Durhamfootman wrote:the bowling has been criticised this year for only taking 2 or 3 wickets on the final day in a few of the matches. We'll find out what our batters are made of tomorrow after watching Leics, Worcs et al batting with no alarms for hour after hour on day 4.
we did it at Hove, of course, but Dickson was fit and firing then
hopefully tomorrow will meander aimlessly to yet another draw. I doubt I could cope with Alex Lees telling his teammates that they can chase down 350 in 2 and a half sessions, as long as they charge at the bowlers every ball and throw everything at it..... 'it works, man, I'm telling you'
Durhamfootman wrote:Harmy was defending the Key policy of preparing batter friendly wickets (except at Cheltenham, of course) and he was asked about whether the Riverside snore draw pitches were good for the spectators. He acknowledged that it wasn't ideal, but noted that the square had been relaid again and said that the club knew that this was likely to be the result for a couple of years while everything bedded in. I might rebook my membership for 2024 then, because the entertainment value this year has been as poor as I can remember
Durhamfootman wrote:Durhamfootman wrote:Harmy was defending the Key policy of preparing batter friendly wickets (except at Cheltenham, of course) and he was asked about whether the Riverside snore draw pitches were good for the spectators. He acknowledged that it wasn't ideal, but noted that the square had been relaid again and said that the club knew that this was likely to be the result for a couple of years while everything bedded in. I might rebook my membership for 2024 then, because the entertainment value this year has been as poor as I can remember
Chelmsford, of course... not Cheltenham
Durhamfootman wrote:From a Durham perspective, we've already seen that Rushy and Raine, worthy cricketers though they are, accurate though they are with boatloads of experience and skill, just haven't got the pace on these pitches and with these rubbish balls to be anything like as prolific as they have been in recent years. And they're getting a bit long in the tooth to keep running in hard for hour after hour, day after day. The players we have who can do that have been snaffled away and if things go as well as I hope they do, are unlikely to be back much moving forward. In the meantime we can't win games, because we can't take 20 wickets. Eventually though, we'll develop new quick bowlers, of that I have no doubt. Can we develop the next generation of spin bowlers? That's harder because we have no track record of producing any and I doubt we have good mentors and coaches to bring them on, but maybe.... Trev is playing every match now which would never have happened in previous years. If we any have sense at all we'll try to get 2 spinners in the side working in tandem later in the season, especially now that our div 2 status is safe for another year and next year we can try to sign a good spinner from somewhere else who can help the team and work with young players and help them develop their skills and their bowling brains
or............
we can sign another couple of top order batsmen and stay in div 2 next year as well
I'm sure you can guess what my money will be on
Durhamfootman wrote:the England philosophy
hey... it might work
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