I don't know why Booth is not in the squad ahead of OHD and Miles. And garton and gleeson for that matter.

ITE7376 wrote:

Smith has been in the T20 team all year?

totally agree on Booth he looks potentially our best seamer/all rounder since Woakes and Clarke

Ha Ha - of course he has. he needs top play in the QF with booth too!

Reabank wrote:

Very disappointing result yesterday, failure to chase 280 and not getting the 218 to beat Middlesex cost us dear. Chasing, particularly chasing tricky mid range targets, does seem to be a problem. The positive from the tournament would be the performances of Kai Smith, Michael Booth and Taz Ali - all of whom seem to be making the step up from good young player to just good player - Booth in particular is this season's pleasant surprise. I think Taz benefitted from Barnard's captaincy, where he was used as an attacking bowler, I think Davies is always a bit worried he'll get whacked around. But captaincy, like everything else, is easier in the Metrobank 50. Obviously none of the three has made it and T20 cricket, whilst giving players lots of opportunity, does make building a career harder, but the signs are good. The more experienced players weren't great but it seemed to me as if Alex Davies threw himself into the competition which was impressive as being blanked from The Hundred must have been a blow to the ego and bank balance. Our season now all seems to hinge on the Somerset quarter - final.

Taz Ali is certain to get a T20 at some point in the future even if its a couple of seasons away, and Kai Smith may get a chance at some point as Davies' understudy.

However Booth seems absolutely ready for T20 now. I'd play him in the quarter finals.

I'm not sure why Rob Yates needed to play that shot. And Alex Davies nearly got out playing a risky pull shot. this game is under control, just don't throw it away.

I think Davies should have shown more restraint until the 40 over mark.

I think we may regret not playing a second spinner.

More importantly, I loved OHD on comms.

I'm loving watching Latham bat. He is some signing. Disappointing that Hain got out before tea, but still in good shape overall.

I think a high scoring draw is inevitable.

What a great performance with the ball - 20 wickets! How many times has that happened in the previous 3 seasons.

Bamber is making such a difference. What a good signing.

A good morning, but Brook looks in really good nick (less so Bairstow!)

A shabby batting performance, Hameed much better than any of the home sides top order. The rain may save the draw, but that would be grossly unfair on Notts.

Looks good for batting today, so with the forecast not great for tomorrow , I think we should be able to get that draw.

Looks good for batting today, so with the forecast not great for tomorrow , I think we should be able to get that draw.

Amazing finish fromm Bamber, and some brilliant lower order batting.

My favourite bit was Fernando's swipe through midwicket for four

Good to see that Kai Smith can play the Michael Burgess rescue role!

Michael Booth played well too - Maiden FC 50?

Lovely start for Bamber

Bat for 2 days, max batting points, get out with a draw. It worked last year. sort of.

Excited to see Hamza and Kai play, but there is still a Will Rhodes shaped hole in that XI for me with both bat and ball.

Looks a great signing, and I'm lovin' the all formats bit.

Adds some more interest to the current test series too!

paulbear wrote:

Yet another huge blow to the side. Burgess must have really wanted out, to go at such a young age. Maybe the route he is taking seemed so much better than playing for Warwickshire but surely there must be something more to it. If I was him, I would have been furious about being left out of the T20 side whilst a lesser batsman in no form had a place in the side whilst being a much more inferior wicketkeeper as well. A decision that left so many on this site, totally baffled and in my case, just bloody annoyed. Can't help but think the way the club is operating at the moment and strange team selections, won't have had some bearing on all this but then again, I am just speculating. So Sibley, Rhodes and now Burgess, all terrific players in their prime, all gone and much work for the management to deal with. We need strong replacements, not "Oh we THINK this player has potential and we THINK he could be what is needed for the team....". Too many players at the club have had potential but you cannot keep talking about the potential a player has, 5 years later.

Indeed, and if I was Ed Barnard I would be disgruntled for the same reason. We need to build a single squad that plays across all formats, but I suppose that is an old fashioned view.

This is a huge blow, especially being so sudden. That batting line up is looking wafer thin, at the moment its Hamza in for Rhodes and Kai in for Burgess, which on the one hand is exciting, but I think will leave us vulnerable. The need to recruit of an experienced top order bat is now desperate.