Wave on fire...

I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but Wavell Hinds is on fire for Jamaica this winter in the Caribbean.

Playing against Guyana, albeit a side with one of the weaker attacks in that part of the world, Wavell made 151 for his side in an all out total of 429. He added 232 for the seventh wicket with wicket keeper Carlton Baugh and then the remarkably consistent Nikita Miller took 3-25 in 15 overs of slow left arm to reduce Guyana to 112-5 at the end of the day.

It doesn't alter the fact that Hinds was a little diappointing for Derbyshire, but it makes you wonder if he could yet earn a recall to the national side to bolster their inconsistent line up. Logic suggests no, but weight of runs is a powerful argument, unless of course your name is Mark Ramprakash...

In South Africa, the Morkel brothers Titans lost to the Dolphins in the MTN40 cup semi final, with Albie scoring a brisk 26 as they fell 15 short in a run chase. I've spent a fair bit of time following South African cricket this winter for fairly obvious reasons and one thing that has impressed me has been the players names. They're simply better than ours, end of story. My five favourites are, for what its worth:

Mbasa Gqadushe - Kwa Zulu Natal(how do you pronounce that one?)
Shadley van Shalkwyk - Orange Free State - simply brilliant
Sybrand Engelbrecht - Cape Cobras
Thandi Tshabalala - Eagles
Siyamthanda Ntshona - Warriors

Can't you just see yourself with one of those names on the back of your club shirt? Your street credibility would go up ten-fold...

See you next week!