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Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:50 pm
by budgetmeansbudget
See you next year Haggis.

Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:56 pm
by st_brendy
budgetmeansbudget wrote:
Hampshireboi wrote:Never in doubt. Now we need to address our awful batting in the off season

Two signings would be nice and Rossouw finding his feet in the longer form of the game.

Adams and Ervine retiring?


Absolutely.

I know Holland, Berg and Abbott can all hold the bat (as proved today), but I do think that we are a batter light. So Rilee coming into the side effectively only readdresses that balance. It still leaves us with the under-performing batters. In particular, given their ages, Adams and Ervine are the biggest concerns. And that is across all three formats (Ervine can't buy a white ball run, and Adams doesn't even get into the teams now).

That is two batters that we need to recruit over the winter, at a minimum. And even then, we'd still be risking carrying Alsop and Dawson (although I think both have underperformed this season, and can do better, so would not want to discard either yet - especially not Dawson, with his allround ability).

And that's before even considering the possibility of Vince doing well for England over winter, and us therefore not seeing much of him next summer.

Carberry and Smith are both off the wage bill, so room has been made available.

Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:58 pm
by budgetmeansbudget
captaincolly wrote:
budgetmeansbudget wrote:Never in doubt!

:lol:
Well done! Fantastic effort to bat out the day.

Cheers Captain, you're a gent.

Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:41 pm
by st_brendy
Fair play to Dawson, in his interview with Solent. Didn't just admit that he's underperformed with the bat this season, also admitted that the batting unit in general has underperformed - and has done so for three years now.

He's clearly been getting criticism in recent weeks, no doubt on twitter, and was big enough to take it and accept it.

I still think there's a Hampshire captain inside of him somewhere.

Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:45 pm
by Arthur Crabtree
Well done on staying up Hants followers. Maybe fifth would have looked ok in April, but a little disappointing from the peaks of sunny July. Enjoyed reading your thoughts and insights. Cheers fellas!

Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:49 pm
by Durhamfootman
you did it, then

I confess it looked a bit sticky when the 5th and 6th wickets fell.

congrats and best wishes for next year

Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:51 pm
by st_brendy
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Well done on staying up Hants followers. Maybe fifth would have looked ok in April, but a little disappointing from the peaks of sunny July. Enjoyed reading your thoughts and insights. Cheers fellas!


Thanks

Top of the table after we beat Warks at home. Three wins, plus two "winning" draws (and a thumping by Essex!). And then we duly failed to win another game for the rest of the season! I guess we did have Somerset 8 down, and made both Essex and Surrey follow-on, during that second half.

Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:07 pm
by st_brendy
End of season stats (not the best reading)

BATTING

Vince 626 runs @ 32.9 (passed 50 three times)
Bailey 610 runs @ 38.1 (passed 50 five times)
Ervine 572 runs @ 28.6 (passed 50 three times)
Berg 568 runs @ 31.6 (passed 50 two times)
Adams 558 runs @ 32.8 (passed 50 three times)
Abbott 418 runs @ 29.9 (passed 50 two times)
Dawson 334 runs @ 20.9 (passed 50 two times)
McManus 285 runs @ 23.8 (never passed 50)
Carberry 272 runs @ 24.7 (passed 50 two times)
Rossouw 253 runs @ 19.5 (passed 50 one time)
Holland 233 runs @ 33.3 (passed 50 two times)
Alsop 118 runs @ 16.9 (never passed 50)
Crane 66 runs @ 13.2 (never passed 50)
Weatherley 45 runs @ 11.3 (never passed 50)

BOWLING

Abbott 60 wickets @ 18.2 (four five-wicket hauls)
Berg 37 wickets @ 26.7 (no five-wicket hauls)
Dawson 31 wickets @ 26.1 (no five-wicket hauls)
Fidel 30 wickets @ 25.7 (two five-wicket hauls)
Holland 19 wickets @ 18.5 (no five-wicket hauls)
Crane 16 wickets @ 44.7 (one five-wicket haul)
Wheal 11 wickets @ 32.0(no five-wicket hauls)
Ervine 6 wickets @ 55.2 (no five-wicket hauls)

Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:10 pm
by Arthur Crabtree
Spot the bowler in there going to the Ashes.

Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:32 pm
by st_brendy
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Spot the bowler in there going to the Ashes.


I'm happy that he's going purely because I can't see him ever playing. Getting the experience of being in and around the squad will hopefully make him come home to us hungrier to perform.

But, as those stats illustrate, I'd be mightily concerned if he actually had to...you know...play in a test match. It would be Simon Kerrigan at the Oval all over again.

Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:39 am
by budgetmeansbudget
Abbott clearly player of the season, by a mile.

Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 12:49 pm
by westoelad
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Spot the bowler in there going to the Ashes.

You could probably ask the same question about the batting albeit he was their leading runscorer.

Re: Hampshire 2017 thread

PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 5:11 pm
by Arthur Crabtree
Ian Holland signs on for Hants for the next couple of seasons through his UK passport.