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Not too bad today after we chose to bat first. Would be better if we could eliminate the aimless wafting outside off stump. Ducks for Middleton and Prest though.

Dawson in the side, all the very young players out of it. Obviously taking this seriously then. Expect to see Vince in the XI if we make the final.

Dawson is in the group for today's game. Vince perhaps will be added if we make the final.

I thought Turner was injured anyway, not sure that Ellis plays anything other than T20 for the Hawks. Crane plays already in the ODC. Dawson and Howell would be handy but I think we may leave it as it is.

You'd think so but no, basic arithmetic says otherwise. It's an average over the 8 games so any game average less than you already had will reduce the total average. Look at it this way. For 7 something or others you have an average of 10, in the 8th something or other you only have an average of 5, so the new total average is 70+5/8 =9.375 so your average has gone down. Today's match was close so our relative run rate would have been much lower than the 1,1 or so that we had beforehand. I did a bit of approximative fag packet calculation and we'd have needed to knock off the 326 runs in about 37 overs, scoring rate a bit less than 9 an over. So a good T20 rate really.

They batted well but I don't think we ever had much chance of overhauling Leicester's NRR. Not once Kent had made over 300 anyway. Probably needed to knock that off in about 25 overs or so. /

Probably not worth worrying about. They've probably said on the commentary but as I've had to mute it I couldn't say. Won't be a lot anyway and we'll probably struggle to make their total with all of our overs.

Got some wickets towards the end to keep their total down a bit, 326 is quite a big total to chase. Don't know the Newport ground really and the quality of the stream is pretty limited so can't say if there are short boundaries or not. Really a bit amateur the stream today, sometimes you're looking at the sky, sometimes a player's feet and for me the picture is about 2 seconds behind the commentary, so that you know what's happened before you see it.

Looking fairly unlikely. Bowling looks fairly impotent, Crane, Organ, the two youngsters, Holland and Barker. Not getting hit for shedloads but with only 2 wickets down , Kent will as likely kick on and we'll be chasing 300+. No Gubbins or Weatherly today, iffy batting line up. Still we didn't need to win to be second so it's not any great problem. Live stream pretty awful, sound not sychchronised to image feed and too much background chatter. Still it's free and from an out-ground so what can you do.

Well well, what an excellent game that was. Wicket probably less docile than it looked at first.

The openers scored more than all the rest put together. Inexperienced bowling as well equals absolutely no chance of winning this one.

Some of our bowling figures look a bit shaky though. I thought we had Turner available, didn't play though. Didn't see much of the game today.

According to the gossip on the Equipe forum, Camille didn't fancy it, Konya apparently being a bit of an islamic place where she might have had to wear a headscarf when outdoors. Who knows whether that's right or not though.

Three from Three. Our total was obviously far better than it looked. Onto sunday and Leicester at home.

Hants 254 all out, 49,5 overs. Fortunately we have Gubbins, Crane and Albert did fairly well. Prest and even Middleton look suspect against good bowlers on a helpful wicket. At least we have something to bowl at but I'm not all that hopeful.

And they lost, serves them right. In theory he'd be available for us if he doesn't play two consecutive games for Trent Rockets. But as it's the Hundred team who decide if he's released or not and we're playing Notts on friday, doubt if it'll happen this time round.

Very well paced reply from Hants. Donald a treat to watch as usual when he gets a few runs. Strange innings by Essex, Hants trying to bowl with a bar of wet soap because of the drizzle, umpire didn't want to go off. At least we got a dry ball after quite a few overs though. Currie banned from bowling after two warnings for reprehensible full tosses due to the ball slipping out of his hand. Two wins from two, not bad at all. Just need for Prest to get some runs in the next game, Sunday I think it is.

Might struggle with our bowling in this series. Not sure that Gubbins and Organ should be bowling as much as they are. Still don't see what the alternatives are unless Abbott and Abbas fancy a go.

Oneday cup tomorrow. Might see a vastly changed side if the rain-shortened bash against Dorset yesterday is anything to go by. Obviously the Hundred players won't be available, although they can be later on if they don't play in two consecutive games apparently. We had a couple of young bowlers plus Currie yesterday. Brown kept wicket, don't know if that's theplan for the one-day cup but Donald has a broken finger for the moment. Albert seems to be back from his one game loan at Kent and Gubbins captained the side. Prest scored some quick runs and Dorset were never in with a chance, think they only made 79.

So, to sum up our latest debacle. We have just one batter,at the moment anyway,capable of batting for any amount of time against good bowlers on a wicket helpful to them. Our main batter keeps playing silly shots that he really shouldn't. We have other batters who score runs against mediocre bowlers on flat wickets. Added to that our bowlers are inconsistent, bowling pretty well with the new ball at times and then tailing off and getting tonked on occasion. We have no full time spinner in the side most of the time. Our fielding has been less than top notch on occasions, probably because we have a few senior citizens out there. The entire coaching structure needs a bit of an overhaul because we have promising young players who don't seem t be progressing as well as those of other counties. Whatismore we keep losing the toss and get stuck in on bowler friendly wickets and conditions, still that's hazard I suppose.

Looks like he's made a handy start. Perhaps the wicket is a bit better than the patchy horror served up at the Aegeas though. Hants 5 down now, Dawson chopped on due to him not being able to see why Harmer left a hole in the field and trying to hit the ball through it. Need a total shake up, it all looks so non-committed from Hants.

I'd think we have a reasonable chance of losing inside 2 days here. Roll on the One Day Cup.

Now then, who wants to try to explain to me why Vince thought it necessary to do that, given our current situation?

I'd doubt that many of the Haitian girls play their football in Haiti. Think at least two or three of them play in the French League, Haiti being francophone in parts. The English don''t look all that good so far. Still it's only the first game, probably doing an Italy, scrape through the group stage and then get much better.

Well ! Notts don't bat very well either. Pitch looks a bit helpful to the seamers though. Might end up with a decent first innings lead.