Highveld
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It gives him a good opportunity, hopefully he gets on the field and shows what he is capable of.
What does it say about the other second team bowlers that "even" Derbyshire don't want them.
The shot from Davies was totally unacceptable in the context of the score and the position in the game. He is not worth a place in the side, and the consitant poor dismissals shows he should be be trusted as vice captain.
The current opening partnership is not working, and ids putting pressure on Hains and Rhodes to rescue the side from bad starts every innings, the currents situation is not acceptable.
It is time for Robinson to make changes for the good of the entire team.
Not excusing the poor performance, but there is a massive difference in the experience of the two sides, with Somerset having several players with ODI experience.
More concerning than the poor batting is the ineffectiveness of the seam bowlers. Based on this performance, some of them are nowhere near the level needed to be a viable first team option.
Live scores link https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#m9de393f9-70be-43ca-b49c-1d340d284867_~scorecard
Second innings hasn't started well at 20/3.
Today was better than a lifetime of T20 or other short versions of the game.
All part of the challenge of proper red ball cricket, the result is totally unpredictable and a side can recover from a bad position.
Trusting items to royal mail is always a risk. It would seem that 3 of your packages have been lost by Royal Mail.
Almost all of the local cricket is off today, which shows how wet it has been in the last few days.
If he was with a "favoured" county he'd have about 70 caps by now!
Pleased to see Yates has done his job and got runs.
However as one swallow does not make a summer, on good innings does not erase the memory of the consitant failures last season.
Delighted to see that Sam Hain has got another good score.
Yates and Mousley are on there 2nd pro contracts and have been first team squad members for 3 seasons, so hardly "kids" anymore.
Remember that Ian Bell was an England regular in red and white ball cricket when he was younger than Yates.
The question is, are the management willing to accept mediocrity from their "favoured" players for yet another season?
We do not want to go through another season of players been allowed to fail every game with no consequences.
There are two players who have to make a significantly greater contribution if they want to remain in the side.
Thread for our 2nd game.
If, as expected Chris Woakes plays, who do you expect to make way?
I thought Jacob Bethell did enough with bat and ball to deserve to stay in the side.
Remember that Jacob Bethell has played most of his cricket as an opening batsman, so is a viable alternative opener.
I'd expect Ed Barnard to be one of the first names selected for every game, as long as he is fit.
Logically, the ideal solution would be to leave out the player who has contributed least in the current game as chris Woakes will strengthen both the batting and bowling.
The answers above suggest the delays are down to Royal Mail not the club.
Mark Robinson was talking to Clive Eakin on the Radio comentary, he Said chris Woakes should be in the side next week.
Will be interesting to see who drops out.
Live scores link
https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#mcb8ef362-0fea-4eab-85f0-ff2ae3ad21e4_~summary
Might be useful if there is any play in the rest of the match!