I do wonder what the cost of Billings contract is and the value of that to us. He has to be, relatively speaking, one of the highest paid, if not the highest paid, player and next season he might only play a maximum of 12 games for the Club.
His record in the Blast this season is:
14 innings, 188 runs @ average of 18.80 and S/R of 135.25
Finch, by comparison:
9 innings, 252 runs @ average of 31.50 and S/R of 147.36
So, wouldn't we be better re-directing some of the Billings' money saved to secure a top overseas player for the tournament?
I do wonder what the cost of Billings contract is and the value of that to us. He has to be, relatively speaking, one of the highest paid, if not the highest paid, player and next season he might only play a maximum of 12 games for the Club.
His record in the Blast this season is:
14 innings, 188 runs @ average of 18.80 and S/R of 135.25
Finch, by comparison:
9 innings, 252 runs @ average of 31.50 and S/R of 147.36
So, wouldn't we be better re-directing some of the Billings' money saved to secure a top overseas player for the tournament?
Maybe Zak will feature in another of the red ball games. It's not as if Kent are fighting for anything now, it might be better to see how Dawkins gets on in the CC anyway.
No DBD, Joe Denly or Leaning in the squad is interesting
Jack Leaning is finished, bloke looks like he’s forgotten how to hold a bat. Do wonder if he has personal issues ongoing but the decline he has shown this year is staggering
Maybe Zak will feature in another of the red ball games. It's not as if Kent are fighting for anything now, it might be better to see how Dawkins gets on in the CC anyway.
No DBD, Joe Denly or Leaning in the squad is interesting
DBD and Stewart aren't fit enough to play a 4-day game yet. I suspect that Denly will be offered, at best, a white ball only contract and Leaning's last 4 scores in red ball in the 2s, since he was dropped, have been 23, 52, 27 & 9.
Quinn, Cohen and Rizvi are, presumably, being given an opportunity to demonstrate why they should be given another contract. Of the two omitted, namely Benjamin and Garrett, only the latter's contract runs out this season.
The Club have gone about things exactly the right way. They gave the one or two of the "old guard" an opportunity to prove themselves but once that didn't happen and with us performing so poorly in the CC, it was obvious that we needed to give experience to youngsters who might be in the first team next season.
There's been a shocking mid-wicket collision between Compton and Muyeye with both down injured. It's not clear if Lancashire have exercised their right to run one of them out but the main concern is whether they will be OK.
I'm really not convinced that Muyeye is really OK. He's just allowed a short ball to hit him and then made a very late effort at pulling one which ended up with him top edging the ball.
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His record in the Blast this season is:
14 innings, 188 runs @ average of 18.80 and S/R of 135.25
Finch, by comparison:
9 innings, 252 runs @ average of 31.50 and S/R of 147.36
So, wouldn't we be better re-directing some of the Billings' money saved to secure a top overseas player for the tournament?
Crawley not allowed to play but Rizvi and Cohen make the squad for the first time this summer
= the ECB see no reason for Crawley to play any more red ball matches prior to the Ashes and he would prefer to be playing golf anyway.
No DBD, Joe Denly or Leaning in the squad is interesting
14-1 (5.5)
Compton 16* (47)
Dawkins 16* (44)
Compton 49* (88)
Dawkins 49* (78)
But can't complain about the start they've made.
It's becoming difficult to leave him out.
150-2 (34)
Compton 60* (103)
194-2 (48.4)
Compton 77* (162)
Muyeye 34* (51)
217-3 (54.3)
217-4 (55.2)