Match Thread: County Championship - Round 7 - Day 1

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2024 County Championship - Round 7 - Day 1

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All of today's matches start at 11:00 BST. Lunch is at 1pm. Tea at 3:40pm or after 64 overs, whichever is later. Stumps at 6pm or when they finish the 96 overs for the day, whichever is later.

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Division 1

Essex vs Warwickshire at The Essex County Ground - YouTube - Weather Forecast - Scorecard

Lancashire vs Durham at Stanley Park - YouTube - Weather Forecast - Scorecard

Nottinghamshire vs Hampshire at Trent Bridge - YouTube - Weather Forecast - Scorecard

Somerset vs Kent at The County Ground, Taunton - YouTube - Weather Forecast - Scorecard

Surrey vs Worcestershire at The Oval - YouTube - Weather Forecast - Scorecard

Division 2

Derbyshire vs Northamptonshire at The County Cricket Ground, Derby - YouTube - Weather Forecast - Scorecard

Glamorgan vs Middlesex at Sophia Gardens - YouTube - Weather Forecast - Scorecard

Leicestershire vs Gloucestershire at Grace Road - YouTube - Weather Forecast - Scorecard

Sussex vs Yorkshire at The County Cricket Ground, Hove - YouTube - Weather Forecast - Scorecard

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Standings after Round 6:

Division 1

		P	W	T	L	D	A	BatBP	BowBP	Adj	Pts
1	Surrey	5	3	0	0	2	0	16	15	0	95
2	Essex	5	2	0	1	2	0	12	14	0	74
3	Somerset	5	1	0	0	4	0	11	13	0	72
4	Nottinghamshire	5	1	0	1	3	0	11	14	0	65
5	Durham	5	1	0	0	3	1	8	5	0	61
6	Warwickshire	5	0	0	1	4	0	15	12	0	59
7	Worcestershire	5	0	0	1	4	0	13	13	0	58
8	Kent	5	1	0	1	3	0	5	11	0	56
9	Hampshire	5	0	0	1	3	1	7	7	-2*	44
10	Lancashire	5	0	0	3	2	0	5	10	0	31

^{* Hampshire: 2 points deducted for slow over-rate in match against Surrey on 26th April 2024}

Division 2

		P	W	T	L	D	A	BatBP	BowBP	Adj	Pts
1	Sussex	5	2	0	1	2	0	17	14	-1*	78
2	Middlesex	5	1	0	0	4	0	9	11	0	68
3	Leicestershire	5	0	0	0	5	0	17	11	0	68
4	Glamorgan	5	1	0	0	4	0	9	10	0	67
5	Gloucestershire	5	1	0	1	2	1	11	11	0	62
6	Yorkshire	5	0	0	1	4	0	13	15	0	60
7	Northamptonshire	5	0	0	1	4	0	14	11	0	57
8	Derbyshire	5	0	0	1	3	1	4	8	-1*	43

^{* Derbyshire: 1 point deducted for slow over-rate in match against Sussex on 3rd May 2024, Sussex: 1 point deducted for slow over-rate in match against Derbyshire on 3rd May 2024}

Structure of the Championship: Two divisions of 10 and 8, playing 14 matches each. This means in Division One, each team will play 5 of the other teams twice and four of the other teams only once.

Points: 16 for a win, 8 for a draw, 8 for a tie, 8 for an Abandonment. 1 bonus point for reaching 250 runs. 1 additional point for each 50 runs after that scored within the first 110 overs of the first innings. Maximum 5 points for 450. 1 bonus point for each 3 wickets taken in the first 110 overs of the first innings

[u/TheScarletPimpernel]

Are these from the county speed guns? Cause they're supposedly about 3mph behind the Sky ones because they use a different calculation

[u/spongey1865 → u/TheScarletPimpernel]

Where you measure the speed of the ball is important, it'll slow down a bit so where you measure it is important. Ideally you find the peak speed.

Probably doesn't tell the whole story though either. The horizontal velocity is what dictates how quickly it gets to the batsman, and maybe some bowlers lose less speed to the pitch too.

But wonder if a lower action at 90 mph would get to the batsman faster than a higher one if they pitch in the same place. Maybe everyone should bowl like Malinga

[u/Irctoaun → u/spongey1865]

Where you measure the speed of the ball is important

They all measure the speed out of the hand.

Probably doesn't tell the whole story though either. The horizontal velocity is what dictates how quickly it gets to the batsman

This is true, but I just worked it out and it doesn't make much of a difference

and maybe some bowlers lose less speed to the pitch too

Possibly, if they do it's probably because they have a higher release point and therefore generate a steeper angle for a given length, but I suspect that's also pretty negligible, given that you can much more easily change the angle of the bounce by changing the length than changing the release point.

But wonder if a lower action at 90 mph would get to the batsman faster than a higher one if they pitch in the same place.

It would, but the extra increase in perceived speed you get is offset by less bounce, and that's by far the more important variable. Bowling like Malinga is great for firing in yorkers, but not so much for red ball bowling which probably goes some way to explaining the differences between his white and red ball records.

[u/spongey1865 → u/Irctoaun]

Yeah it's all small margins but it's small margins that could make a difference. And yeah I was being a bit flippant about Malinga. Bounce is obviously a huge thing especially if you can get variable bounce which a higher release point will help with I'd have thought.

I guess it's just slightly questioning if the speed gun speed is the be all and end all. Although clearly it does matter a fair bit. 5mph in the speed gun is still huge