by Durhamfootman » Fri Apr 18, 2025 5:05 pm
I watched Wharton bat for the first time. I think he's modelled his batting technique on the Viz cartoon character 'Spawny Get'. He literally edged everything. He looks organised defensively, but what I saw only has one attacking shot, the straight drive... and sometimes he even hit it there. Most of the time he either nicked it through to the third man boundary, nicked it out to the backward point boundary or inside edged it down to the finest of fine legs. It was a remarkable thing to watch somebody so clearly out of form, suddenly race from 13 to 50 in about half an hour whilst only hitting a couple of genuine shots. He looked very obviously like a totally front footed player and he literally left everything that would have required playing off the back foot. The only time he was tempted into playing a pull shot, he looped it to McKinney who was patrolling the square leg boundary
George Hill, on the other hand looks like a good player. It was also the first time I've watched him bat and I was pretty impressed with him. Has a Harry Brook look about him.
YJB was all at sea for most of his innings, as was Dawid Malan.... he couldn't connect with anything, so it was no surprise that when he did get some bat on ball it was gobbled up in the slips (by Rhodes too.... oh the ignominy)
As expected, Bess is combining with Hill for an inevitable monster 7th wicket match defining stand. Currently 79, but you'll be able to add another hundred to that, particularly now that Potts and Coughlin are having to bowl again
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