Andy
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Highveld wrote:
Last season he played 10 championship and 10 T20 games at Somerset. With that level of availability he would be worth signing.
And this season?
How much would we actually see of Banton? What with IPL and Hundread etc.
If Simmons can be involved in the ODC it could be huge for his development.
So many of those will definitely be staying at their current counties and are probably way down the line with renewing. Probably not actually very 'available' at all.
Our guys
Yates - keep. Decent opening bat, fantastic slip, best years ahead of him, plays all 3 formats.
Shaikh - keep, has to perform though when he next gets a chance.
Wylie - I remember watching him open with Ben McKinney in an u19 WC in one of the matches and he looked the better player. What has gone wrong here?
Zen - keep, he's done enough I think.
Garton - he may well want to move on.
Simmons - just dont know, probably keep, you can never have too many seamers. Is he actually that quick? He had an amazing debut a couple of year ago under difficult circumstances.
Barker - yeah keep. Bit different with him as he's coaching too.
Cheers
Is he captain still?
Just looked back, indeed he opened for 8 games in 2022 scoring 81 runs with a S/R of 106.
Other things I noticed:
Adam Hose was our highest runscorer that year, by a distance.
Paul Stirling played for us, so did Carlos Brathwaite.
Alex Davies sometimes opened, other times batted 5.
We used just 14 different players across 15 games that year.
Highveld wrote:
Both have batted at 3 a lot of the time, and Jacob played a lot of International cricket, at U19, as an opener.
Yeah fair, Theo Wylie opened with Ben McKinney in the u19 World Cup, get him in...
Yeah agree ive wanted Hain opening in this format for years, gotta get yer best bat in early.
Yeah I agree, they should both definitely play if/when available. Can't recall either ever having opened at 1st team level though so that might not be the spot.
Not sure Yates is in drop territory at the moment despite his duck yesterday?
Taz in, surprised Davies isn't having a game.
Im really surprised by the criticism of Westwood, we were in such a bad place under Robinson, I think people forget.
Re. the t20, Barnard's captaincy is absolutely boggling my mind, he just seems to randomly rotate through the bowlers hoping for a wicket and he freezes when teams go on the charge against us. I mentioned during last seasons ODC that the other senior players would often have to step in and set the fields for him. I remember one example v Sussex last season with Alsop on the charge against us and Lintott having to run in off the boundary, stopping the game mid over and literally telling Ed where to put people, you could hear him. 2 balls later wicket.
As has been pointed out previously we don't necessarily have those cricket brains available to us anymore, and it's left Barnard a bit exposed here. Rabbit caught in the headlights and times.
Really?! Please compare the 4day side under Robinson to the 4day side under Westwood, it's like night and day. We're so much better of under Westwood.
I mean it's obviously a great knock but still...
Rode his luck here has Lynn.
Great first half, well batted Beau Webster and a lovely little knock at the start from Zen Malik.
I think those 2 changes are fair enough, hopefully they both go well.
No I hear you mate. I agree Malik is probably worth a look instead of Jani, less sure on Bamber.
Just checked the notes from the members committee meeting from April 7th, Michael Booth is not English qualified til 2027.