Moeen?
Moeen?
Just noticed he's not in the squad, I'll see myself out...
Same XI then?
Yep, unchanged team tonight.
Northants won the toss and put us in.
"You can take the boy out of Atherstone, but you can never take Atherstone out of the boy !"
"The Bears and the (footballing) Foxes for ever !"
Winning is a lot easier with a good opening partnership, I will say no more!
Do the runs they scored tonight count towards their season averages and strike rates?
Yes for the T20 competition, not for first class cricket!
Averages here:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/vitality-blast-2023-15160?team=1479
Sam Hain averages 204. One day, if he works hard at his game, he might just be good enough to play for England.
He’s the new James Hildreth. For whatever reason, someone inside the ECB and the current set up just doesn’t fancy him.
I just don’t buy the talk about he’s too similar to Root in ODI’s, or that he’s not aggressive enough in red ball. I mean would you rather Lawrence or Vince scoring a quick 30 off 35 balls in a test or Hain scoring 100 off 150. I know which one is more likely to win a test match.
Vince had some chances in all formats and froze too often on good batting strips. As for Lawrence, the shot I saw him play in this seasons CC fixture was atrocious. He took a mighty heave at a ball, schoolboy style, missed it by miles and almost fell over doing it, whilst his side were in desperation to save the game. If the Australians saw him playing like that they would beg England to play him