We were told to play Chris Woakes, who was absolutely useless, so he could be assessed for the Test Team. Makes a farce of the CC competition in my view.To make it worse, 6 of the games at Edgbaston will have been at the start and end of the season where weather conditions are very cold where I sit in the Skyline. Don't think I will bother next season.
Bears upper order brittle again. Sibley just isn't at it. Hopefully Olly Stone and Henry Brookes back for next match.
Quote from: Villafirst on July 24, 2018, 08:57:31 PMBears upper order brittle again. Sibley just isn't at it. Hopefully Olly Stone and Henry Brookes back for next match. The bowlers were hardly the problem though were they?Stone is just back from injury and they are managing Brookes’ workload given his age. We are well covered in the bowling department even with the upcoming loss of Rankin and Wright.The batting continues to disappoint, Hain for one should be making plies of runs in all forms of cricket but in red ball cricket he does not dominate. I suspect he will become a white ball specialist and rarely play the red ball game which would be a great shame.
Quote from: Villan For Life on July 25, 2018, 12:40:40 PMQuote from: Villafirst on July 24, 2018, 08:57:31 PMBears upper order brittle again. Sibley just isn't at it. Hopefully Olly Stone and Henry Brookes back for next match. The bowlers were hardly the problem though were they?Stone is just back from injury and they are managing Brookes’ workload given his age. We are well covered in the bowling department even with the upcoming loss of Rankin and Wright.The batting continues to disappoint, Hain for one should be making plies of runs in all forms of cricket but in red ball cricket he does not dominate. I suspect he will become a white ball specialist and rarely play the red ball game which would be a great shame.Yes and no, we bowled them out fairly cheaply but we had them on the ropes twice and let them score 100-150 more runs than they should've, their first innings had 120-150 written all over it until we let their tail drag them to a competitive score.