2014 Hampshire Thread

[Hampshire]

Wonder who will come in at 3 today then.

Any thoughts on the side for Sunday? Do you bring Tommo into it? What if Carbs is not/is fit? Assume Alsop has overtaken Gatting in the pecking order then.

[st_brendy]

Don't see two centuries in an innings in a 50 over game very often.

Suspect you'll see it slightly more often in the future though. As I've said at international level before now, these fielding restrictions are ridiculous for the bowling teams. Trying to defend the boundaries with only three men for 15 overs, and four men for the other 35 overs, is just nothing. Not when so many batsmen these days can play 360 degrees.

And there we go, less than a week later we do see it again. Kent have two centurions.

[st_brendy]

Wonder who will come in at 3 today then.

Any thoughts on the side for Sunday? Do you bring Tommo into it? What if Carbs is not/is fit? Assume Alsop has overtaken Gatting in the pecking order then.

If Carbs is fit, then Sunday's side picks itself:

Caberry
Vince
Adams
Smith
Ervine
Wheater
Dawson
Coles
Wood
Abbott
Briggs

Coles will float no doubt, potentially coming in higher depending on the situation of the game.

If Carberry isn't fit, I'd expect Gatting to come in. Worryingly, Wheater picked up a hand/finger injury/knock in the penultimate over today. Hopefully he'll be fine, but if not Bates will probably come in (unless Alsop does something special with the bat here). Not sure I'd give us a single chance against Notts if we were without Carberry and Wheater, in addition to Maxwell.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Has Howell ever failed when he's batted against us?!

[st_brendy]

Very important for Vince to get some runs here. With no Maxwell (and maybe more), it's even more important than usual that he scores some runs for us on Sunday.

I'm not asking for a 100. A nice quick 40 will do.

[Making_Splinters]

According to the Durham guys on here, Will Gidman is out of contract this year, and could be looking to move, we should move heaven and earth to land him if true.

If the rumour is true he won't be short of offers.Must say,though,he'd be better off under Benks than the Judas' at Durham.

Gidman will surely be looking to sign for a division 1 team to start raising his profile.

[SaintPowelly]

According to the Durham guys on here, Will Gidman is out of contract this year, and could be looking to move, we should move heaven and earth to land him if true.

If the rumour is true he won't be short of offers.Must say,though,he'd be better off under Benks than the Judas' at Durham.

Gidman will surely be looking to sign for a division 1 team to start raising his profile.

We are still in a good position to go up.

[st_brendy]

According to the Durham guys on here, Will Gidman is out of contract this year, and could be looking to move, we should move heaven and earth to land him if true.

If the rumour is true he won't be short of offers.Must say,though,he'd be better off under Benks than the Judas' at Durham.

Gidman will surely be looking to sign for a division 1 team to start raising his profile.

We are still in a good position to go up.

Solent's understanding of the situation is the same as discussed by some of the Durham guys. Gidman's partner wants to move back up North.

[SaintPowelly]

Wheater in at 3, so can't be too badly hurt.

[st_brendy]

Wheater in at 3, so can't be too badly hurt.

Which is a relief.

Also might suggest that in Maxwell's absence, he'll return to a slot in the top four on Sunday (where he played a handful of games early on in the group stage, when we were without Maxwell and Carberry).

[Hampshire]

Hope we get a look at Alsop today.

[Hampshire]

Hope we get a look at Alsop today.

Or maybe not... Coles before Daws and Alsop.

[Hampshire]

Oh please, don't screw it up from here...

[haggishants]

Think it's slipping away now.......

[st_brendy]

Our middle order just have no idea how to bat in limited overs cricket this season, be it 20 overs or 50 overs.

So, so poor from them again.