Keyser Soze Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 What a days cricket at Headingly today. Bairstow doing Bairstow things again but fair play to the lad Overton, 89 from 106 balls against some of the best bowlers on the planet. For a boy whose batted at 11 for Surrey in the past that’s extraordinary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA-go Par Adonis Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 Is it the same Overton that was at Somerset? If so, I'm sure he batted 7 or 8 for them and often dug them out of bother in the County Championship when they were 6 down for not many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Soze Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, DA-go Par Adonis said: Is it the same Overton that was at Somerset? If so, I'm sure he batted 7 or 8 for them and often dug them out of bother in the County Championship when they were 6 down for not many. Yeah that’s the one. Tbf I’m sure it was only a couple of times he batted at 11 and is clearly more than capable but that wouldn’t have sounded anywhere near as impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA-go Par Adonis Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 To be fair, I've just checked and his first class average is only 20 and he's only one century. I've got extended family in Taunton so I keep an eye out for them. They're never won the County championship and have found new and innovative ways to lose it on the last day - two or three times in the last dozen years or so. In lockdown, they seemed to specialise in top order failures, only for someone at the tail end to take a stand and drag them to something near respectability. Overton's name rings a bell because of that, but it can't have been him all the time with that average - van der Merwe might have been another one. All of which is informative, if not interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Soze Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 Overton caught behind on 97 this morning. Absolute gutter for the lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roy Barry Fan Club Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 Tragic. Was so hoping for a century he would then have been the first England cricketer to take a wicket and score a century on his debut since the great Doctor. Ive come down with Covid on Friday, and Test Match Special has-been an utter delight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Soze Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 England may well be reinventing test match cricket. Honestly believe they could’ve chased 550 today if they had to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Soze Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 On 05/07/2022 at 17:01, Keyser Soze said: England may well be reinventing test match cricket. Confirmed. Incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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