County Championship 2012

[Sachinism]

Broad, whose enforced absence goes back six weeks to the calf strain that ended his Sri Lanka tour early, was also wicketless, but it was his one-ball innings with the bat that brought him unwelcome attention. Given out caught at short leg by Steven Croft as he attempted to sweep Simon Kerrigan, the left-arm spinner, he made it absolutely clear he disagreed with the verdict. Broad is not without form, of course, in matters of dissent. He has twice been fined half his match fee for transgressions in Test matches and has gone close to being punished on other occasions. This time he was convinced the ball had hit the ground before Croft scooped it up. Lancashire celebrated en masse but Broad waited for umpire Stephen Gale to consult Rob Bailey, his colleague at square leg, before reluctantly walking off, appearing to aim words at both Croft and Gale as he did. Mick Newell, Nottinghamshire's director of cricket, believed Broad would escape censure on this occasion. He said: "Stuart has been to the umpires to explain his behaviour. He told them he felt it was not unacceptable and they have not come back to us to say that it was, so hopefully the matter is closed. "We have looked at the replay and you can't tell [if it was caught cleanly]. You would like to go back to the days when Stuart might ask if it was a catch, Croft would tell him it was and he would walk off. But sadly I think those days have passed." Gale encountered more dissent only minutes later when Graeme Swann, another England player making his first domestic appearance of the season, lingered in his crease after being given out leg-before to Kerrigan. --- Good stuff from the England boys

[Crookbond]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/563622.html

"Cricket is a team game and Yorkshire is bigger than everybody," Graves said as he acted to counter criticism of Yorkshire's ability to lose an England fast bowler only one month into a new season. "I am not prepared to have somebody playing for Yorkshire who does not want to be part of the team. All the comments I have heard from Ajmal are about him, not about the team. And as far as I am concerned, cricket is a team game. There is no point having a player where he doesn't want to be."

[1983-2011]

Australian Mitchell Starc deported from England Mitchell Starc, the Australia left-arm quick, will not be able to make his Yorkshire debut this week after being deported following a visa error that initially led to him being detained at Heathrow for more than four hours. He will now have toi fly halfway around the world, fill in a couple of forms correctly and then fly all the way back again. During Tuesday, Yorkshire were still hopeful of clearing up the situation but late in the afternoon Starc tweeted: "Well that's a first! Being deported from England.. Surely nothing else can go wrong can it?!?!" He expanded later: "Visa issue. Incorrect communication from aus. Will be straight back to UK ASAP once sorted Yorkshire are blaming an incorrectly-completed visa form by Cricket Australia which has meant that Starc will now need to return home and re-enter England a second time although aims to be available for next week's match against Hampshire. A Yorkshire statement said: "Following Mitchell Starc attending an appointment with the UK Border Agency this afternoon, he has been instructed to return to Australia in order to complete the necessary visa documentation. The problem was as a result of the incorrect advice given to him in Australia. The necessary paperwork from Yorkshire County Cricket Club is in order and accepted by the UK Border Agency but unfortunately it is insufficient to allow Mitchell to fulfil the full visa requirement. We are hoping this matter can be resolved quickly in Australia and that he will return as soon as possible." The latest visa delay - three West Indies cricketers have also been held up by visa issues ahead of their tour of England - brings into question whether UK visa policy is quick and flexible enough to deal with elite sportsmen and women who regularly come and go to the UK on profesisonal sports contracts. Yorkshire's frustration follows their stand-off with their England pace bowler, Ajmal Shahzad, who has upped sticks to Lancashire after a long-running dispute over his reluctance to bowl in the approved style. Earlier Yorkshire's captain, Andrew Gale said: "I don't think Australia filled out a form correctly when he was out in the West Indies, and he spent four or five hours being questioned in the airport. If we can't sort it out, we'll have to drop him at Heathrow on the way down to Bristol." Yorkshire will definitely have Tim Bresnan available for his third Championship match of the summer after England decided that he would benefit from another bowling workout ahead of the first Test against West Indies at Lord's next week. Starc was due to play four Championship matches in a deal that, initially at least, only lasts five weeks. He could conceivably be called up for Australia's ODI series in England between June 21 and July 10, and a subsequent Australia A tour between July 27 and August 17. http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/current/story/564117.html

[cameron_black]

:hysterical:

[lovish]

That's seriously a first... a angrez getting deported from england while arabs can easily come aand go in uk.... strange things happening these days One day, I will take it easy. Today won't be that day...

[Sidhoni]

Durham 83/3 v Somerset Essex v Kent Gloucs v Yorkshire Hampshire v Derbyshire Northants 95/3 v Leics Notts 109/1 v Middlesex Worcs 58/0 v Surrey Sussex v Lancashire

[bulbul]

Day-1 stumps Durham 125 v Somerset 220/8 Kent 17/5 v Essex Gloucs v Yorkshire Hampshire v Derbyshire Northants 99/3 v Leics Notts 132/1 v Middlesex Worcs 58/0 v Surrey ussex v Lancashire

[Sidhoni]

^Kent 17/5 :ohmy: Might be missing Mahmood

[Serani]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/engine/current/match/542571.html strange scorecard.

[Sidhoni]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/engine/current/match/542571.html strange scorecard.

5 ducks and 2 scores above 88 :omg: no other double-figure scores..

[bulbul]

Somerset 512/9d & 180 Surrey 388 & 193/6 (53.0 ov) Interesting match going on Meaker 8/52 in second innings.. now Surrey need 112 with only 4 wickets left

[1983-2011]

:haha:at this thread, it seems no one gives ***** about it anymore, its been 11 days since it was updated

[1983-2011]

Leics 271 v Glamorgan 302/5 Durham 102 v Lancashire 141/8 Derbyshire 95 v Gloucs 182/5 Sussex 242/8 v Middlesex Worcs 270/3 v Somerset Northants 253 v Yorkshire 27/0

[Old guy]

wht was the performance of philander there? :P

[Cricket Tragic]

Did anyone watch Taylor's hundred?

[bangladeshifan]

bears doin good this year

[Sidhoni]

Notts leading in Div 1 championship but expect Warwicks to overtake them.

[Cricket Tragic]

:hahaha: Lancs

[saneindian]

Why hasn't Ojha gone back to Surrey when we do not play a test untill late August? helped them move to div 1 last year, should have been their automatic choice for the overseas player in June and July.

[Precambrian]

Injury risk