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Thomas May 14, 2025

New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/05/14/a-result-unique-to-cricket/
A look at a type of result that is unique to the game of cricket, illustrated by two massively contrasting examples from the most recent round of county championship matches, and a large photo gallery.
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A Result Unique to Cricket

A look at the draw in cricket (some other sports also use that term for a result but none use it in the way cricket does), with two very different examples from the most recent round of county cham…

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Thomas May 12, 2025

The stalest of stalemates has been put out of its misery - the way it ended suggests that Jupiter Pluvius was as deeply unimpressed by that Edgbaston pitch as me. Match drawn after 11 session of play (out of a scheduled 12) yielded 1,184 runs for 14 wickets - an average of 84.57 runs per wicket. To the ECB: I implore you to hit Warwickshire with a points deduction for preparing that pitch.
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Thomas May 12, 2025

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/05/12/county-championship-round-six/
A look at what is going on in the three county championship matches that made it to day four, including a strong recommendation that Warwickshire get hit with a points deduction for that Edgbaston pitch. Also a photo gallery.
#cricket #CountyCricket #CountyChampionship #SUSvWOR #WARvSUR #ESSvYOR #photography #birds #insects #bees #beetles

County Championship Round Six

A look at developments in the three county championship matches that made it to a final day, including a strong recommendation for a points deduction for Warwickshire. Also a points deduction.

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Thomas May 12, 2025

New career best for Ben Foakes - 142 not out so far. Surrey 447-9, now 218 adrift of Warwickshire.
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Thomas May 12, 2025

Foakes and Fisher still going strong at Edgbaston. Foakes is now within sight of a career best- he will be the third to achieve that in this match after Barnard and Malik for Warwickshire.
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Thomas May 12, 2025

An hour into the day and the Surrey tenth wicket pair Foakes and Fisher are still in residence. The score is now 413-9, 252 adrift of Warwickshire.
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Thomas May 12, 2025

The pitch at Edgbaston is clearly unfit for four day cricket, there being not nearly enough in it for the bowlers, which means that match is looking ever more likely to end in the stalest of stalemates. I hope Warwickshire get a points deduction for preparing such a surface - this happens when a pitch yields a result too quickly, it should also happen when an pitch robs the match of any possibility of a result.
#cricket #CountyChampionship #CountyCricket #WARvSUR