A complete change of lineup for rhe second game today - and very likely to be our regular 2nds T20 team. Probably 9 of the 11 won't get near the Blast team for a while:-
Ethan B
Bethell
Benjamin
Rhodes
Shaikh
A Khan
Miles
Simmons
Johal
OHD
Theo Wylie (all rounder at Shrewsbury School, who plays for Shifnal and has turned out for Shropshire Students in the Bunbury Festival).

Of those, I would imagine only Bethell and Miles have much chance of an early appearance in the Blast. Perhaps Benjamin and Rhodes might later on, if batsmen get injured or don't show any form.

We lost the toss and were put in the field.

We bowled them out for 151, which is pretty good, considering they were 67 for 2 off 6 overs and 92 for 3 off 9.

Pick of the bowlers were Simmons (4 for 35 off his 4 overs), OHD (3 for 26 off 4) and Johal (2 for 20 off 3). Miles took the other wicket, but he was expensive (3 overs for 30 runs).

Young Theo Wylie got caned a bit (2 overs for 24) and the Captain didn't do much (2 overs for 15). Benjamin and Bethell took a couple of catches.

On the basis of that, I'd say Miles is not a shoo in for the Blast. We'll have to find out how Jacob Bethell does with the bat, to see if he might get an early Blast game. He is opening now with Ethan B.

We got home - by 3 wickets in the end - reaching 152 in 13 overs! That was mainly down to Benjamin (at last!) getting 42 off 17 balls. Ably abetted by Ethan Brookes (25 off 13), Bethell (28 off 16) and the Captain (23 off 17).

I doubt those scores will make much difference to the selection for the Blast though. If Bethell was already 'pencilled in', he'd still be there, if not, he wont! And the same applies for Benjamin.