Andy wrote:

Comparing the economy rates of spinners in the t20 Blast now against spinners who bowled in the t20 Blast 7 years ago is a bit odd.

indeed, albeit its positively normal compared to judging a career average against an average derived from 2 games.

going back to the original discussion, good batting teams need to find ways of being proactive against (largely) spin in the middle overs, and Barnard aside our middle order currently is set up very badly for this as both Hain and Webster look like they are prone to passivity and being strangled.

i doubt anything will be done about it but we have better, more proactive players of spin either opening (Davies), or currently not in the team at all (Kai). If I was an opposition coach I'd be licking my lips hoping both Hain and Webster were at the crease as early as possible and bowling 10 overs of spin minimum at them.

looking at the way we approached target-setting I'd say Westwood's approach is very conservative, which can be fine up to a certain point if you have the bowling attack. we won the tournament with a batting lineup that by their own admissions weren't going to put on huge scores like other teams could- they would make sure they posted some kind of score and be confident the Jeetan-led attack could defend it, which they mostly could

I feel like our current lineup and approach fails on both counts, albeit getting Mousley and Gleeson back will be a big tonic (assuming we do)

Interesting to see where they bat Webster on Mousley's return. i don't think he rates a place in our top 5 at that point myself.