I hzad an excellent day at the May's Bounty ground at Basingstoke for Hants v Yorks today.

I was there as a neutral, the weather was lovely, and after an overcast start (I'm not certain who won the toss), Hants made a good start but then collapsed in the face of dogged Yorks bowling with Ajmal Shazad the pick of the attack with four wickets. Matthew Hoggard took an unbelievable caught & bowled to remove Sean Ervine.


The run rate was never above three an over yet Yorks maintained attacking fields throughout with plenty of slips and no third man. It was good hard cricket, compelling to watch, the whole outcome of a four day contest already building in fascinating fashion with just a quarter of it having elapsed so far - the total opposite to what excites the limited-overs vulgarians.

Excellent day at Old Trafford yesterday with Keedy getting a well-deserved 6 fer and Parry and new man Lungley sharing the other 4...after the start we had as well we were fearing the worst...just need to bat as we have been doing recently and we could put pressure on the Georides...shame it rained most of the evening and overnight to freshen the pitch up a bit for their bowlers.

Could whoever stole the Yorkshire squad and replaced them with more effective doppelgangers please not return them until at least October.

Thanks in advance.



Yorkshire 74-0 in reply to 250 all out.

Beware of GT. He is on the warpath after Mallender gave 5 lbw's to Blackwell at OT today.

First time I've heard the crowd getting stuck into an umpire for a while though.

I was going to refrain from commenting on the useless, biased Yorkshire t**t.

At least we managed to pull within touching distance of Durham's total with a wicket in hand still... Nice to get to the latest bonus point as well.

Century stand for the 8th wicket between Rashid and Shahzad puts Yorkshire 118 in front at Basingstoke.

With the 120 overs up and no more bonus points at stake, get declaring and lets have a pop at the home side with plenty of time left in the game.

Why are Yorkshire still batting?

To allow Rashid to get his ton? Next stop the oval?

To be fair, the tail scored quickly and didn't take much time out of the game.

524 all out, a lead of 274 and four sessions to bowl the home side out and win the game.

Oh, and if you're reading this Moxon, stop d*cking about and get Ajmal Shahzad sorted on a long term deal before he clears off elsewhere. The potential to be a genuine all-rounder, already averages 30 with the bat in first class cricket.

I'm trying to work out how we might conspire to lose this one today but can't, so they'll have to surprise me!

I'm confident even we can't lose from here, but I'm sure we'll let Hampshire bat out the day for a draw. Probably end up around 7 down.

Four down already, both overnight batsmen gone. Still 115 behind.

Durham declared leaving Lancs 326 to win. They're currently 36-3.

Building up hope. Classic Yorkshire, it's the long version of the Pro 40 game t'other week.

Hampshire now 239-7, still 35 short of Yorkshire's first innings total. It's going to be quite a feat to draw this from here, but watch this space.....

The world could end today or something even less likely Yorks to win a CC match

Yorks need two more

Just the one now, Rashid running through the Hants tail, still 27 runs behind.

First CC win since June 9th last year.

431 days later, it was a LOOOOONG wait. Now to avoid that relegation.

DECLARE A HOLIDAY, WE'VE WON A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!!!

Remembering how to win just before the Roses game, excellent!

Oh come on now. 2 wins in one season? Let's not be silly now

[url=http://www.yorkshireccc.com/archive/test_match_refunds_for_day_5/index.htmlDay 5 Test Tickets can't be used at the Roses game[/url.

Unlucky GT!

Typical, tight-ars*d Yorkshire b*stards!

Looks like I'm paying if I go next week.

It's ridiculous.

I gave someone I worked with £20 for his three tickets with the aim of me and a mate using them for the Roses game (he had no interest in any county game), now I can't even do that because of this stupid proof of ID they are demanding.

So, I'm £20 down and I never even had the prospect of seeing a days play of the test match!