Three years deal! Hopefully we can get a few more of our out of contract guys signed up.

Think theres still a player in there if he can stay fit enough for long enough, whenever hes had a run of games he's done OK whether if was with us or Middlesex. He's had so many injuries now though.

Banton ruled himself out of these two June games originally as to "keep himself focused on t20 cricket" but its thought he might now play in this upcoming game.

Apparently TKC is close.

Its a huge bonus if Gregory doesn't play.

Who they got injured?

Kai has only opened for the 2's in t20. His form in red ball 2nds batting at 3 or 4 has been up and down with only one score over 50.

All im saying is for any batter out of the side at the moment (Hamza, Jani etc), yer way in is probably as opener right now.

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Interesting to see the averages, see Mousley only just above his career average, didn't expect Hain and Yates would be so far above theirs. WRT Davies and Malik, have the feeling the latter is more vulnerable. Can't see Davies being dropped though seeing as we need his keeping. I would think the most extreme thing that would happen for the next game is that Malik is dropped for Kai and then Davies drops down the order. But I'm not sure Kai as an opener is a great move either. That's the thing about the "drop Davies" campaign. There's no real alternative. I do recall many years ago when England were struggling with openers that Jonathan Agnew suggested Woakes as an opener (a la Shane Watson). Be worth a debate...

Hain, Yates and Barnard (recently after a slow start) have all been pretty good for us. Think Yates gets harshly lumped in with Davies sometimes, he's actually shown a lot more consistency this season thus far. Mousley have shown flashes, he's still very loose outside his off stick though.

Fringe players like Danny Lamb, Charlie Tear George Thomas, Harrison Ward etc have been told they'll be released.

No way Kai can open surely? Like I said earlier in the thread the likes of Hamza should knocking on the door asking for a go. Do we accept Davies keeping and batting 6/7? Or have Kai Smith's below average keeping? We're a bit stuck here.

We've done alright in the end there, we'd have lost that game a couple of years ago. We'd have folded.

We bank the points and move on.

New ball taken, this is the game now...

The best/worst 12 of all time

I can't believe that from Mousley

They might be trying to bring Farhan Ahmed through. I'd still be surprised if he come though.

Apparently we're in for a spinner and he's on the radar.

They stick with them too. The likes of Wharton and Hill barely made a run for 2 seasons but they stuck with them. Hill even become a front line seamer. Luxton, until this game, had done nothing and he'd played a fair bit for his age. Revis looks a very solid all rounder, genuine top 6 bat who can give good overs with the ball. They really do give local lads chances, and stick with them.

I think we're a bit quicker to write players off sometimes, and have a tendency to look out rather than look within when it comes to our squad.

Big picture, in this game thus far, they've just bowled far better than we did.

Keeping situation is clearly a proper conundrum for us. Kai is, currently, a below average gloveman. Davies is a very serviceable gloveman but cannot buy a run right now. What do we do? I feel keeping for hundred odd overs then opening is something Davies cannot cope with, understandably so. He may do better at 6?

Vansh or Shaikh should be smashing Westwood’s door wanting to open, imo.

That's a terrific grab from Davies, don't think it would have carried to slip. He may be short on runs but he really is the best gloveman at the club right now.

Yeah probably not bowled well enough for long enough to create enough pressure. Maybe haven't always had people on from the right ends either. Couple of decent LBW shouts but we've not looked too penetrative.

Hassan Ali in the Yorkshire squad for tomorrow.