Exiled Bear
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I agree, shows great commitment to the cause. Quote from Mark Robinson: “Sibley was ready to go. He had extra padding on his glove and when we needed less than 50 to win he would have gone in, thankfully we didn’t need him. He said he’s never been that nervous in his life”
What a tremendous win! I was playing cricket today in an area with poor mobile signal so only had occasional updates, but I did manage to watch the stream right at the end. So nice to be on the right end of a result like this for a change, and to keep Notts waiting for their next first class win!
Also maybe Liam Norwell could return? Not sure who for though.
Once again from George on Twitter: "Dom Sibley has a small fracture of the second finger on his right hand. If it settles down and the match situation dictates, he could bat in this game. But he may well not. It'll be assessed again in the coming days but you'd think he'd be a doubt for the next 2-3 rounds of games"
A very good session after losing the early wicket. We've been given a fair bit of help from Notts, with at least two dropped catches (both fairly straightforward) and a catch off a no ball!
Highveld wrote:
Sibley has a broken finger so is unlikely to bat
Has that been confirmed? George D on Twitter says that it isn't in plaster but he didn't warm up.
Suspect we let them get 50-75 too many. George Dobell’s report isn’t particularly encouraging regarding Sibley’s injury. Would be a huge blow if he’s not able to bat in this match.
The also only seem to show replays of their own highlights - they've showed replays of the boundaries, but didn't show one of the wicket!
Miles and Norwell are the ones who drop out.
13 man squad:
Rhodes (c), Bresnan, Briggs, Burgess (wk), Hannon-Dalby, Hain, Lamb, Miles, Norwell, Sibley, Stone, Vihari, Yates
Stone and Vihari in for Brookes and Mousley
I’d go for Stone in for Miles, or Norwell if we’re trying to manage his workload. Vihari is a tricky one as there’s no obvious candidate for him to replace. Based solely on the Derbyshire match, maybe Hain, but that would be a bit harsh.
I agree about the lack of ruthlessness, but I also think that the rain came at the worst possible time yesterday. We had them on the ropes with OHD bowling very well, but the rain and early close allowed them to regroup today. I am a bit surprised that Briggs (or even Lamb) didn't bowl today though.
OHD!! 😍
Highveld wrote:
Why not drop Tom Rawlins an email?
I'd hope he'd be open to constructive feedback, and the balls faced data is available.
Good idea, I'll do that.
A poor start to the day today and we've let a good position slip. We should've been looking for at least a 50 run lead. I'm hoping that the fact that Critchley got wickets means that Briggs can play an important role in the second innings.
I also think that the stream is good, especially if you think what it was like even a couple of seasons ago. It's only recently that live streams have been available widely. I'd be surprised and a bit disappointed if the club started charging for it, even though I'm a member - county cricket needs as much coverage as possible, and the viewing figures so far have been pretty good so it would be a shame to lose that.
My only comment/suggestion is that it would be good if the number of balls faced by each batsman and the number of overs bowled by each bowler were displayed - I'm not sure if there is a way to suggest this to the club? This will be particularly important for the limited overs competitions.
189 all out. A pretty good effort overall, a shame about the 21 runs for the last wicket though.
Vihari now confirmed as joining for the "early rounds" of the championship. The club hope he will be available for the next match as he arrives in the UK this afternoon:
I think I'd leave out Miles and probably Lamb or Brookes, depending on conditions. Is Stone being prevented from playing by England, or is he injured?
BristolBear wrote:
Is Vihari in the UK. Because surely he’ll have to quarantine too if not.
No one seems to know! The Cricinfo article from yesterday says that he's not in the UK yet, but the BCCI say that he is already in England.
Really can’t wait for the start of the season. This has been such a long winter!