Pope watch?

Ollie Pope in at 4 for Surrey... guess that's where he bats now

comment by HaaK (U11574)
posted 23 seconds ago
Getting out straight after an interval. He'll fit right in for England
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Probably start of a collapse, that's England...

Ollie Pope on 3* from 23 balls

Hope he gets a good score here, he could use a good solid bat to restore confidence

That'll be Burns over 1,000 county runs for the season now (for the fifth season in a row)....

comment by HaaK (U11574)
posted 42 minutes ago
Ollie Pope in at 4 for Surrey... guess that's where he bats now
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He is coming out after 60 odd overs which would be at like 8 or 9 for England.

comment by Blue Heaven (U20912)
posted 6 minutes ago
That'll be Burns over 1,000 county runs for the season now (for the fifth season in a row)....
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1,000 first class runs for the 5th season in a row. I don't believe he's done 1,000 county runs 5 times in a row. I think he's done 1,000 county runs 5 times in total through his career.

comment by Blue Heaven (U20912)
posted 4 minutes ago
That'll be Burns over 1,000 county runs for the season now (for the fifth season in a row)....
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Been a bit under the radar due to Stoneman having a good year a couple of years ago and Sanga smashing it last season. Even Pope is scoring with a better average than him this season. Consistently getting lots of runs though means he should be hard to ignore, especially playing for the fashionable Surrey.

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comment by TCM (U8959)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by Blue Heaven (U20912)
posted 4 minutes ago
That'll be Burns over 1,000 county runs for the season now (for the fifth season in a row)....
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Been a bit under the radar due to Stoneman having a good year a couple of years ago and Sanga smashing it last season. Even Pope is scoring with a better average than him this season. Consistently getting lots of runs though means he should be hard to ignore, especially playing for the fashionable Surrey.
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Pope's average is bolstered by a couple of not-outs, which are a bit easier to get coming in at 6 than opening...

Not wishing to discredit Pope at all, but Burns this year has been outrageously good

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Also worth pointing out that Burns is 200 runs ahead of his nearest competitor in the championship this year (Vince), despite having batted 4 fewer innings because Surrey keep winning by an innings

comment by HaaK (U11574)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by TCM (U8959)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by Blue Heaven (U20912)
posted 4 minutes ago
That'll be Burns over 1,000 county runs for the season now (for the fifth season in a row)....
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Been a bit under the radar due to Stoneman having a good year a couple of years ago and Sanga smashing it last season. Even Pope is scoring with a better average than him this season. Consistently getting lots of runs though means he should be hard to ignore, especially playing for the fashionable Surrey.
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Pope's average is bolstered by a couple of not-outs, which are a bit easier to get coming in at 6 than opening...

Not wishing to discredit Pope at all, but Burns this year has been outrageously good
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No doubt, but Pope got picked ahead of him probably because Smith went "holy moly this kid is averaging 85". Burns should have been picked when Pope came in and batted in the top 3. Would have helped us quite a bit I reckon.

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Pope and Foakes batting for Surrey now... I feel bad for Foakes, great keeper and a really solid bat who should've been capped by now, but to be fair with Buttler playing so well at the moment I think he just has to wait his turn.

Would still love to see Pope and Foakes batting together for England in a few years.

comment by TCM (U8959)
posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
Dom Bess is out there now though so I expect Somerset to build a 60-70 run lead and then leave Lancashire 25/6 at stumps.
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As I didn't necessarily say Bess would be the one to get the runs then this prediction has gone pretty well so far

comment by TCM (U8959)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by TCM (U8959)
posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
Dom Bess is out there now though so I expect Somerset to build a 60-70 run lead and then leave Lancashire 25/6 at stumps.
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As I didn't necessarily say Bess would be the one to get the runs then this prediction has gone pretty well so far
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He was clearly the inspiration. Somerset rallied after he was cruelly felled for diddly squat.

A 14-ball diddly squat, no less

Glad Notts brought in Duckett after we played them - he's fecking motoring

71* off 78

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comment by Idontlikemondays (U6377)
posted 1 minute ago
Gregory appears to be the only batsman that can bat on this wicket

52 no

174-9
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England will call him up to open ahead of Burns

Lewis Gregory and Keaton Jennings, the next generation

comment by HaaK (U11574)
posted 1 minute ago
Pope and Foakes batting for Surrey now... I feel bad for Foakes, great keeper and a really solid bat who should've been capped by now, but to be fair with Buttler playing so well at the moment I think he just has to wait his turn.

Would still love to see Pope and Foakes batting together for England in a few years.
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Foakes is the second best keeper in the country although with Foster hardly playing these days, you can make a case that he's the best.

Bairstow is a very good keeper but if there's someone better then why aren't they playing? Bairstow will just have to sulk and then wake up and realise that he's still going to be picked as a batsman for England and get on with it.

Foakes is a better keeper than either Bairstow or Buttler, comfortably. Alec Stewart rates him as potentially the best keeper in the world, though clearly he's biased.

There's a strong argument Foakes is a more reliable bat than Buttler too, which is why at the beginning of the summer I'd have personally gone for Foakes at 7 and not Buttler. But Jos is playing very well at the minute, and there's nothing wrong with his or Bairstow's keeping at the moment, so I'm OK with Foakes having to wait his turn.

I think Bairstow and Buttler are potentially both good enough to merit a place in the team as pure batsmen, but the middle order is so damn congested. I think Foakes just has to be patient.

Pope out for a scratchy 21... let's hope his England experience hasn't knocked his confidence like it did Joe Root when he was called up too early and asked to bat too high...

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Jack Leach having a very timely good game

Spinners will be needed in Sri Lanka...