Highveld
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Live stream for women v Hants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IblL1V7Egw8
Adding Latham, Webster and Bethell to the side would massively strengthen the top five of the order, as well as adding two good bowlers.
Changes to the top of the batting order are needed, and it would be a good idea for the club to see what top order batsmen are available on loan, as apart from Bethell we do not have any other batsmen on the staff that are ready for first team cricket.
It would be interesting to know who made the final decision over which overseas players to sign over the past few years.
The lack of quality, and availability, of the players signed suggest that the club was tied into an exclusive contract with one player agency, that was supplying sub standard goods, or the coaching staff failed to properly research the market and just went for a cheap option.
Hopefully Latham & Webster will provide the high quality performances that are required.
With the conditions leaving Taz out is, probably, the right decision, these really aren't the conditions for a young spinner.
A really impressive performance from our "best in the championship" opening pair, both back in the pavillion within 20 minutes of the game starting. Sam Hain must be getting fed up of having to rescue the side from poor starts almost every game.
That was a trillion times better than any T20 game.
Over 10,000 watching the live stream, just shows how good proper red ball cricket can be.
Well done to Ethan Bamber, Michael Booth, Kai Smith, Ed Barnard and Fernando for a brilliant lower order performance.
Perhaps if our top order batsmen scored runs, and lived up to their reputations as 'the best opening partnership in the country' we wouldn't be dependent on the tail to get the runs needed.
Well done to Ed Barnard, Kai Smith and Michael Booth for getting us close to the total.
Careful, you know it's not permitted to critisize our "wonderful" opening batters here! :-)
He obviously thought been on the field for 10 deliveries was a full days work!
A good opening spell from booth, economical and getting wickets. Looks like he could be ome a very valuble member of the team.
An excellent partnership from Kai & Michael, in only their 2nd first class games, showing potential to be regular lower order contributers with the bat.
While Ed Barnard didn't get any wickets, is economy rate of 1.91 was important in slowing the Durham scoring rate and placing pressure on their batsmen.
Even though it is still early in the season, some worrying trends are developing, and what is especially concerning is the lack of reserve batsmen with any first team experience. It might be time for Tony Frost to start phoning other counties to see which batsmen they may be willing to release on loan.
The big question for today is will we avoid the follow on?
Both dismissals so far were poor shots. Yet again it is down to Sam Hain and Ed Barnard to rescue the team.
He's a good player, from solihull School, so well coached by Darren Maddy and his team there.
We really need to develop better links with the public schools in the county, to bring in their well coached promising players.
He bowled in one innings, thats more than some of the bowlers we've signed!
They only reason they chose to bat first is Davies didn't want to to post about how poor our opening batsmen are when they were both dismissed in the first 10-15 minutes of the innings.
I may not be serious there!
The phrase by Oscar wilde comes to mind
"To lose one overseas player is undfortunate, to lose two is incompetent"
You have to wonder who decided to sign him? the costs involved and what due diligence, if any, was carried out.
He is hardly ever available to play and is giving a very poor return on the funds invested.
Live strream link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJyji8WGlTM