Highveld
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Dismissed for 24 playing for SACA at Derbyshire today.
Mo Johal, I Mohammed and Waqas Khan are also in the SACA side.
He's impressive, good hands in the field too.
He attends Malvern College, so will have lots of good coaching and cricket, on good wickets for the next four years.
I don't think the club have said anything about relaying wickets, which mean part of the square would be out of use for the season.
It takes about a year for the ground to settle and be prepared to use as a wicket, even at club level.
One swallow does not make a spring, likewise one innings on a flat strip and short boundaries does not make a the players involved a quality opening partnership!
Interesting to see 15yr old Charlie Taylor come on as first change this morning. To be playing at this level as a 15yr old is impressive and suggests he may well be someone capable of playing at the top level in time.
Serious question, Dermot stopped been employed by the club in 1995, so does the club have any responsibility for the actions of a former employee ? Especially as in this case the problems have arisen many many years after the employment ended.
I suggest you watch the video, that has now appeared, of Davies's dismissal. It wasn't a good shot, and not appropriate for the situation.
First wicket falls on the 8th ball of the innings, 6-1, and the second on the last ball of the 7th over, 34-2.
Yet another example of the openers failing and putting presure on the middle order.
For the second game in a row the only dismissal not available as a video clip is Davies, are his dismissals so bad that they have to be censored?
Sad to say it while still in March, but we do not have a good opening batsmen.
Seems we are in for another season of the middle order having to start their innings in the first few overs of the innings, which puts the rest of the team under pressure.
The shots from Yates and Mouseley were dreadful, and totally inappropriate for the game situation. I can only assume the Davies dismissal was even worse as they havent added the video clip.
As Tony Frost is no longer the batting coach, and Matt Walker hasn't yet taken over, who should take the blame? maybe the players themselves?
James Thomas has an excellent record in developing, and delivering, high level sports performance programs. He also played sport at a professional level, so will have an uderstanding of what the atheletes require.
Hopefully he will ensure that there are improvements on the analysis of potential signings, especially overseas players. We have had too many signed who were either unfit, not good enough or just using the club as a paid holiday. Many sports have shown that a datas driven approach is the way forward.
If the batting continues to fail due to poor shot selection, it will show that the fault is with the players and not the coaches.
Some here may be having to eat their words about Tony Frost's coaching ability.
The overseas signings were poor before Larsen, so that doesn't add up.
The club was used as a holiday camp by several overseas players, who didn't perform, or arrived injured so never played while taking the clubs money.
Indeed, of of that catagory was resigned for this season, after Larsen had left.
A major failing has been the poor quality and performance of the overseas signings. Who chose these players? did the club look at the entire market, or just what was on offer from a single agent.
Hopefully the signing of Latham and Webster shows a change of method is aquiring overseas players.
The hotel, should, provide a long term and sustainable income stream to help fund the club. As well as the higher yeild per ticket from improved hospitality sales, and of course, boosting the conference business which functions all year.
To defend Tony Frost, as none of us here have experienced his coaching, it is hard for us to truly judge if he is, or isn't, a good coach.
He could be the best coach in the world, but our players are totally uncoachable, or they just fail to apply what they worked on when in the middle.
Based on some of the dismissals over the past few seasons it seems a very credible explanation.
The Knighthead group have shown to be very good oeners for Birmingham City, and at their other sporting investments. There are very many worse potential owners for the Birmingham Franchise. Plus a change of colours to blue and white would be a great improvement.
Maybe not games at St Andrews at Knighthead Park, but if the competition is still running, games at the New "St Andrews", on the Birmingham Wheels site could be a possibility.
Actually surprised this has only just been announced, he had dropped out of the second team in the latter stages of last season, and played some games for SACA, which would not have happened if Warwickshire were going to invest in him with a new contract.
Webster is only available till the group stages of the T20.
Based on last season having 3 overseas wont be an issue, as Ali is just here for a holiday at the clubs expense.
Many players with less ability from Surrey, Middlesex and Essex had many chances with England.