jimbo jones

Now back to real, meaningful cricket 😊

One thing I can guarantee, PW isn't going to tell him to stop timewasting when we need to take the heat out of the game.

Is this satire? I can’t decide 

on evidence the head says its going to be a long afternoon.
Heart says, we still win 4-1 😄

I have a great record when taking my daughter to Derby/Derbyshire of them winning every time except once (playoff semi final 1st leg vs Leeds), obviously we don’t go that regularly or that wouldn’t last 😂

He visited this forum.

We're going on holiday to Scarborough at the end of next week. Might watch a bit of cricket while we're up there. Wonder who the Yorkies are playing?
<checks fixtures>
Well, well.

I enjoyed the tail’s fight to respectability. They batted sensibly and well. Disappointing day though only made worse when somehow I mis-placed my pint cup and lost my £2 deposit! That’s it for me now for the season. P5 W0 D0 L5.
 

Yes, gave the home crowd something to cheer at last.
Next home game almost a month away. Ridiculous! 

Century for Dal, who has at least made it respectable, great effort from Conners to stay with him to.
First century of the competition, which kind of says it all.

Good to see a couple of the middle order showing a bit of fight. 
166-8, Watt just out for 16.

Haider Ali has 2 ways of getting out. Playing across line and getting lbw, or hitting a 6 and then putting the next ball straight up in the air.
Guest was unlucky, looked like he got one that kept low, the rest of the dismissals have been pretty poor cricket.

It's been a tough watch on occasions. We have beer though, which helps.

Deserved to be recognised for his work at DCFC.

Looking forward to it tomorrow. My fifth time at the county ground this season and yet to see a win. To be fair I did spend a period of nine years without seeing them win once so I can take 5 games 😂

Victory.
A match-winning 63 not out from Matt Lamb, how I wish we had more opportunity to see that this season. Hopefully his back problems are behind him, but I thought I saw a few suspicious stretches and winces during his innings. Maybe im just being paranoid…

Think he played through the pain barrier 😊

I forgot we were playing and turned on at 80-4. Really enjoyable and tense watch. Lamb and Guest set the victory up well. Happy days. Look forward to Tuesday now. 😎

Won by 4 wickets with an over to spare 

Waggy goal resulting from a Connor H tackle. Cue silence from certain corners of the forum 

Probably, we won 6 games in the T20, add the one from the one day cup and I'm sure we’ve won less than 7 a few times post-2000
The really disappointing thing is I honestly believe we've got a good squad of players (though the bowling outside of T20 has looked weak) but it's just not worked this season.
Plenty of draws in the championship as well, my maths says 15 defeats all together, time to add to that of course 😬

On Sunday Derbyshire Disabled CC are playing Warwickshire in the Midlands Final at Melbourne CC at 1pm. 
I will be managing, captaining and keeping badly.
We are massive underdogs but all spectators are welcome. (they have a bar and a viewing balcony) 

I enjoyed Lakmal’s innings. Just needed 6 more overs of it 😂
I find the cricket less stressful than football. No expectations, sunshine and beers 🍺 
One day the city of Derby will see some sort of sporting success! One day.

Reece out for 96, seem to have loads get out in the 90’s this season….
145-2 to 169-7 pretty much sums up this competition.
The decision to have Wood come out at 3 was odd, he struggled badly and took away all the momentum Reece and Came had built. Once we got behind the run rate we crumbled.

It’s difficult to tell from where I am sat whether this is atrocious bowling or sublime batting but it’s getting embarrassing.