tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post4730795529574551567..comments2023-06-01T15:03:21.635+01:00Comments on Women's Cricket Blog: Surrey, Notts and Devon make the perfect startMartin Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15850707584058402446noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-90029748577788170232015-05-07T10:42:05.971+01:002015-05-07T10:42:05.971+01:00Great start to the season, watching on line score,...Great start to the season, watching on line score, deterred me from heading down to the Kent game. Should've known it was never going to be a straight forward game. While I can understand their frustrations, an appeal does nothing for the reputation of Kent CCC. This is the contradiction between growing professionalism and the spirit of the game. Umpires are always under more pressure in games involving professional / semi professional cricketers.Bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07003969620066540447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-82284976804081429322015-05-07T05:48:28.647+01:002015-05-07T05:48:28.647+01:00Nat was certainly quick; and she is seriously fit ...Nat was certainly quick; and she is seriously fit - chased down a ball that looked like a CERTAIN four from 30-odd yards across the outfield. Daisy Gardner looked a better bowler on the day though. Oh... and the edge that got Knight was... shall we say... very, VERY thin ;-) Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14792368170002037565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-75308572336586381172015-05-06T17:54:40.103+01:002015-05-06T17:54:40.103+01:00Yes. It's fine, and only fair as the counties ...Yes. It's fine, and only fair as the counties they're competing against can have OS players. It just sparked a thought about the vagaries of teams like Ireland and Scotland playing both county and international matches, and having to change the side in between! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952597754091672288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-77040954619503648292015-05-06T13:29:10.088+01:002015-05-06T13:29:10.088+01:00Great stuff as usual Martin. If the circumstances ...Great stuff as usual Martin. If the circumstances you describe here are correct re Sussex-Kent then the correct decision was made. Surely the Laws don't permit an appeal against the umpire's decision, even had they been wrong on a point of law? Ireland having overseas players, well it's a county competition, so if say Yorkshire are allowed to select people who aren't from Yorkshire, which they are and do, same should apply to Ireland. Netherlands have also used OS players in the past.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05281521954994736684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-78338248559990875712015-05-05T23:14:46.103+01:002015-05-05T23:14:46.103+01:00Thank you once again Martin. It's a great, and...Thank you once again Martin. It's a great, and may I say very quirky rule, that allows Ireland to select overseas players players for their team. If only England were afforded the same luxury...We could second Ellyse Perry for the Ashes!<br /><br />Joking aside, that Kent/Sussex match raised some controversy. Appealing to the ECB seems drastic but it shows they want to win badly. Presumably Kent would have needed to remove a stump to effect a run out and win outright.<br /><br />Elsewhere it looks to me like Sciver is still doing enough to warrant an England place. Getting Knight out would have helped.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952597754091672288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-63893083101236288892015-05-05T21:01:28.523+01:002015-05-05T21:01:28.523+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.The Clangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04760786835721279059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-37352287763535569122015-05-05T20:31:47.081+01:002015-05-05T20:31:47.081+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13083213760875810298noreply@blogger.com