Highveld
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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!
The main problem is having a pair of opening batsmen that make OHD look good with the bat :-)
Surely if a player is signed as the main overseas player he should be expected to arrive fully fit and ready to play.
The club is investing a lot of money into Hassan Ali, with wages, flights, visa and accomodation, it is not unreasonable to expect him to b e fit and ready to play.
Surely not having Davies available is a positive?
Denis Amiss takes on, probably, his final role for the club.
To quote the lyrics of No Love Lost by IQ
"If we agree to differ
The closer, I'm certain, we'll always feel"
A dreadful decision, there are much better options in the squad.
Davies has done nothing to deserve the role. Even Jacob Bethell has more leadership experience.
This isn't right, you never agree with me, even though I'm usually right about things :-)
I'd say this is a very good appointment, Andy Sutton is a good coach and leader, as well as still capable of performing at a very good level.
Our young players will be in safe hands with his coaching.
A very poor decision from Robinson to have Davies as VC. He barely justifies his place in the side and has a history of making racist social media comments. OHD, Sam Hain or Ed Barnard would be better option, or if he was available Chris Woakes.