Lancashire CCC

ralphie88 · 17th April 2008, 00:54

THIS YEAR WE'RE STAYING UP!

I can feel it in my bones!

Sultan · 17th April 2008, 01:16

Here's hoping.

We were pretty close last year.

We get too many draws due to the Manc weather.

Brad · 17th April 2008, 01:19

The money I pencilled in for a Lancs membership this year has been blown on flights to Barca... guess it'll be a few days county championship games and the Twenty20 again for me!

gaffs · 17th April 2008, 10:53

How many times have i thought that his will be our year? Lanc's fans are a little bit like Liverpool fans in that respect.

Brad Hodge should be a good acquisition and Stuart Law is the right man for captain.

Would be nice to win a Lords final, we have not done that for years.

ralphie88 · 21st April 2008, 21:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad

The money I pencilled in for a Lancs membership this year has been blown on flights to Barca... guess it'll be a few days county championship games and the Twenty20 again for me!

Yeah the 20/20 against Yorkshire last season was a laugh.

"You've swam a long way for nothing..."

Utd heap · 21st April 2008, 21:32

Typical Lancs start.
Two draws.
Brad Hodge is class, slightly worried by the bowling without Murali.
Newby looks a prospect.

Steev · 26th April 2008, 20:36

Lancashire star Hodge to join IPL

Hodge's range of strokes have earned him a lucrative contract

Lancashire will be without Australian batsman Brad Hodge for the next five weeks after he agreed a deal to join the Indian Premier League.

The 33-year-old is to join the Kolkata Knight Riders, but Lancashire have decided not to seek a replacement.

"I'm still in shock at the opportunity that has been presented," said Hodge.

"Twenty20 is a format I really enjoy and to be part of the inaugural IPL tournament is something most cricketers would find hard to turn down."

He added: "It's been an extremely difficult decision to make, but Lancashire have been very understanding of my situation and I hope to repay them on the field when I return."

Hodge joined the Red Rose county in 2004 after captaining Leicestershire to victory in the previous season's Twenty20 Cup final.

Lancashire chief executive Jim Cumbes described him as "arguably one of the best Twenty20 players in the world".

He continued: "Although it's disappointing to be losing a player of his calibre for part of our season, we are very lucky at Lancashire to have depth in our squad and this is a great opportunity for someone else to step up to the plate."

Hodge will join compatriots Ricky Ponting and David Hussey in the Kolkata squad, which is coached by another Australian, former national team boss John Buchanan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...re/7368740.stm

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Bloody IPL. Looks like he's going to miss our next four County Championship matches. Anyone know when Du Plessis is due to arrive?

ralphie88 · 28th April 2008, 01:38

Scotland playing cricket is just wrong.

Utd heap · 1st May 2008, 19:23

Lancashire have confirmed Pakistani Mohammad Yousuf will replace Brad Hodge as their overseas player.

Steev · 4th May 2008, 23:40

Lancs triumph with final ball six

FP TROPHY NORTH
Old Trafford: Lancashire 152-5 (23 ovs) bt Durham 151-7 (23 ovs) by 5 wkts

Match scorecard

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Andrew Flintoff picked up two more wickets but Steven Croft was the hero as Lancashire beat holders Durham by five wickets in a rain-hit encounter.

In a match reduced to 23 overs per side by heavy morning rain, Flintoff bowled with hostility and accuracy to claim 2-13 from five as Durham made 151-7.

Kyle Hogg ousted Paul Collingwood first ball thanks to a fine catch at slip.

Flintoff made 11 from 10 balls but was caught in the deep, Croft hitting the final ball from Graham Onions for six.

Michael Di Venuto and captain Dale Benkenstein, who were both dropped early in their innings, revived Durham with a stand of 61 in eight overs.

Flintoff caught Benkenstein in the deep, then dislodged Di Venuto for 66, uprooting his middle stump with two overs remaining.

England fast bowler Steve Harmison dismissed opener Gareth Cross in the first over of Lancashire's reply, Collingwood taking a superb catch at backward point.

Mal Loye kept the home side ahead of the rate before he was smartly taken at the second attempt by Phil Mustard.

Flintoff came to the crease with 42 needed from five overs, but after one trademark drive down the ground to the boundary off Neil Killeen, he perished trying to hit Collingwood over the top.

Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf, who only arrived in the country on Friday, made an assured 32 before falling late on, leaving 12 needed from the final over.

Croft took a step down the wicket to seamer Onions and launched a high drive over extra cover to win the match in memorable fashion.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...es/7382834.stm
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Brilliant ending. I wish I lived nearer Manchester so I could watch more games. I was checking the scores update on the BBC website and after 22.5 overs of our innings we needed 6 to win from one ball. "No chance", I thought as I slunk off to the kitchen to clean the cooker....

