Match Chat Archive

roker1973

that great just got in from work and called off ba-tad rain

Ridgeley

Aye Barry off of Barrys Bargains Consett is bound to stock it lol

roker1973

if sailor jerry is owt like broon ale it wad dee me

bryn

whats that all about i asks you?

dalesgirl

I love pear cider. In fact I love any cider

bryn

...and i dont actually like it!

safcluke

Yvette - did Richardson manage to face a ball?

safcluke

Absolute fantastic batsman. Awesome to watch

tomb

What a nightmare we've had with the weather, including the back end of last season we can hardly get a proper game in. Almost every match I book off work is washed out including three wet ones at the end of last season. Sure England don't have this much bad luck with the weather in their test series, otherwise there wouldnt be any whitewashes, perhaps there should be an option of a 5th day for lost days due to rain.

keenasmustard

Well I enjoyed my day on Saturday. Ordered tickets the week before and was surprised to get in the Don Robson which had sold out weeks ago. £60 is a bit much in the recession but if you want it you're going to pay for it.

salmon

Just got home,catching up on chat.I paid £60.00 last Sat.in temporary seats,awful, plus still waiting for my car parking ticket (£7 ) to arrive

Ridgeley

Am going to have a chippy tea from esh winning chippy get in

IAIN6W

Is that it for the day??

BrianT

I thought the Chuckle Brothers were brilliant last year. Fair reporting as we outplayed them. Comparing Adrian Shankar (remember him?) with George Weah's cousin. I don't know what you lad's want,

tomb

Just staring at the keyboard to work out how i typed that, LOL.

tomb

Her ends! I meant our hands!

tomb

The forecast is fairly poor, just like it is here. I wouldnt say must win as the weather is out of her ends but we cant afford to lose, a draw with bonus points would be a reasonable return if we can't win it.

safcluke

Richardson 100!! haway bonny lad

Ridgeley

Howay Durham we need to raise our game here..must win game anyone know the weather forecast down there for next few days?

chrissafc

BrianT mentioned these 2 earlier. Ice cream and pigeons were a topic of conversation last season

IAIN6W

Where is Martin Emerson today!! Is it just me,but I feel I'm listening to the Chuckle Brothers.Slowly giving up the will to live!

chrissafc

likewise, was hot on saturday.

safcluke

burnt

tomb

All these grounds paying for developments costing a fortune and yet the prediction is that Test Cricket is falling in importance, ashes aside. I hope we're not going to see counties going bankrupt chasing the dream ,one ashes match every 8 years and a few one dayers. Hampshire and Cardiff vying for tests also these days.

safcluke

I'd rather pay £400 a day than sit in them crap seats.

chrissafc

our ground has just finished some development in between the media centre and don robson stand

Mackem_Dave

All of the other test grounds are being developed. I heard rumours that it is only 50:50 that the ashes test will go ahead at Durham due to the lack of capacity.

chrissafc

the ashes is a year away

Mackem_Dave

My problem with the ground is that promises were made to get the ashes which hasn't happened. Having temp stands around 1/3 of ground with crap seating while paying £65 on Saturday is disgraceful if that is what we get next year.

safcluke

You lot really need to see the video of Boucher sledging one of the Zimbabwe batsman, its absolutely great,

safcluke

AD De Villiers will probably keep wicket for the tour then.

chrissafc

boucher had 555 test dismissals. some going that

chrissafc

just having the option to be able to host them would be nice for the club, especially the international ones

chrissafc

*attended

chrissafc

potential to bring a lot more income into the area.

safcluke

Huge coup for England.

chrissafc

this jennings is some player mind.

tomb

No chance of floodlights, the residents have refused (according to David Harker)as chrissafc says

Ed Syers

I think we could do a lot worse than get a new stand up before he ashes, but for now the temporary ones do the job. Top of my to-do list would be floodlights though.

chrissafc

South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher retires from international cricket after sustaining an eye injury during the tour of England

tomb

Its a shame, that there couldnt have ben a farewell match for Diva (like there was for Killer)so the fans could show their appreciation for him, or will he play in the PRO 40?

chrissafc

delighted for richardson, long overdue call up. just hope he does himself a big favour and has a good game

tomb

He's been playing cricket for weeks man, maybe a month! These things happen, lets hope we can keep the good start going, rain is forecast though!

safcluke

Plenty rumours why Blackwell isn't playing.

chrissafc

well done lads

chrissafc

mitchell johnson was sound. predictable it was, doherty was the first one out and on the bus

safcluke

Mitchell Johnson was great. Absolutely brilliant. As was Matthew Wade.

keenasmustard

I must admit I was annoyed with Michael Clarke. All the Aussies signed autographs except him.

chrissafc

same cant be said for michael clarke on saturday.

tomb

Message Understood

chrissafc

not fair i post exactl details of conversations etc. the players know who i am, it's not rocket science, me and steph at the cricket is it? - don't fancy getting on the wrong side of them for posting stuff they have told us onto match chat.

chrissafc

:)

dalesgirl

Hearsay

tomb

Muchall 158, that was a quick knock!

