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The Cricket Thread

Stokes with 2 in 2 yesterday, Roland-Jones with 2 in 2 today and so nearly the hatrick, been so impressed with this lad, he will do well in Oz
 
ROlland Jones is good because he is Like Vern, hits a line and lets conditions take over, Wood and Stokes can be guilty of trying to bowl too fast so he is a great foil
 
Awesome from England again today, Bairstow making 99 with the tail giving us 360 odd, now we've taken 6 wickets

Some great bowling from Jimmy from the James Anderson End
 
T20 Blast: Notts make 106-0 in first six overs against Durham

Alex Hales made a breathtaking 95 off 30 balls as Notts Outlaws piled up the highest Powerplay score in Twenty20 history in beating Durham Jets.

The England opener hit nine sixes and nine fours to take Notts to 106-0 off the first six overs at Trent Bridge.

Hales, 28, almost equalled Chris Gayle's fastest-ever T20 century, which came off 30 deliveries, but top-edged James Weighell to the wicketkeeper.

Notts chased down Durham's 183-7 in just 13.5 overs to win by five wickets.

Jets spinner Cameron Steel conceded 60 off his four overs.

Nottinghamshire's 106 runs in the Powerplay overtook the previous best of 105-0 made by Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL earlier this year.

In the other North Group game, Ben Duckett hit an unbeaten 92 for Northants in their 24-run victory against Worcestershire at New Road.

The Outlaws, who now sit top of the group, had raced to 55-0 off 4.1 overs when a heavy rain shower forced the players off.

On their return Hales and his opening partner Riki Wessels teed off.

Brydon Carse's fifth over went for 27 either side of the rain delay, before Hales struck three sixes and two fours as 28 runs came off spinner Ryan Pringle's sixth.

Hales cleared the rope three more times in Steel's next over, meaning a staggering 75 runs had been scored in just 18 deliveries leaving Notts 126-0 off seven overs.

He eventually fell at the start of the eighth over, while attempting to drive Weighell for his 10th maximum.

Hales later said "he was thinking about Gayle's fastest T20 record" during his innings.

The West Indian's 30-ball hundred came in the 2013 IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore and he finished with a world-record 175 not out.

'Trent Bridge is utter paradise'
Hales is now the leading scorer in the 2017 T20 Blast, with 445 runs in 10 innings at a strike-rate of more than 212.

"I knew there was a chance to go for the quickest T20 century of all-time and you don't get those opportunities very often," he said.

"I love batting at Trent Bridge, for me it is utter paradise, the wickets are great and there are some short boundaries, so I knew there was a chance of doing it. It's a special feeling to play here and to get so many in the Powerplay overs with Riki.

"As a team we've got real momentum at the moment and hopefully we can keep it going."
 
I would give Stoneman a go for the Windies instead of Jennings who has looked hugely out of his depth

That would be Cook's 10th different opening partner since Strauss went 4 years ago
 
markysimmo said:
I would give Stoneman a go for the Windies instead of Jennings who has looked hugely out of his depth

That would be Cook's 10th different opening partner since Strauss went 4 years ago
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Feels like longer than 4 years. Would be good to have a settled opening pair for the Ashes.
 
markysimmo said:
I would give Stoneman a go for the Windies instead of Jennings who has looked hugely out of his depth

That would be Cook's 10th different opening partner since Strauss went 4 years ago
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Gubbins should be given a chance, he's a good player of fast bowling and does play some shots, any batting side are under pressure when their top 3 don't play shots, Cook does a good job but he needs someone at the other end who's going stay for more than a couple of overs.
 
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