Anyone watching the stream tonight....once it starts ?
I will off and on Fanny. Interesting that Gloucs have put us in but even more interesting is that we've opted to open with Muyeye and DBD presumably because Crawley will only be available for four games and we want a settled opening partnership.
I've only just caught up with the last day or so of this thread - I forgot Kent were playing yesterday.
A win?! Wow. Never saw that coming after the County Championship performances of recent weeks.
It's amazing how we're perfectly capable of scoring over 200 in 20 overs in a white ball game but change it to a red cherry and we're lucky to get a batting point ... or even last 20 overs!
I guess it's a mentality thing in that players are more attuned to the "hit and giggle" approach of T20 but can't value patience in a four-day game (maybe we need Russell Slade in the batting coaching side?).
All of a sudden I'm not dreading my annual outing to Chelmsford in a few weeks' time quite so much. I'm not suggesting for one minute we'll win, we just won't lose quite so badly!
Anyone watching the stream tonight....once it starts ?
I will off and on Fanny. Interesting that Gloucs have put us in but even more interesting is that we've opted to open with Muyeye and DBD presumably because Crawley will only be available for four games and we want a settled opening partnership.
Comments
DBD 56* (35)
Muyeye 37* (25)
98-1 (10.3)
109-2 (12.5)
155-2 (16)
158-3 (16.4)
Denly 48* (24)
Billings 15* (8)
80 off the last 5 overs and a decent score to defend.
34-1 (4.4)
37/2
90-3 (11)
160-6 (16.4)
39 needed off 2
24 needed
Rogers 2-22 off 4 even though he conceded 15 in his final over
196-7 (19.4)
With Agar to come in, we should be even stronger for our next match.
A very good match for the neutrals though.
Looking forward to our first live match next Friday against the auld enemy.
It's looking a very decent squad as long as the injury curse doesn't strike once again.
A win?! Wow. Never saw that coming after the County Championship performances of recent weeks.
It's amazing how we're perfectly capable of scoring over 200 in 20 overs in a white ball game but change it to a red cherry and we're lucky to get a batting point ... or even last 20 overs!
I guess it's a mentality thing in that players are more attuned to the "hit and giggle" approach of T20 but can't value patience in a four-day game (maybe we need Russell Slade in the batting coaching side?).
All of a sudden I'm not dreading my annual outing to Chelmsford in a few weeks' time quite so much. I'm not suggesting for one minute we'll win, we just won't lose quite so badly!
(Sorry, couldn't resist it!)