Highveld
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He's a good player, from solihull School, so well coached by Darren Maddy and his team there.
We really need to develop better links with the public schools in the county, to bring in their well coached promising players.
He bowled in one innings, thats more than some of the bowlers we've signed!
They only reason they chose to bat first is Davies didn't want to to post about how poor our opening batsmen are when they were both dismissed in the first 10-15 minutes of the innings.
I may not be serious there!
The phrase by Oscar wilde comes to mind
"To lose one overseas player is undfortunate, to lose two is incompetent"
You have to wonder who decided to sign him? the costs involved and what due diligence, if any, was carried out.
He is hardly ever available to play and is giving a very poor return on the funds invested.
Live strream link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJyji8WGlTM
Dismissed for 24 playing for SACA at Derbyshire today.
Mo Johal, I Mohammed and Waqas Khan are also in the SACA side.
He's impressive, good hands in the field too.
He attends Malvern College, so will have lots of good coaching and cricket, on good wickets for the next four years.
I don't think the club have said anything about relaying wickets, which mean part of the square would be out of use for the season.
It takes about a year for the ground to settle and be prepared to use as a wicket, even at club level.
One swallow does not make a spring, likewise one innings on a flat strip and short boundaries does not make a the players involved a quality opening partnership!
Interesting to see 15yr old Charlie Taylor come on as first change this morning. To be playing at this level as a 15yr old is impressive and suggests he may well be someone capable of playing at the top level in time.
Serious question, Dermot stopped been employed by the club in 1995, so does the club have any responsibility for the actions of a former employee ? Especially as in this case the problems have arisen many many years after the employment ended.
I suggest you watch the video, that has now appeared, of Davies's dismissal. It wasn't a good shot, and not appropriate for the situation.
First wicket falls on the 8th ball of the innings, 6-1, and the second on the last ball of the 7th over, 34-2.
Yet another example of the openers failing and putting presure on the middle order.
For the second game in a row the only dismissal not available as a video clip is Davies, are his dismissals so bad that they have to be censored?
Sad to say it while still in March, but we do not have a good opening batsmen.
Seems we are in for another season of the middle order having to start their innings in the first few overs of the innings, which puts the rest of the team under pressure.
The shots from Yates and Mouseley were dreadful, and totally inappropriate for the game situation. I can only assume the Davies dismissal was even worse as they havent added the video clip.
As Tony Frost is no longer the batting coach, and Matt Walker hasn't yet taken over, who should take the blame? maybe the players themselves?
James Thomas has an excellent record in developing, and delivering, high level sports performance programs. He also played sport at a professional level, so will have an uderstanding of what the atheletes require.
Hopefully he will ensure that there are improvements on the analysis of potential signings, especially overseas players. We have had too many signed who were either unfit, not good enough or just using the club as a paid holiday. Many sports have shown that a datas driven approach is the way forward.
If the batting continues to fail due to poor shot selection, it will show that the fault is with the players and not the coaches.
Some here may be having to eat their words about Tony Frost's coaching ability.