by Durhamfootman » Thu May 16, 2019 5:49 pm
Not sure who would come in to improve matters, if I'm honest.
It may even be as simple as the wrong batting order.
Surely I'm not the only one who assumed that our international opener (former, of course) would open for us. He came in today in the fourth over, and in the first innings it was the second over (against Sussex he came in the ninth and the first over respectively), so he might as well be opening where hopefully he can blunt the opposition attack instead of inspiring them with 3 cheap wickets every innings.
Cam Steel appeared to me to be more productive at 3 in 2017 than as opener in 2018 (899 runs -v- 638), so he might benefit from moving down the order (which is where I envisaged him playing when Bancroft's signing had been announced).
Lees has to open, it's why we brought him in. If he can get himself going against the red ball, with the calming influence of Bangers at the other end, then he ought to do okay for us and that would take heaps of pressure off the middle order (who we know can score runs spasmodically) and hopefully allow them to score runs consistently.
I still think Ben Raine should be batting at 6. He scored 42 in the first innings from 8 and he's 4 runs away from being second top run scorer in this innings. I think he could do well at 6 as long as he isn't coming in at 97-5 every time
Eckersley at 7, where a wicket keeper should be batting, and then we have all kinds of options for 4 and 5 who could then be selected on form
Trevaskis seems a capable enough no. 8
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