I can't find on Cricket Archive that Matt Lamb, Ian Bell or Sam Hain scored a hundred for the second team or even came close at age 15.
I thought about Dennis Amiss but I don't think he did either. He batted down the order in his early games.
Maybe there are others who managed it but I can't think of too many more likely names.

Highveld wrote:

Yes, as stated in the report on the club website!

Probably the majority of players who go on to have county contracts have played some county 2nd team cricket when they were 15.

I wasn't commenting so much about the fact that he was playing for the second team at 15 as that he actually scored a hundred, which must be incredibly rare.

Am I correct in thinking that Amir Khan is only 15? If so, what a prospect!

Highveld wrote:

Even if the entire squad went down with COVID they wouldn't be that desperate, Even the Warwickshire over 70's wouldn't be that desperate!

I'm checking my phone every five minutes just in case.

He may do just fine; but on the face of it, in T20 he is an occasional bowler who has never taken a four wicket haul and a batsman who averages 16 and has scored one fifty in 54 innings. On that basis, I think I'll go and clean my boots in case I get a call.

K Smith three overs for 76 runs - I think you could just be right.

K Smith three overs for 76 runs - I think you could just be right.

Agreed about the need for someone to replace Keith Barker. Just to rub it in, in the match just ended for Hampshire v Surrey, Barker had match figures of 7-33. His second innings analysis, which takes some believing, was 22 0vers, 17 maidens, three wickets for nine runs.

mad wrote:

Durham deducted 2 points for slow over rate on Monday. I noticed they were -4 behind the over rate for most of the day and going into the final half hour. No spinner used with Borthwick in the side?? Also unlike Notts they didn't have a couple of backroom staff stationed on the square leg boundary to ferry kit and equipment on and off the field between each over which would have sped things up at that city end

It's not as though the rate needed is all that quick. The need for someone to come on and off the field with kit, drinks etc. seems to be out of control. As the great Tom Dollery said on a hot day when someone called for drinks: "Drinks? What do you mean, drinks? When we were in the desert during the war, we only got two pints of water a day - and one of those was for the tank."

Exiled Bear wrote:

Whatever happened to Lamb's legspin?

I seem to remember that Dom Sibley was dabbling with leg spin at one time.

This isn't an advert - just to say that I got a 10% discount on new glasses because of my WCCC membership. I think this is a benefit that was advertised in the past but I can't see any current reference to it.
My local branch in Bristol, who were very surprised to see me in my Bears Scrivens shirt, checked with their HQ before confirming the discount.

I am having flashbacks to the time, a decade or so ago, when our dear late friend Kim would leap to the defence of Jonathan Trott whenever he was accused of slow scoring. Kim always had a statistic or two on hand to show how often a big score from Trotty led to a win for England or the Bears, regardless of his scoring rate.

So Ethan Brookes in for Danny Briggs.

Exiled Bear wrote:

GerryShedd wrote:

Looks like Danny Briggs may be in for England and out for the Bears, maybe Carse and definitely Stokes for Durham. But Hain misses out.

If that's the case, what does Hain have to do to get an England call-up?!

I agree.

Looks like Danny Briggs may be in for England and out for the Bears, maybe Carse and definitely Stokes for Durham. But Hain misses out.

What will be the effect of the news from the England camp that, because of COVID, they are picking a whole new squad for the ODI series against Pakistan? Those chosen are being pulled out of the current round of matches. Ben Stokes is going to captain the England team so presumably he won't be seen again in this match. Sam Hain for England? All will be revealed at 11.00 am, apparently.
We live in interesting times!

While most of the batsmen (Yates excepted) struggled today, I see that our T20 old boy Colin de Grandhomme scored 174 not out for Hampshire against Surrey. That's 53 more than Malan has scored in eight Championship innings so far. I'm not saying that he would have been a better bet because he has only just finished playing for New Zealand. Just emphasising how much Malan has under-performed so far.
Anyway, I can't comment in too much detail because I was disloyal and chose to go to the Cheltenham Festival today rather than Edgbaston.

Probably a good deal for everyone, Alex in particular, though I thought he would have a role to play as a second spinner in the 50 over competition, especially now that Lintott has acquired a deal in The Hundred.

I would imagine that a few of those who played in the four day second team game in Leeds will come into contention for selection, such as Yates, Sibley, Malan and Norwell.

I see that Jake is a wildcard pick for Southern Brave in The Hundred.