Ridgeley

Chrissafc why dont you just tell us the crack with blackwell rather than dropping hints????

safcluke

Dont fancy wasting a tenner to watch adam reed and the likes. Anyway, back to the cricket.....

safcluke

It will depend whos managing the team, O'Neil or Ball...

chrissafc

i just hope muchall can push on and get a massive score.

chrissafc

blackwell is out of favour. ask him and he'll tell you the craic. i've dropped hints on here for a month now.

chrissafc

muchall is usually out by now in fairness dalesgirl

tomb

Are some people seriously saying he's out th team cos of fitness? He's never been fit! He's been playing cricket for weeks and left out of the T20's, out of favour, lets hope he and Cook can make up if thers a problem.

dalesgirl

Muchall always starts off like that. Here's hoping it doesn't cost him his wicket

auldtimer

According to the Worcs commentary team Muchall has used 5 of his nine lives up and if he's still there at lunch he'll get a hundred, here's wishing.

safcluke

Who are the seconds playing?

chrissafc

keep it going lads

Frankjw

not a bad start, considering we lost toss. Lot of Extras

chrissafc

his lack of batting practice has cost us. he should have been playing in the 2nds instead of carrying the drinks in the T20

Tristan

smith gone :(

keenasmustard

If they get back on.

auldtimer

I think there's a big difference between being fit for the seconds and being fit for the first team.

dalesgirl

I was thinking that as well

Tristan

-must resist saying it-

chrissafc

he was in the 2nds recently at brandon also

Tristan

cheers auldtimer

tomb

If he can score some big runs in the 2nd half of the season, that will be very timely for us. I would expect him to bat higher than 6 and take some responsiblity of some of the other batsman. I don't doubt Colly has been a good player, I just feel there was a bit of a myth about the extent of his success for Durham. Anyway, he's not playing today so will turn my attention to the team out there today.

chrissafc

myburgh also living down in london, he may have stuff to sort out now he's staying here.

southwood

Collly has played for Durham since 1996 playing 125 matches to date mostly prior to 2005 when he became more permanent on the England team. His 7000 runs and 108 wickets are only bettered by Benks, Diva and John Lewis. His contribution to Durham is very substantial and occured in the lean years.Possibly not a legend in the same way that Benks ,diva and Ottis are in recent years but he carried the Durham flag on the international stage at that time along with Harmy . Tristan has summed it up well

Tristan

its alright yvette, just remember the run rate can be as low as you like as long as you keep a 0 after the runs scored

Tristan

@tomb - another factor there is colly player for us more through the bad years than the good years by which time he was entrenched in the england side, just a matter of timing really

keenasmustard

Is Myburgh not being available till Sunday down to registration or is he just going to play CB40 games?

tomb

He did spend his best years with England, thats a fair point. However as a Durham fan rather than an England fan I think of our legends as players who have made significant contributions to Durhams success, particularly in the Championship winnig years, such as Diva, Benks, Onions, even Harmy though he has disapointed lately, and Phil Mustard for his all round contributions. I dont remember Colly making significant contributions to this success,if we survive through his captaincyandruns,yes!

tomb

Is Harrison, injured, dropped or rested / rotated do we know? No sign of Brathwaite again, no Claydon and Plunkett well down the pecking order plus Mark Wood, can see why we let Harmy go

tomb

Shame we lost the toss. Interested to see if Rushworth can carry on with his recent good form

Frankjw

And some of us not so patiently!

tomb

Richardson batted well at Colwyn Bay, our best batsman on the day.

tomb

I tend to agree with Mackem Dave, I think the resentment actually is to do with the ocntracts players such as Harmy, Colly and Blackwell are on without contributing much, I would say Colly is more of an England legend than a Durham legend, (I know hes a Durham lad)he has been only been an average player for us (fielding aside).All the hype on Look North i think it was last night was about how Colly was ready to lead us out against Worcester, including interviews with Colly confirming this!

Tristan

Thanks yvette

Tristan

Yvette is Diva still gonig to be involved in dccc somehow are all ties cut? possibly coaching or anything like that? I read quotes from him that he still feels he has a lot to offer in one day cricket, not sure if he was volunteering to play limited for us or if he was just saying he would like to or what...?

Frankjw

Nobody can get everything right all of the time, not even Mackem_Dave

Tristan

Does anyone else think Mackem_Dave is in an unusually good mood today?

Tristan

depends how many runs we score ;)

marchy22

Who actually won the toss

Tristan

best of luck to all the lads today, lets get our season started!

dalesgirl

Morning all

Tristan

is diva captaining the side today then?

Noz

He was injured pre T20 though wasn't he??

chrissafc

& best wishes to mdv. top man both on and off the pitch. he'll be a massive miss. wasn't shocked when it was announced yesterday as it was rumoured a week back, was hoping it wasnt true but never mind

Frankjw

Thats great Yvette, and may the good news continue for the four days! Just home from Saturdays game at Riverside. Brilliant effort by groundstaff and great organisation by Durham. Sad to see Diva retire from 4 day game but great players know when to go. Hope Harmy gets loads of wickets for Yorks and comes back to us a new man.