Highveld
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To become true contenders in the championship, a massive improvement in the quality of the opening batsmen is needed. It is not fair on the rest of the side that the mediocrity delivered this season is accepted, and even worse rewarded with full county caps.
If Sam was available he would have significantly strengthened the side.
There is an obvious choice of who should have been replaced.
That is good to know :-)
Just a shame Sam has had to wait so long for his England chance, while lessor players from favoured counties were given multiple chances.
I know, are you feeling unwell? :-)
Sam is in the side today, a great day for Sam and all his family.
A question, if a batsman keeps getting out to bad shots, and playing the wrong shot in the context of the game and innings situation, is that the fault of the player or the batting coach?
Also, in the above situation, what is the effect on the moral and motivation of the rest of the team when a player continues to be selected despite consistantly failing and showing no effort to improve?
Careful, thats twice we have agreed in two days :-)
Does this "capital punishment for all Alex Davies lookalikes" appy to Alex Davies too?
:-)
white-lightning wrote:
28/2. Ridiculous decision by the umpire to give Mousley out stumped! His foot never left the ground! Albeit by a toe.
Actually an excelent decision from the umpire, and Mousley is very lucky he isn't facing a level 1 charge of dissent.
If the council had signed a contract to loan the money, they are legally obliged to honour the contract, or face legal action, and extensive costs, for breach of contract.
We can only hope that the voters of Birmingham remeber which party caused the severe financial mismanagement at the next local elections.
Decisions on light have to consider the safety of both sides, it is possible that the fielding side had difficulty seing the bal against the background.
Due to high wind speeds they were unable to raise the floodlight towers this morning, as stated on the radio comentary.
With any play that is reaching the end of his contract the main question is, has he shown enough this season for him to be a viable first team option going forwards.
In the case of Johal and Garrett the answer to the question is negative.
This is what happens when the moral and enthusiasm of the squad is destroyed by coaches accepting, and rewarding, unacceptably bad performances. None of the three players given full caps this season deserved the honour. Two of the three should feel greatful they have long term contractys as their performances the last two seasons should not see them offered a new contract.
When you have a sibling as talented as Sam, its understandable you'd want to follow other interests.
His twin is now working in London as a solicitor, so a bit closer to Sam.
It would be great if his parents were able to get over for the England games.
Nice article on Sam here, and very good to see he thanked his family.
A major part of the problem, for me, is that his acceptance, and indeed rewarding, of mediocrity from some players has a negative effect on the moral and motivation of the rest of the entire playing staff, not just the team in the game.
Sam Hain and Will Rhodes must be fed up of having to effectively open the innings everytime due to the failing of the openers.
I can see both consiering options to move elsewhere. Remember if Rhodes resigns the captancy, and Robinson remains who will be inflicted on the club as captain!
It is effectively an "England A" squad as the world cup squad are all rested.