Somerset at the Oval

dougieginn wrote:

Jhe10077 wrote:Haven’t seen any mentioned of it yet. Derek Underwood what a Fantastic Bowler 297 Test Wickets and apparently a Lovely fellow to go with it.Unplayable on uncovered wickets Remembering  Particular Matches against Australia and Pakistan.

On one of the wall plaques around the ground it mentions the match against the Aussies,but describes him as being an OFF SPINNER ?? Unless they’ve changed it since then.

Well he was slow left arm according to the cricket books, but he usually bowled it at medium pace zipping and almost skidding it off the pitch. Not sure I'd really call him an off spinner though.

Wokoval wrote:The sooner Rob Key leaves his position the better as far as I am concerned. The Kookaburra trial has been inconclusive in my view. Pitches are different in this country. You are not going to get pace and bounce in early April especially after the winter rain we have had. A lot of drawn matches although many weather affected. Very pleased to see more spin bowling especially leg spin. Will be interesting to see what changes when we move back to the Dukes ball. Interested to see other views.

Key talks a load of crap and shouldn't be anywhere near the game. There have been just two wins in the first two rounds of games! It has helped spin, but how ever hard the seamers bang it in it does virtually nothing of the pitch. It's not designed for English conditions. Only good use would be the T20 or the 100 or better still the dustbin. Be interesting to see what happens in the next round when we are back with the Dukes. Wonder what Deadly would have thought about it.....

I hate when people say "left-arm off-spin" or "left-arm leg-spin". Idiots.

Rob Key was paid money by Kookaburra for at least part of his career.

Jhe10077 wrote:Night watchman against the West Indies in the 80s No Helmet.

Hate to be pedantic, but would have been 70s.

Chinaman wrote:There have been just two wins in the first two rounds of games!.

I make it one win.

Medium left arm spinner

VicNorth wrote:

Jhe10077 wrote:Night watchman against the West Indies in the 80s No Helmet.

Hate to be pedantic, but would have been 70s.

Last Test 1982.

West Indies didn't tour in 1982.

Just commenting he played Test Cricket in the 80s.

Jhe10077 wrote:

VicNorth wrote:

Jhe10077 wrote:Night watchman against the West Indies in the 80s No Helmet.

Hate to be pedantic, but would have been 70s.

Last Test 1982.

Stop digging mate FFS.You don't know what you are talking about.Just say something respectful about Derek Underwood and leave it.

I wonder if in 42 years time people will remember who toured England in 2024.

You don't have to remember.A simple search,in this case about Derek Underwood,will tell you all you need to know - and save you posting total bollocks.

He played one Test match against the West Indies in 1980?

We can't both be posting total bollocks! I'll hold my hands up if I'm wrong. Those very famous Patrick Eagar photographs of him hopping round against the quicks are from the 1970s.

The 'remembering who the tourists were' comment was an aside really. I thought you'd approve.

* I started watching cricket in 1980.

VicNorth wrote:* I started watching cricket in 1980.

I was talking about the other bloke,not you! I started watching Cricket in 1963.

Deadly Derek 297 wickets without the DRS system.

I'd like to think that cricketers of that generation wouldn't have let DRS happen.

Badges wrote:

VicNorth wrote:* I started watching cricket in 1980.

I was talking about the other bloke,not you! I started watching Cricket in 1963.

I was acknowledging that someone who had watched cricket in the 1970s would probably know more about it.

I've just been told on good authority that there was an embarrassing (for the Club) incident during the Somerset game. Apparently, Somerset players reported that some of their club jumpers had been nicked from the boundary fence during the lunch break. Surrey have excellent CCTV, through which they were quickly able to identify the culprit, who was recognised as a very familiar "face" at The Oval, and a member of some 30 years' standing.  They located him sitting under the gasholders, and asked him if he knew anything about any missing jumpers. When he denied it, security swooped in and searched his large bag...and there they were.

Needless to say, his membership was summarily removed (I don't know whether any criminal proceedings have followed).

What was the geezer going to do with the jumpers sell em! If he had been Muslim the tossers in the Met Police would have turned a blind eye 100 percent.

Does seem an odd thing to do a couple of days into the season, when you've probably only just received your membership card in the post

Steve wrote:What was the geezer going to do with the jumpers sell em!  If he had been Muslim the tossers in the Met Police would have turned a blind eye 100 percent.

Free speech?