by SixSixEight » Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:36 am
That was an annoying few days...getting dragged into a fourth morning by the dogged Eckersley /Salisbury combo was probably the best bit. Bancroft has been rather key for us, and we have just gone back to how we were without him/ before it dawned on him he would need to open. Northants were by far the better side and their bowling attack was pretty awesome using conditions that we just don't seem to be able to do. [I think it's a shame we didn't go for Hutton].
Rossington was impressive, not only in the batting in their first innings, but thinking about what to do when. Ned was batting first innings quite often out of his crease. Rossington went off and got a helmet and stood up to the stumps, and we all thought - Neds a wicket keeper he knows what's going on here,he'll do something about it.....it only took two deliveries to stump him. It didn't take Sanderson long to find a fault with Scott's batting. They brought Sanderson on specially from the other end for Scott to shatter his stumps a second time.
Robson who looked better in the second innings at Middlesex went back to looking like a walking wicket.
Matt seems expensive because he needs good fielders to the way he plays and the likes of Lightning Lees is not lightning enough [the balls seem to go roughly in the direction of placed fielders]. Brydon was expensive by being generally hit about.
Jack does not field in the slips, haven't seen him there for a few matches. Lees is at 3rd slip. Robson seems to be ok in the slips.
I rather thought we would be in contention to go up, but with the loss of a really steady player/opener and then having a new captain and 3 newish players per match, with an inexperienced side it was just too much to ask, we scraped it at Lord's but we got lucky with the combination of their batting and Brydon.
I'd bring Gareth in for the last match, he may not have been getting many runs but he is generally more sensible than several of those on the teamsheet of this match!
It's been a while.....
One day I'll post something new - when my computer lets me!!!!!! Or even update the site it's rather out of date now isn't it.
http://planetdurham.wordpress.com/ ...yer actual Lion hunting bloke of the wide open African plains sees bowling as a natural progression from spear throwing. Yesssss!