Team:-
Malik
Isaac Mohammed
Benjamin (Capt)
Kai Smith (Keeper)
Levi Gekis (Academy & Staffs all rounder)
Wylie
Miles
Booth
Arjuna Rao
Taz Ali
Francis Moore
Ben Blakemore (Academy & Staffs seam bowler)
Somerset won the toss and put us in.
'The only good banker, is the Lickey Banker!'
Didn't know Blakemore was Staffordshire, thought he'd been with Warwickshire since u11's or so. Anyway glad to see him getting an opportunity, from what I've seen of him (which is admittedly not too much) he seems to be fairly tall with a decent action and has a bit of pace. Think he's only 17 too. One to watch.
Andy wrote:
Didn't know Blakemore was Staffordshire, thought he'd been with Warwickshire since u11's or so. Anyway glad to see him getting an opportunity, from what I've seen of him (which is admittedly not too much) he seems to be fairly tall with a decent action and has a bit of pace. Think he's only 17 too. One to watch.
You're right, Andy, Ben isn't/hasn't been with Staffordshire. He played in a Bears Development team game against Staffs (which I didn't get to), I saw his name and thought he was turning out for them - it was us!
He does look a great prospect though - and COULD go far - IF he ever gets any decent coaching (big if, these days!) and is given a chance by Management (another big doubt!).
'The only good banker, is the Lickey Banker!'
To put my recent comments (in the Gloucestershire & Worcestershire threads), about the complete ineptitude of Robinson, in even more context, witness the contribution Kai Smith is making, in the current Seconds game at Taunton. Once more, he is displaying qualities of middle order 'stickability' and technical skill, that so many desperately lack in the First team. The same player, who Robinson so 'adroitly' dropped in our Blast QF and has resolutely failed to give CC opportunities to.
Currently, Kai is 65 NO and holding things together at Taunton. Hopefully he (and Miles et al) might hang around long enough to rescue a draw from this.
'The only good banker, is the Lickey Banker!'
Somerset need another 52 to win, with 7 wickets left, on the final day.
It looks like booth has an injury as he pnly bowled 4 overs in the first innings, and not at all in the second. He did get a good 50 when he batted.
Somerset completed a 7 wicket victory this morning with Will Smeed and Josh Thomas batting through.