Exiled Bear
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That's a terrible call at the end to give that as a no ball.
Almost certainly - we'd need to lose heavily and Derbyshire would have to win by a huge margin to overturn the NRR difference. I think we'd be looking at record defeats and wins for it to happen.
Agreed! Also, Duckworth-Lewis today is bizarre, they are somehow ahead even though they need 13 an over for 7 overs with 4 wickets down??
Still don't know quite what you've got against Vihari, he was no worse than any of the other overseas players we had last season.
Pandya is a good signing and should bring a few more people into the ground as well. I'm guessing we'll be playing most of our matches at Portland Road?
George Dobell reports that Chris has withdrawn from the rest of the second XI match after experiencing some discomfort in his knee:
Hopefully just a precaution
And Burgess got a wicket! Is there anything he can’t do?!
Similarly, I can't recall the last time we got maximum batting bonus points.
While I approve of being cautious when batting, particularly early in the innings, when we score this slowly it does mean the bowling side are never out of the game. All it takes is a wicket or two and they’re right back on top again
Another terrific win. Great to do it in front of a big crowd and on tv as well. Very tight in the group now though so our good NRR could come in handy.
Bald_Reynard wrote:
Here we go again! Already 3 down, against the bottom team in the Group, who have only won 1 game! Once again, Yates fails to capitalise. And once again, Davies fails as an opener. When will Management learn the lessons of this campaign?!
To be fair, I don’t think there was much Davies could have done about that.
Value for money is something else entirely and he probably isn't offering that (without knowing the figures) but at the very least he went a long way towards winning us that first game on his own (with a good contribution from Hain as well)
I'm not convinced about Rhodes as a T20 batsman, his record is pretty poor (averaging less than 15 from 56 matches). He could be a useful bowling option though.
Stirling definitely is better than Pollock, Pollock only has 99 runs from 9 innings with a best of 28 so far this season!
Squad:
Carlos Brathwaite (C)
Chris Benjamin
Jacob Bethell
Danny Briggs
Henry Brookes
Alex Davies (WK)
Sam Hain
Adam Hose
Jake Lintott
Dan Mousley
Craig Miles
Will Rhodes
Olly Stone
Rob Yates
Stirling misses out due to Ireland commitments.
I think some are being a bit harsh on some of our team. I don't think we'd have won 7 out of 11 games with too many passengers. Admittedly on the batting front we have sometimes relied on Hain and Hose but there have been decent contributions from others as well (we have 5 batsmen with over 200 runs). We are worryingly inconsistent though, when it comes to the knockout stages all it takes is one of those shocking performances and we're out.
In terms of bowling, Miles started well (he's our second leading wicket taker) but has really tailed off recently which is a worry. Brathwaite has also been inconsistent (and was pretty poor last night) but I think he's a good leader.
For me, I'd bring in Mousley for Yates, and Bethell will probably come back in for Stirling (who apparently has Ireland commitments). That will give us a lot more bowling options. I don't like it when we're forced to use only five bowlers.
Well, that was entertaining!!
He certainly made the most of his chance! Could be a selection headache for the next match
According to Cricinfo Moeen is now "widely expected to join Warwickshire along with Lancashire's Saqib Mahmood"
This innings from Wells is one of the luckiest I can recall.
Batsmen running on the protected area (I think it was Brookes).
Fair play to Davies, this is a crucial innings under a lot of pressure, fighting for his place, against his former club, match in the balance