Need Gleeson.

Performances like this are more frustrating than Friday in my opinion. Friday was a complete one off which you know just won't happen again. Today though, you play reasonably well but end up not landing a glove on the opposition. Batted well but despite that you did suspect we were still 10 or 15 short.

Bowling wise, I dont want to point to fingers but I do think Barnard just randomly rotates his bowlers and just hopes a wicket comes. I say this because I used to think it in the one day cup too, just letting it drift after the PP. Likewise with the field settings, there was numerous times in the ODC when someone like Lintott would step in and set the fields. Not a knock on the lad, just like to see a bit more conviction and 'up and at em' so to speak from him. If you dont keep taking wickets regularly in white ball cricket you lose, no matter whether you're trying to defend or contain etc

Come on Barney, get a handle on it, son.

James Rew, how do you bowl at him? Looks unreal. The bowling looks about 5mph slower when he's facing. Still feel like the short ball sorts him out and the highest level though.

I still think we can turn it round, no better place to start than New Road...

Won the toss batting first, same XI

Yeah great game, showed the value of having a couple of hitters down the order too.

Unchanged squad.

Has made scores of just 1 and 15 batting at 3 for England Lions.

Mikkyk wrote:

whitelightning wrote:

I thought Thompson was supposed to be a strong T20 bowler?

I remember him being taken apart in a T20 game against us either last year or the year before so never had high hopes for him as a T20 bowler

Never played against us in the Blast last year, think he'd signed for us by then and they'd started to phase him out a bit

He obviously had a shocker last night with bat and ball no doubt, he has a reputation as a good death bowler and being good in those clutch situations, the 1/4 final v Surrey a few years back when he defended 3 or 4 being a notable example. Hes been bought in for that id say as we've had no decent death bowler for years.

For clarity, Jordan Thompson figures v us in the Blast, most recent first:

4-0-41-2
4-0-31-4
3-0-38-2
4-0-41-1
4-0-47-0
4-0-23-3
4-0-41-1

Mixed bag.

You could argue his performance last night was against us too!

Apparently was the same pitch on which Gloucs hosted Northants in the most recent 4 day match, was a low scorer. Maybe relevant. Possibly not.

I felt like Gloucs were able to exploit the fairly helpful conditions by having the quicker, taller, more bang in style bowlers. Ones which we didnt have last night.

Keen not to overreact though.

Have we decided Jordan Thompson's the bad guy this year? Does Alex Davies have competition?

Yeah Tariq looked a pure comedy man with the bat!

7 out of the 8 wickets thus far have fallen to the quicker, hit the deck, into the pitch style quicker bowlers de Lange, Miles, Jansen.

The Gleeson type bowlers.

Vaansh looks like he's got a bit of poke, fair play to him, but he's run Woakesy out there im afraid.

Why has he done that?!

meashambear wrote:

Another awful shot there, this time from Yates. It is a poor wide ball, why chase after it?

Think it was fair enough to play it at, a poor wide ball as you say, just poorly executed shot.

2024 quarter final vibes here!

Woakes all over Miles Hammond in that but ends up conceding 11.

Thought Shaikh may have got in.

Im not saying it's the wrong selection but Gilchrist not getting the nod over OHD for this feels like a blow for the lad.

Cheers

I know he ain't been getting any runs but has he been dropped? I note he isn't playing for RCB today.

Booth would only be able to play if Webster or Tariq don't?

At a glance id say so.