Sultan · 4th May 2008, 23:55

Thanks for the report Steve

ralphie88 · 5th May 2008, 01:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steev

I wish I lived nearer Manchester so I could watch more games.

I live literally 2 mins walk from OT and didn't go today. Thought the game wouldn't be finished due to the rain. :Embarassed smilie:

Great result though and good to see Freddie back in the wickets.

arnie sidebottom · 5th May 2008, 18:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by ralphie88

Scotland playing cricket is just wrong.

Unfortunately it is a reality.

Scotland 155-9

Lancashire still need 29 with just 2 wickets left. Recovered slightly from 44-7!

Sultan · 5th May 2008, 19:25

8 needed of the last over, with 1 wicket left.

arnie sidebottom · 5th May 2008, 19:30

Another easy win for the lads - Lancs stroll home by 1 wicket. Great effort by Kyle Hogg (66* incl 3 sixes).

Utd heap · 5th May 2008, 19:45

Can't believe we got away with that!

crappycraperson · 5th May 2008, 20:04

heheh...I see what you are doing here.

arnie sidebottom · 5th May 2008, 20:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by crappycraperson

heheh...I see what you are doing here.

I know, wishful thinking.

Utd heap · 12th May 2008, 17:57

Lancs won the Roses clash, although it was a one day affair.
Still nice to beat 'em.

Steev · 12th May 2008, 21:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Utd heap

Lancs won the Roses clash, although it was a one day affair.
Still nice to beat 'em.

Forgot all about yesterday's match, to be honest. Can't wait until all this gay football finishes...

Steev · 20th June 2008, 20:55

Oh dear. Two losses to Yorkshire in 3 days (in 20/20 - so it doesn't really count).

Anyway, Flintoff made his first team comeback today. Didn't bowl, took a great catch to dismiss Rudolph, and was out for a golden duck.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...es/7466402.stm

We were looking good in this competition a few days ago. Now it's gone a bit shit.

Brad · 22nd June 2008, 00:55

I'm not sure I've ever seen Flintoff make a run in one day / twenty over form of the game!

I bagged myself a 3 for the price of 5 set of Twenty20 tickets for all Lancs home games. They've basically thrown away the last two games. I'm afraid I jinxed it against Durham, I commented after 3 balls of Du Plessis' 3rd over, late in the game when they needed something daft like 15 an over to win, that he'd bowled very well for a part timer, even if he conceeded 3 sixes off his final balls. He promptly went and conceeded 16 runs off them, and Durham capitalised to take it. Classic smash and grab, they'd hardly been in the game all afternoon / evening

Two crunch games to come against Notts home and away, need to take points from those. Top two go through automatically, best two 3rd placed out of three divisional groups join them. Lancs fall to fourth, their great start gives them hope still though

Utd heap · 22nd June 2008, 00:59

Sajid has been class of late.
Strangely it's Lancs batting that's pretty much let 'em down all season, normally there strong point.
3 wins at the start means winning the last two should see them through, although Notts are handy.

Utd heap · 5th July 2008, 12:49

Any London Mancs going down to the 20/20 quarter, at the Oval on Tuesday?

Utd heap · 8th July 2008, 15:01

Come on the Lancs.

ralphie88 · 8th July 2008, 18:04

What a fucking catch!

Great start for Lancs. 21-4 off 4.4 overs.

ralphie88 · 8th July 2008, 19:03

Bah, 177 to win won't be easy.

Thank fuck for Flintoff - he looks back to his best with the ball.

Steev · 8th July 2008, 20:34

18 needed of the last over. Hmm.

C'mon Corky

Steev · 8th July 2008, 20:36

Utd heap · 8th July 2008, 20:41

Fuck sake

Strangley gutted after that.

Nick 0208 Ldn · 9th July 2008, 02:47

Welcome to MalanMania!

Superb recovery, when i heard 21/4...

I should probably say that i'm not an avid follower of the county cricket [unlike yourselves] scene but if i'm flying any colours it's Middlesex.

manxmanc · 9th July 2008, 16:55

Was a good game yesterday.

Shame about the result though.

Utd heap · 9th July 2008, 16:56

It was'nt a good game Manx...we lost

How this side fails to win something every year i don't know!

17th April 2008, 00:54	#1 (permalink)
ralphie88 Bitterer than a bitter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: http://www.joinmust.org/ Posts: 6,405	Lancashire CCC THIS YEAR WE'RE STAYING UP! I can feel it in my bones!

8th July 2008, 20:36	#29 (permalink)
Steev Reserve Team Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: off the grid Posts: 2,298	Nah.

