This will be my last blog for a few days as I'm heading down with the family for a few days in deepest Derbyshire with my folks. Unless I find a friendly local library I'll be out of internet contact and won't be commenting on the Friday game against Lancashire at Old Trafford.
I think Lancashire look a much more beatable side this season and having dispensed with the services of Messrs Cork and Law have more of an air of vulnerability about them.
At the end of the day, it os just a friendly but I'm sure that John Morris (and Stuart Law) will be keen to win it to finish an impressive pre-season.
Then its down to Essex for the first proper match of the season in the Championship.
There's not a great weather forecast for this one - see the club message board link to In Morris We Trust - but assuming that they're all fit and based on pre-season form I would expect to see the following side take the field next Wednesday:
Chris Rogers (captain)
Steve Stubbings
Dan Redfern
Wavell Hinds
Garry Park
Greg Smith
James Pipe
Graham Wagg
Jon Clare
Tom Lungley
Jake Needham
Let's see how close that is next week!
Have a good few days - don't forget to vote in the poll - and I'll be back after a blast of air in God's own county!
Dear Peakfan,
ReplyDeleteI have always enjoyed your blogspot how ever i realy feel that Derbyshire should give that youngster Dom Telo more of a chance to prove himself, as you can see for your self that there is a lot of tallent waiting to burst out, i was reading up on him when he first signed for derby and did you know that he was in the same high school as Jacque Kallis the number 1 all rounder in the world, Dom Telo broke all of his records with highest scorse as well as the most hundreds ever scored by a High school chap. I just feel that we should watch this youngster become a star. Please give me your thoughts.
Regards
J
Well J, you're absolutely right. He did break all the school records, previously set by Kallis, but there are hundreds of good players at that level who never quite make the jump for various reasons.
ReplyDeleteTelo had a great season in South Africa but not quite at top level and must have found last year hard work. Imagine starting a new job, in a new country, no mates, strange climate, different environment to work in - he'd a HUGE job.
This is a big year for him. What he has to do is score so many runs in the seconds this year that he has to get a game. We have a lot of batsmen and they've all staked a pre-season claim. Realistically, Rogers, Redfern, Law and Hinds will be the first four in one day games with Park and Smith to follow. He's got his work cut out but I really hope that he can do it. He showed enough in glimpses last year to suggest he has talent, now it needs to be translated into regular scores