Richard Fenn

Retired

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@SpencerFern2 @YorkshireCCC Batter edged it down on to the keepers boot. Ball bounced up into slips hand. Clear as daylight. Umpire says not out and batter takes advantage of it even though it was clear.

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@WG_RumblePants Yes, and even as a Yorkshire member very cross about no Ashes Test in the north next year, we also have to remember that Hampshire provided their ground and facilities for several matches that year, so I can understand the wish to reward them with an Ashes Test.

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@WG_RumblePants Good leadership involves admitting a mistake and changing your mind. Will the powers that be do either? Not a chance.

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@Dan01222 @YorkshireCCC The evidence is so clear it is unbelievable that the umpire got it wrong. The catcher and keeper wouldn’t even have appealed had it gone into the ground and bounced up. I hope the Yorkshire management are (scrupulously politely) in the umpires’ ear over lunch.

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@chris_walton21 @YorkshireCCC Umpires make mistakes on difficult decisions. Sometimes a replay can confuse rather than clarify the issue.

This was not a difficult decision. The replay is absolutely clear. I’m not usually inclined to blame the umpire but this is absolutely appalling.

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@AdamsonRussell @YorkshireCCC Absolutely terrible. Just no doubt at all.

Also the catcher would never have even thought of appealing if it had been off the ground!

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@OliJacobs4 @YorkshireCCC “You can’t blame the umpires.” I’m sorry, yes you can. Sometimes looking at replays clouds the issue, especially when it’s a question of fingers under or not under the ball, but there’s no issue here to cloud. An appalling decision.

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@WhiteRoseFiles @BumbleCricket @YorkshireCCC Won’t be a popular opinion, but I think the time has come for him to take over from Bairstow as captain of the county championship team. If not immediately, then next season.

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@YorkshireCCC Not by rail this morning, that’s for sure!

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@WG_RumblePants Sadly the school closed at the end of the summer term.

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@YorkshireCCC @onedaycup My reaction at the time was that we made hard work of that, but actually the tight wins often say more about a team than when you coast to victory. Well done, excellent win and great bottle shown at the end.

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@richiejv @OwenNPavey @BoothCricket It’s a bit unfair to indicate the middle of those sections as those seats were never sold as the view of party of the pitch was obstructed by the fencing around the building works. Some people chose to move there for whatever reason but apparently no one had a ticket for there.

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@VaughnHebron @YorkshireCCC I agree entirely that they should have been playing for much of the afternoon, but the umpires - who make the decision - are from Yorkshire and Durham, so hardly southerners!

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@andrewjwalker11 @StewartBradley1 @YorkshireCCC Tate &

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@YorkshireCCC @loganvanbeek I’ve heard from someone who was there on Saturday that he spent time on the boundary talking to two young (10ish) spectators. It’s that sort of engagement that will get youngsters to want to go back to cricket. Well done @loganvanbeek (and for the catch).

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@Andy__Mac @YorkshireCCC I just hope that he doesn’t become the regular drinks carrier this season as I wouldn’t want to see him heading off elsewhere to get first team cricket. But with Root and Brook available for four matches between them, I do think it’ll be hard for him to get into the team.

[WG RumblePants @WG_RumblePants]

If you’re a batsman and you want to play Test cricket well, just play like Joe Root. Use him as your template. Learn from him, watch him, emulate his judgment and work ethic. It’s all there for everyone to see.

Bugger the “this is just the way I play” bollocks. Play like Root.

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@dgriffinpix Delighted that the Chesterfield Festival coincides with Yorkshire playing away this year. Planning to stay for the Championship game and the first women’s match, then come down for the day to watch - I fear - Yorkshire get murdered as usual at T20 🤣

[Richard Fenn @rjfenn]

@WG_RumblePants I’ve compiled a list:

1 Picking Joe Root
2 Er ….