17th April 2008, 01:16	#2 (permalink)
Sultan Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown Posts: 16,260	Here's hoping. We were pretty close last year. We get too many draws due to the Manc weather.

17th April 2008, 01:19	#3 (permalink)
Brad The Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stockholm Posts: 19,014	The money I pencilled in for a Lancs membership this year has been blown on flights to Barca... guess it'll be a few days county championship games and the Twenty20 again for me!

17th April 2008, 10:53	#4 (permalink)
gaffs Reserve Team Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: E236 - New Member of the K Stand Barmy Army Posts: 3,383	How many times have i thought that his will be our year? Lanc's fans are a little bit like Liverpool fans in that respect. Brad Hodge should be a good acquisition and Stuart Law is the right man for captain. Would be nice to win a Lords final, we have not done that for years.

21st April 2008, 21:32	#6 (permalink)
Utd heap First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: At an away ground near you... Posts: 7,461	Typical Lancs start. Two draws. Brad Hodge is class, slightly worried by the bowling without Murali. Newby looks a prospect.

26th April 2008, 20:36	#7 (permalink)
Steev Reserve Team Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: off the grid Posts: 2,298	Lancashire star Hodge to join IPL Hodge's range of strokes have earned him a lucrative contract Lancashire will be without Australian batsman Brad Hodge for the next five weeks after he agreed a deal to join the Indian Premier League. The 33-year-old is to join the Kolkata Knight Riders, but Lancashire have decided not to seek a replacement. "I'm still in shock at the opportunity that has been presented," said Hodge. "Twenty20 is a format I really enjoy and to be part of the inaugural IPL tournament is something most cricketers would find hard to turn down." He added: "It's been an extremely difficult decision to make, but Lancashire have been very understanding of my situation and I hope to repay them on the field when I return." Hodge joined the Red Rose county in 2004 after captaining Leicestershire to victory in the previous season's Twenty20 Cup final. Lancashire chief executive Jim Cumbes described him as "arguably one of the best Twenty20 players in the world". He continued: "Although it's disappointing to be losing a player of his calibre for part of our season, we are very lucky at Lancashire to have depth in our squad and this is a great opportunity for someone else to step up to the plate." Hodge will join compatriots Ricky Ponting and David Hussey in the Kolkata squad, which is coached by another Australian, former national team boss John Buchanan. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...re/7368740.stm ---------------------------------- Bloody IPL. Looks like he's going to miss our next four County Championship matches. Anyone know when Du Plessis is due to arrive?

28th April 2008, 01:38	#8 (permalink)
ralphie88 Bitterer than a bitter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: http://www.joinmust.org/ Posts: 6,405	Scotland playing cricket is just wrong.

1st May 2008, 19:23	#9 (permalink)
Utd heap First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: At an away ground near you... Posts: 7,461	Lancashire have confirmed Pakistani Mohammad Yousuf will replace Brad Hodge as their overseas player.

4th May 2008, 23:40	#10 (permalink)
Steev Reserve Team Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: off the grid Posts: 2,298	Lancs triumph with final ball six FP TROPHY NORTH Old Trafford: Lancashire 152-5 (23 ovs) bt Durham 151-7 (23 ovs) by 5 wkts Match scorecard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Flintoff picked up two more wickets but Steven Croft was the hero as Lancashire beat holders Durham by five wickets in a rain-hit encounter. In a match reduced to 23 overs per side by heavy morning rain, Flintoff bowled with hostility and accuracy to claim 2-13 from five as Durham made 151-7. Kyle Hogg ousted Paul Collingwood first ball thanks to a fine catch at slip. Flintoff made 11 from 10 balls but was caught in the deep, Croft hitting the final ball from Graham Onions for six. Michael Di Venuto and captain Dale Benkenstein, who were both dropped early in their innings, revived Durham with a stand of 61 in eight overs. Flintoff caught Benkenstein in the deep, then dislodged Di Venuto for 66, uprooting his middle stump with two overs remaining. England fast bowler Steve Harmison dismissed opener Gareth Cross in the first over of Lancashire's reply, Collingwood taking a superb catch at backward point. Mal Loye kept the home side ahead of the rate before he was smartly taken at the second attempt by Phil Mustard. Flintoff came to the crease with 42 needed from five overs, but after one trademark drive down the ground to the boundary off Neil Killeen, he perished trying to hit Collingwood over the top. Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf, who only arrived in the country on Friday, made an assured 32 before falling late on, leaving 12 needed from the final over. Croft took a step down the wicket to seamer Onions and launched a high drive over extra cover to win the match in memorable fashion. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...es/7382834.stm ----------------------------------- Brilliant ending. I wish I lived nearer Manchester so I could watch more games. I was checking the scores update on the BBC website and after 22.5 overs of our innings we needed 6 to win from one ball. "No chance", I thought as I slunk off to the kitchen to clean the cooker....

