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#21 |
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: London-Essex
Team(s): Kent, Essex, Surrey Stars
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I know Kent face Sussex five times - 2 x CC, 1 x RLC, 2 x T20. I think that's the maximum any two teams can meet in the preordained fixtures so, add on two potential knockout ties and that'd be seven.
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#22 |
International Material
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,422
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Notts have Derbyshire and Leicestershire both 5 times. Hopefully it will just be for the one season.
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#23 |
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: In a class 101 Met Cam time machine to the past
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I noticed that Sky are referring to the Royal London Cup games on June 13 as "play-offs" and while cricinfo's fixtures call them "quarter-finals" there are only 2 matches slated - also only 2 matches slated in the fixture list that was in the Cricket Paper in November.
Has there been a change therefore that in fact it is a play-off, presumably between the 2nd and 3rd teams in the groups, with the winners going straight on to the semis? |
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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edit. The BBC also only lists 2 quarter finals as well. I have no idea how you search the new ECB site for fixtures beyond the next handful. |
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#25 |
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Derbyshire
Team(s): Nottinghamshire
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Here's the explanation:
The knockout stages have changed this season, with only the top three from each group qualifying. The winners will progress straight to the semi finals on June 16 and 17, in which they will enjoy home advantage. Their opposition will be determined by two play-offs on June 13 between the teams finishing second and third in each group – second in the North Group at home to third in the South, and vice versa. https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/144361
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I bet Notts finish 4th. |
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#27 |
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Yeah, probably after being top with a couple of matches to go...
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#28 |
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Berkshire
Team(s): Notts and Forest
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Or they'll finish top in the T20 by a country mile where the play offs don't happen and lose a home quarter final, again.
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#29 |
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: In a class 101 Met Cam time machine to the past
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Some big milestones passed:
Cricket season begins this month. Less than 4 weeks to the start (3 weeks and six days). Less than 30 days to the start (27 days). Obviously not so many years ago, on March 28 cricket fans would have been saying "just a few weeks to go" and many players would still be working at the town hall or something. Several records will come under threat or be simply broken by default - earliest date for first-class cricket, first time a domestic first-class match has been completed in March, plus records such as earliest century of the season, which currently stands on March 31. |
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#30 |
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It may become generally cold around the middle of the month, with more in the way of frosts and perhaps snow, especially in the north, before turning milder later.
Source: UK Outlook for Friday 17 Mar 2017 to Friday 31 Mar 2017, http://www.metoffice.gov.uk |
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#31 | |
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Join Date: Oct 2014
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#32 |
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Towards the end of March there is a degree of uncertainty, but there is some evidence in favour of a more settled spell of weather. This could bring drier-than-average conditions, with temperatures probably around average for late March, however the confidence for this set-up is low.
Source: Met Office 30-day forecast. |
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#33 |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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We will definitely have a unseasonably warm and dry April, May & June - but the wettest July on record.
The first two weeks of 2018 will be glorious, but nobody will notice because the Football World Cup is on. T20 Blast is such a good idea. |
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#34 |
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UK Outlook for Wednesday 22 Mar 2017 to Wednesday 5 Apr 2017:
There are currently signals for the end of March and into early April to see some kind of blocked pattern for the UK weather. This means there are signs for generally drier than average conditions and more settled weather than normal across the country. Source: Met Office |
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#35 |
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#36 |
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Join Date: Mar 2015
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Is the North vs South match the official start of the season?
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#37 |
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I certainly wouldn't count it as such at all, though it's part of some sort of prelude I suppose. I would count all the matches in the UAE as being "other matches" abroad. Certainly the statisticians don't count any of it as part of the season, using "First Class Averages in England" as the definition.
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#38 |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: London
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How many years counties spent in the divisions
(including where the counties will be next season) (CC wins in that time in brackets) Division 1 16 - Lancs (1) 15 - Yorks (3) Warks (2) 14 - Somerset 13 - Sussex (3), Surrey (2), Notts (2), Hants 12 - Durham (3) 11 - Middx (1) 10 - Kent 7 - Worcs 5 - Essex (1) 4 - Leics 3 - Northants 2 - Derbys, Glam, Gloucs Division 2 17 - Gloucs, Glam, Derbys 16 - N'hants 15 - Leics 14 - Essex, 12 - Worcs 9 - Kent 8 - Middx 7 - Durham 6 - Surrey, Notts, Hants, Sussex 5 - Somerset 4 - Yorks, Warks 3 - Lancs |
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#39 |
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Join Date: Sep 2015
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It's winning games wot counts - and boosts confidence and so tends to become habit-forming. So a table of games won in 2017 across all three tournaments (incluiding knock-out stages of the white ball comps):-
1 Notts 25 2. Essex 22 3. Worcs 18 4. Norrthants 16 Surrey 16 Yorks 16 7. Glam 15 Somerset 15 Sussex 15 10. Lancs 14 Hants 14 12. Derbys 13 Warwicks 13 14. Kent 11 Leics 11 16. Durham 10 Glos 10 Middx 10 |
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