Hammered Derbyshire in a pre-season match yesterday, with a ton for Cobb, runs for Du Toit and wickets for Henderson.
Meaningless, but better than a heavy defeat!
It took Cobb just 69 balls to reach his century.
Time for a trivia question...
Which record of Chris Balderstone's was beaten at the weekend, and who beat it?
Unfortunately Carlisle United - do not get that amount of media coverage - outside Carlisle anyway. Possibly even in Carlisle. However I'm pretty confident that the question is football related. So whilst i don't know the answer I do know that Balderstone played in the only Carlisle side that played in the top tier. i saw him play for them that season at Filbert Street (1974/75) - a thoughtful, steady inside forward/ mid fielder who would have been excellent if he had had some pace.
I've read that he scored the goal (penalty) which took Carlisle to the top of the First Division - so it may be around that.
Regarding Balderstone in that article on the QoS website, this part is astonishing:
In the game where Leicestershire won their first ever County Championship, on September 15 1975 at Chesterfield, Balderstone was on 51 not out against Derbyshire. After close of play he changed into his football gear to play for Donny in an evening game, a 1-1 draw at home against Brentford. Thus he is the only player to have played League Football and first-class cricket on the same day. As if that wasn’t enough, he then returned to Chesterfield to complete his century the morning after and took three wickets in clinching the championship title. To add to that season`s cricket success another Benson & Hedges trophy was bagged.
All out for 86 in the preseason T20 competition semifinals v Warwickshire, and now Hants are 354-3 against us after Day 1 of a 2 day friendly.
And someone has tweeted to Leicsccc suggesting that Buck has gone home.
That's more like it.
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Leicester | 46 | 97 |
2 | Ipswich | 46 | 96 |
3 | Leeds Utd | 46 | 90 |
4 | Southampton | 46 | 87 |
5 | West Brom | 46 | 75 |
6 | Norwich City | 46 | 73 |
7 | Hull City | 46 | 70 |
8 | Middlesbro | 46 | 69 |
9 | Coventry City | 46 | 64 |
10 | Preston | 46 | 63 |
11 | Bristol City | 46 | 62 |
12 | Cardiff City | 46 | 62 |
13 | Millwall | 46 | 59 |
14 | Swansea City | 46 | 57 |
15 | Watford | 46 | 56 |
16 | Sunderland | 46 | 56 |
17 | Stoke City | 46 | 56 |
18 | QPR | 46 | 56 |
19 | Blackburn | 46 | 53 |
20 | Sheffield W | 46 | 53 |
21 | Plymouth | 46 | 51 |
22 | Birmingham | 46 | 50 |
23 | Huddersfield | 46 | 45 |
24 | Rotherham Utd | 46 | 27 |