English County Cricket Season 2014

CC Div 2
Day 2

Worc 240 & 20 -2
Glam 155 Wallace 51 no Andrew 5-40 Ajmal 3-48

Essex 281 Foster 82 Buck 5-76
Leic 255-2 Eckersley 104 no

Surrey 285
Kent 355-4 Key 126 Nash 126

Good to see Rob Key in the runs. It's very unfortunate for him that he didn't play more tests for England. I think he was regarded at the time as being 'too defensive'.

CC Div !
Day 3
Yorkshire 589-8
Durham 361-8 Richardson 148 Stoneman 131 Rashid 3-70

Mid 167 & 248 Rogers 82 Robson 68 Patel 4-78 Jones 3-53
Warks 462
Warwickshire beat Middlesex by an innings & 47 runs

Sussex 289 & 216-6
Lanc 191 Davis 59 Magoffin 4-36

Notts 440 & 97-2 Jaques 55 no
Som 402-9 dec Petersen 94 Trego 86

CC Div
Day 3

Essex 281 & 101-1
Leic 433 Panesar 50-19-111-6

Worc 240 & 296-6 dec Mitchell 151 no Cosker 4-94
Glam 155 & 14-1

Surrey 285 & 170-9 Riley 4-65
Kent 435

CC Div 1
Day 4

Yorkshire 589-8
Durham 388 & F/O 100-4
Match drawn

Both the other games in Div 1. ended in a draw as well.

The only win was Kent who comfortably beat pre-season Div 2 favs. Surrey by 8 wickets. The two other games in Div 2 ended in a draw.

Nice to see some 4-day county cricket (Durham v Yorkshire) on Sky over the last 4 days. But... What was even nicer to see was a report in The Times saying that this season Sky intend to show all 18 county sides in a 4-day game!

I find this hard to believe, cos that means a minimum of 9 4-day games, and how the hell can they fit those in with all Sri Lankan and Indian fixtures, T20 Blast, domestic limited-over games, under-19 games etc.?

However, if they can, bring it on!!!

^ I heard that rumour as well. Any more known fixtures yet or is that still under discussion?

At the end of the coverage it said that they would be covering 2 more Championship matches at the end of the season.The last one if the last few years is anything to go by will more than likely feature Division 1 sides that have a chance of winning the Title if it hasn't already been decided.
Although if my memory serves me,I think they didn't even cover the last scheduled match last year as Durham where already Champions.

(08-05-2014 00:56 )Hawaiian Brian Wrote:  I find this hard to believe, cos that means a minimum of 9 4-day games, and how the hell can they fit those in with all Sri Lankan and Indian fixtures, T20 Blast, domestic limited-over games, under-19 games etc.?

However, if they can, bring it on!!!

As I understand this situation because Sky have at least 3 'dedicated' sports channels, there are sufficient channels to cover all this cricket.