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Abbas with 5 for 3 in less than 3 overs this morning including a hat trick. Middlesex looking favourites for the low score of the season already.
Saqib Mahmood is bowling really well, I'd have thought he will be in contention for England.
Sibley absent injured for Warwickshire this afternoon. Think I'll hold off on the First Test choices for a week or so!
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Gloucestershire look very useful indeed. Decent bowling attack and a decent batting line up. James Bracey has just played two knocks that will do everything to push the door open with England particularly with Sibley crocked, Burns in uncertain nick, and Crawley in no real form either. Pope's nailed on his Test spot with big runs so he's a certain starter. I should have paid attention to a friend of mine who said Gloucs were good outsiders for the CC title.
Somerset have a lot of questions to answer now. The bowlers have long gotten the batsmen out of the mire over recent seasons and did so in the first round against Middlesex. The younger ones have to step up. Tom Banton's been overexposed and needs to figure out if he wants to wander around T20 franchises or actually play first-class cricket, Tom Lammonby is on one of those horror runs you sometimes get after a stellar first proper season (happened to Tresco and Thorpe) so the England rumours will go away and he can get his game back, and George Bartlett should move up the order and take responsibility.
Top marks to Lancashire and so nice to see a turning wicket so early in the season. Warwickshire look like pulling off an absolute heist against Nottinghamshire, Surrey can't beat Leicestershire, and Ollie Robinson is still the best seamer in county cricket who can't get a game for England.
Spare a thought for two guys. One is Dominic Bess whose figures for the season after tow games read 66.4 overs, 15 maidens, 195 runs, 0 wickets. Bowling spin at Headingley is tough even when you're chock full of confidence. The other is James Weighell. Released by Durham twice in his career, Glamorgan gave him a two-year contract at the start of the month based on pre-season form. A pair of ducks with the bat and 0/96 at 6 an over and 0/27 (disappearing for 6 an over in both innings) is one of the toughest county debuts for quite some time.
Went off for some league cricket viewing today and spoke to a couple of bowlers between innings. They and I can't recall the last time pre-league wickets were so dry. The comparative lack of rain and the wind/breeze has done a lot to dry the top surface out around here. Not much pace at times but you do get some turn out there.
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https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-cricket-ed-smith-s-tenure-ends-as-national-selector-as-role-is-made-redundant-1260049
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Still Lancs or Somerset for the title, for me. Wonder if Craig Overton has done enough to get back into the Test reckoning.