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captaincolly wrote:Oh dear. 16 needed off the last over and the first ball goes for 6!!

But bowled by Rimmington from the next ball.

Never in doubt. Won by 5 runs.

What a thriller. Win by 5 runs.

westoelad wrote:What a thriller. Win by 5 runs.

Definite signs of improvement of late. And we seem to do much better when batting first.

captaincolly wrote:Rory Kleinveldt is a familiar name for some reason. Is he not someone who can suddenly go ballistic down the order and cart the bowling to all parts?

all rather tight in the end

a good win for us

shows we can finish these games off

onward and upwards

it does feel as though we are making progress with every game

although Notts and Warks should bring us back to earth with a bit of a bump

Durhamfootman wrote:it does feel as though we are making progress with every game

although Notts and Warks should bring us back to earth with a bit of a bump

I agree on both counts.

Carse, McCarthy, Coughlin and Main all playing for the 2nds today.
http://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#s7812288a-7 ... 373099d389

westoelad wrote:Carse, McCarthy, Coughlin and Main all playing for the 2nds today.
http://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#s7812288a-7 ... 373099d389

Good. I think Carse in particular has been a big miss - has the makings of becoming a good all-rounder.

captaincolly wrote:

westoelad wrote:Carse, McCarthy, Coughlin and Main all playing for the 2nds today.
http://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#s7812288a-7 ... 373099d389

Good. I think Carse in particular has been a big miss - has the makings of becoming a good all-rounder.

He's captaining 2nds but not bowling and I think he might well be advised to focus solely on his batting for a period. Though the same about Paul Cashin last season before he deserted.

westoelad wrote:

captaincolly wrote:

westoelad wrote:Carse, McCarthy, Coughlin and Main all playing for the 2nds today.
http://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#s7812288a-7 ... 373099d389

Good. I think Carse in particular has been a big miss - has the makings of becoming a good all-rounder.

He's captaining 2nds but not bowling and I think he might well be advised to focus solely on his batting for a period. Though the same about Paul Cashin last season before he deserted.

Yeah. I think focus on batting would be a good idea too.i suppose the one good thing about Cashin's departure is we dint have to out up with his dreadful T20 bowling and captaincy!

There are some interesting bowling figures in the second X1 game - Gavin Main conceding 7 wides and 6 no balls in 4 overs but the model of economy compared to William Angus ( think that's the name - he's listed as being in the Academy in the yearbook) with 10 no balls and a wide in 2 overs! In the yearbook he says his worst moment in cricket was missing half a season with a stress fracture - sounds ominous!

And Ryan Davies getting a 3 ball duck after signing a pro deal on the back of a series of big scores!
S Steel with a century batting down the order. Who is he?

captaincolly wrote:And Ryan Davies getting a 3 ball duck after signing a pro deal on the back of a series of big scores!
S Steel with a century batting down the order. Who is he?

Scott Steel, quite prolific with Academy last year, his father a very good club cricketer. Now with Burnopfield under Breese's mentoring. Difficult to understand how Main was retained in preference to Hickey or Arshad.

westoelad wrote:

captaincolly wrote:And Ryan Davies getting a 3 ball duck after signing a pro deal on the back of a series of big scores!
S Steel with a century batting down the order. Who is he?

Scott Steel, quite prolific with Academy last year, his father a very good club cricketer. Now with Burnopfield under Breese's mentoring. Difficult to understand how Main was retained in preference to Hickey or Arshad.

Thanks. He's probably doing well because of Breese's input, Gareth working with the England women's team must suggest he is highly rated as a coach.
It does seem strange , Main has been around for a while without showing signs of developing into a first team player- Arshad & Hickey would have been better bets especially as we have such a small squad with lots of inexperience.