicated countdown that will show Mark Ramprakash as he edges ever closer to the historical 100 hundreds mark! A feat that has only been achieved by few legendry England Batsman, such as Graham Gooch (128), Geoffrey Boycott (151) and Jack Hobbs (199).
In one day cricket, the striker should always call the run, as he only he, knows how hard the ball has been struck and at what angle. Even if the ball goes behind square and the striker has to turn to turn to see where it has gone, it is still safest for him to make the call.
Thanks for that, I’ve got to concentrate on hitting the ball now! Any ideas?!
Matthew Prior has taken his chance at Lords with 126*. He also kept wicket very well on a notoriously hard ground to keep wicket on.
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Essex, chasing down 278 with 4 and a half overs to go, and 9 wickets in hand, thanks to a superb opening pairing of Mark Pettini (103* from 103 balls) and Varun Chopra (102 from 127 balls).
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Owais Shah has failed to take the initiative in his second ever test match for England. This is a real shame as his average in the county game for Middlesex has been top notch (95 after 6 innings).
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Tom New has got himself another duck this season while opening the batting for Leicestershire. That’s his 3rd duck in his last 5 innings for the foxes. Still, he’s only 22 so has bags of time to perfect the art of batting.
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Gloucestershire were bowled out for a measly 85 after winning the toss and deciding to bat first! Woops!
In one day cricket, the striker should always call the run, as he only he, knows how hard the ball has been struck and at what angle. Even if the ball goes behind square and the striker has to turn to turn to see where it has gone, it is still safest for him to make the call.
