14 man squad for tomorrow nights fixture against Yorkshire. 7pm start and it’s on Sky.
Woakes comes in for Jamal.
Yorkshire are currently 2nd in the group with 3 wins from 4.
Davies
Ali
Barnard
Benjamin
Bethell
Briggs
Garton
Gleeson
Hain
Lintott
Miles
Mousley
Woakes
Yates.
Difficult to predict who drops out from that - Benjamin, Miles and a spinner perhaps?
With Woakes back it might be Barnard
Given the weather forecast, it is likely we'll never know.
'The only good banker, is the Lickey Banker!'
The forecast doesn’t look like a definite washout to me, it’ll be showery so all depends on if we get lucky or not with where they go.
Differing forecasts on differing platforms. One suggests no chance, one suggests we should get a game! What I can say is I live less than two miles from the ground and it's currently hammering it down
Hopefully Woakes in for Jamal and Barnard for Benjamin. Then it's between Gleeson, Garton and Hassan for two spots.
Interesting comments from the head coach in the preview defending using the competition to develop young batsmen, which is fine, but you have to get the balance right. One senior overseas middle order batsman would have addressed that balance and taken the pressure off the likes of Yates, Benjamin, Mousley and Bethell.
When Robinson talks about having the best bowling options in the competition it is deflecting from deficiencies we have seen in the batting. Hopefully Barnard can contribute and help to give us a platform to bigger totals.
We’ve won the toss and elected to bowl.
Davies (c,wk)
Yates
Hain
Mousley
Bethell
Woakes
Lintott
Briggs
Benjamin
Gleeson
Ali
I wonder if the potential for rain influenced the decision at the toss.
The later than originally scheduled start for Sky might hamper the chances of getting a result.
Benjamin selected again!
Mikkyk wrote:
Benjamin selected again!
Yep, crazy! Just Woakes in for Garton.
I think what somebody said about Benjamin having some photos of Robinson, must be true!
'The only good banker, is the Lickey Banker!'
This is going well - Woaksey and Hassan getting clouted all over the park! Just Glesson showing any finesse.
'The only good banker, is the Lickey Banker!'
Hassan has been very unlucky
The spinners have brought it back - good bowling from all of them.
'The only good banker, is the Lickey Banker!'
Going to be touch and go with the weather - hopefully they can squeeze in the 5(?) overs needed before the rain arrives. Important that we stay ahead of D/L
Can anyone advise how the D/L is looking?
Before the wicket we were about 5 runs ahead
We need to be on 76 at the end of the 11th over, assuming no more wickets
A quack for Benjamin. Surely he can't last any longer?!
"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 !"
Bald_Reynard wrote:
A quack for Benjamin. Surely he can't last any longer?!
Any other side and any other coach he’d have already been gone. But at this stage it’s just stubbornness and ego from Robinson, because he’d have to admit he’s wrong.