4th May 2008, 23:55	#11 (permalink)
Sultan Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown Posts: 16,260	Thanks for the report Steve

5th May 2008, 19:25	#14 (permalink)
Sultan Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown Posts: 16,260	8 needed of the last over, with 1 wicket left.

5th May 2008, 19:30	#15 (permalink)
arnie sidebottom Reserve Team Player Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: What is Chatteris? Posts: 3,855	Another easy win for the lads - Lancs stroll home by 1 wicket. Great effort by Kyle Hogg (66* incl 3 sixes).

5th May 2008, 19:45	#16 (permalink)
Utd heap First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: At an away ground near you... Posts: 7,461	Can't believe we got away with that!

5th May 2008, 20:04	#17 (permalink)
crappycraperson "Resident cricket authority" Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: <Insert something funny here> Posts: 11,204	heheh...I see what you are doing here.

12th May 2008, 17:57	#19 (permalink)
Utd heap First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: At an away ground near you... Posts: 7,461	Lancs won the Roses clash, although it was a one day affair. Still nice to beat 'em.

20th June 2008, 20:55	#21 (permalink)
Steev Reserve Team Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: off the grid Posts: 2,298	Oh dear. Two losses to Yorkshire in 3 days (in 20/20 - so it doesn't really count). Anyway, Flintoff made his first team comeback today. Didn't bowl, took a great catch to dismiss Rudolph, and was out for a golden duck. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...es/7466402.stm We were looking good in this competition a few days ago. Now it's gone a bit shit.

22nd June 2008, 00:55	#22 (permalink)
Brad The Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stockholm Posts: 19,014	I'm not sure I've ever seen Flintoff make a run in one day / twenty over form of the game! I bagged myself a 3 for the price of 5 set of Twenty20 tickets for all Lancs home games. They've basically thrown away the last two games. I'm afraid I jinxed it against Durham, I commented after 3 balls of Du Plessis' 3rd over, late in the game when they needed something daft like 15 an over to win, that he'd bowled very well for a part timer, even if he conceeded 3 sixes off his final balls. He promptly went and conceeded 16 runs off them, and Durham capitalised to take it. Classic smash and grab, they'd hardly been in the game all afternoon / evening Two crunch games to come against Notts home and away, need to take points from those. Top two go through automatically, best two 3rd placed out of three divisional groups join them. Lancs fall to fourth, their great start gives them hope still though

22nd June 2008, 00:59	#23 (permalink)
Utd heap First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: At an away ground near you... Posts: 7,461	Sajid has been class of late. Strangely it's Lancs batting that's pretty much let 'em down all season, normally there strong point. 3 wins at the start means winning the last two should see them through, although Notts are handy.

5th July 2008, 12:49	#24 (permalink)
Utd heap First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: At an away ground near you... Posts: 7,461	Any London Mancs going down to the 20/20 quarter, at the Oval on Tuesday?

8th July 2008, 15:01	#25 (permalink)
Utd heap First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: At an away ground near you... Posts: 7,461	Come on the Lancs.

8th July 2008, 18:04	#26 (permalink)
ralphie88 Bitterer than a bitter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: http://www.joinmust.org/ Posts: 6,405	What a fucking catch! Great start for Lancs. 21-4 off 4.4 overs.

8th July 2008, 19:03	#27 (permalink)
ralphie88 Bitterer than a bitter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: http://www.joinmust.org/ Posts: 6,405	Bah, 177 to win won't be easy. Thank fuck for Flintoff - he looks back to his best with the ball.

8th July 2008, 20:34	#28 (permalink)
Steev Reserve Team Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: off the grid Posts: 2,298	18 needed of the last over. Hmm. C'mon Corky

8th July 2008, 20:41	#30 (permalink)
Utd heap First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: At an away ground near you... Posts: 7,461	Fuck sake Strangley gutted after that.

9th July 2008, 02:47	#31 (permalink)
Nick 0208 Ldn First Team Sub Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Londinium - Never stop dreaming. Posts: 6,341	Welcome to MalanMania! Superb recovery, when i heard 21/4... I should probably say that i'm not an avid follower of the county cricket [unlike yourselves] scene but if i'm flying any colours it's Middlesex.

9th July 2008, 16:55	#32 (permalink)
manxmanc Reserve Team Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: IOM Posts: 4,276	Was a good game yesterday. Shame about the result though.

9th July 2008, 16:56	#33 (permalink)
Utd heap First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: At an away ground near you... Posts: 7,461	It was'nt a good game Manx...we lost How this side fails to win something every year i don't know!