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DiligentDefence wrote:

Durhamfootman wrote:

Durhamfootman wrote:DD spots another of my under the radar picks

As well as Keogh, I also nearly included Proctor in my team, but I couldn't find anyone I wanted to leave out for him. Time will tell if it was the right call

Obviously I had to have a Northamptonshire player. Keogh's bowling has developed and Proctor's regressed. Keogh is often a poor starter. I also thought carefully about which to choose but wondered about the effect of the captaincy on Proctor.

yes, that was a reason why I left him out of the original XI

Just noticed, while setting up the spreadsheet for this, that Arthur, Fluffy, DD and Red Jnr have all chosen to select Hain and Abell


which I found amusing

Abell is already out for an unspecified period due to injury (although there is no suggestion that he was attacked by Sam Hain), so let's hope that Hain doesn't spend his season wandering about in the land of Nod

No Seth available for selection.

Player scores 9 April



Essex

143 Harmer
94 Cook A
100 Cook S
46 Browne
162 Lawrence
18 Rossington
224 Porter
dnp Walter
dnp Richards

Hampshire

134 Abbott K
73 Barker
86 Vince
dnp Whiteley
94 Gubbins

Kent

dnp Gilchrist
dnp Qadri
194 Compton
121 Billings
101 Bell Drummond

Lancashire

102 Jennings
92 Bailey
160 Bohannon
159 Parkinson
dnp Lavelle

Middlesex

187 Roland Jones
203 Higgins
142 Simpson
10 Stoneman
13 Robson

Northamptonshire

156 Keogh
dnp Gay

Nottinghamshire

43 Hameed
41 Patterson White
47 Clarke
85 Paterson
102 Fletcher
16 Mullaney

Somerset

58 Overton
dnp Abell
143 Gregory
dnp Davies

Surrey

41 Sibley
dnp Topley
116 Worrall
77 Smith
212 Abbott S
65 Burns
86 Roach
dnp Virdi
3 Patel

Warwickshire

89 Rushworth
149 Hain
105 Barnard
dnp Norwell
dnp Simmons
dnp Brookes
dnp Benjamin

Leaderboard 9 April

I'll lead us out

1292 Durhamfootman
1244 bigfluffylemon
1236 gingerpele
1157 andy
1132 Arthur Crabtree
1132 Red Devil
1104 DiligentDefence
1050 Red Junior
1000 alfie
924 Red Twins
918 Aidan11
339 mikesiva
140 The Professor

not such a brilliant start for Mike and the Prof

Can't win the title before Easter.

as the old adage goes

Norwell and Abell not playing is not the greatest start for me!

Norwell is one of those players that I'd love to pick, but just can't trust him to stay injury free for long enough. They are trying to find a way of managing him, seemingly, and have already changed the way he trained over the winter, but the first Warks preview of the season said he was being left out to 'manage' his workload, which doesn't inspire me with confidence given that he hasn't played since Sept... not sure what needs managing on day one of a new season. It might be brilliant and he might stay fit enough for long enough to rack up masses of points, but I didn't feel confident about it

Durhamfootman wrote:Norwell is one of those players that I'd love to pick, but just can't trust him to stay injury free for long enough. They are trying to find a way of managing him, seemingly, and have already changed the way he trained over the winter, but the first Warks preview of the season said he was being left out to 'manage' his workload, which doesn't inspire me with confidence given that he hasn't played since Sept... not sure what needs managing on day one of a new season. It might be brilliant and he might stay fit enough for long enough to rack up masses of points, but I didn't feel confident about it

I wish I'd known that, I suspect you are correct

Some decent scoring all round there : I had rather expected to be higher up the table when I figured I had 1000 points but am looking up at a lot of other runners !

Early yet ...

marathon, not a sprint, alfie

Norwell still having his workload 'managed' by being left out again

but Abell is back, so there is at least something there for Red to cling to

Player scores 16 April

Gregory's Girl week

Essex

88 Harmer
26 Cook A
188 Cook S
15 Browne
64 Lawrence
35 Rossington
98 Porter
dnp Walter
dnp Richards

Hampshire

85 Abbott K
80 Barker
39 Vince
dnp Whiteley
96 Gubbins

Kent

dnp Gilchrist
dnp Qadri
112 Compton
15 Billings
45 Bell Drummond

Lancashire

127 Jennings
135 Bailey
55 Bohannon
dnp Parkinson
dnp Lavelle

Middlesex

170 Roland Jones
157 Higgins
97 Simpson
27 Stoneman
16 Robson

Northamptonshire

115 Keogh
dnp Gay

Nottinghamshire

109 Hameed
21 Patterson White
25 Clarke
213 Paterson
dnp Fletcher
65 Mullaney

Somerset

62 Overton
25 Abell
305 Gregory
dnp Davies

Surrey

155 Sibley
dnp Topley
164 Worrall
51 Smith
124 Abbott S
100 Burns
93 Roach
dnp Virdi
30 Patel

Warwickshire

124 Rushworth
225 Hain
34 Barnard
dnp Norwell
dnp Simmons
dnp Brookes
dnp Benjamin