A good run out for Derbyshire today, with both Steve Stubbings and Wavell Hinds posting centuries in a day that must have pleased and frustrated John Morris in equal measure.
There were good cameos from Jon Clare and from Ross Whitely too, but Morris must have hoped that one from John Sadler and Dom Telo might have posted runs to make him think about his team selection. Neither of them did and that must be a source of some frustration, although it will have been tempered by seeing Stubbo ease to a century and Wavell Hinds continue his transformation from Wendy Richards to Viv in a week.
Wavell's first century in Derbyshire colours didn't come off the most demanding of attacks, but few would dispute, after his heroics of the last few days, that he didn't deserve it. I hope it is the start of a fine summer for the Jamaican, skipper for this game. I also hope we remember his bowling as the season goes on, and with slow wickets like those at the County Ground his wobbling medium pace would be a good asset in one day games. Maybe his calf injury still troubles him, but after long knocks this week one would hope it would have loosened off by now.
I have to say I like what I have seen of Ross Whiteley as a no nonsense biffer of bowling if it is in the slot and a left armer who moves it around like a young Kevin Dean. He's a solidly built lad and I think he could prove an asset as he gets a little older. So too could Atif Sheikh, who played a few shots in a brief innings then had a chance to bowl a few balls before the day was curtailed by bad light.
It will be intersting to see how Morris plays this game. If he bowled the visitors out cheaply tomorrow, does he go for a win and enforce the follow on, or does he bat again to give Sadler and Telo more time in the middle? It's not a crucial game, but a winning habit is, as Chicago once said a hard habit to break.
Over the next couple of days I hope to see a professional performance and news of Chris Rogers arrival. It's been a long time coming.
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