I suppose that in having eight wickets down by the end of the day Derbyshire did OK today with an attack offering limited options.
That Ross Whiteley only bowled three overs suggests he pcked up an injury, while the bowlers largely stuck to their task pretty well. The major disappointment, for me at least, is the tally of 45 extras, which more than hints at a lack of discipline.
Indeed, Mark Footitt took three wickets but clean bowled another and had a second caught from no balls. Some might call that unlucky, but for me it shouldn't happen at this level of the game and is pretty poor.
I'm a fan of Footitt and know he can bowl at genuine pace, but pace without control is of a lesser value and the player is getting to an age where he should know where his feet go and the ball follows more than too often seems the case. It is an area of his game that he will need to improve over the winter, without doubt.
Tim Groenewald moved closer to the fifty wicket landmark and now sits on 48. Hopefully he manages it tomorrow.
It doesn't appear a bad batting track though, so hopefully our lads can capitalise tomorrow. I don't look at the Surrey attack and worry unduly.
Hopefully that comment doesn't come back to bite me...
Not the best of days by any stretch of the imagination. 18 leg byes and 15 no balls is way too many and shows just how often we bowled bad balls.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Footitt lost two wickets through over stepping largely serves him right. There is no excuse for it and many of his legal deliveries were,to say the least,wayward. I say again,both he and Turner are simply too expensive and i don,t see that changing next season. It,s no good being the fastest gun in town if all you are firing are blanks. We are virtually out of the game already and will need a big effort from the batsmen if we are to get anywhere near them tomorrow.
To be quite honest, none of our bowlers really controlled the run rate, although Footitt seemed the most erratic, at least from the statistics.
ReplyDeleteIt would appear to be a good time for Lineker and Borrington to forge a good partnership to hint that this is a combination that could work next year. By all accounts, Borrington looked out of sorts in the last game, so here is his chance to make amends whilst Tremlett and Dernbach are missing. Mind you, Meaker and Linley may have something to say about that.
Whiteley not bowling more was a mystery, by the time his third over was sent down, which yielded(1) and he was immediately replaced<by the way he was running about and throwing himself about didnt suggest he was injured.Perhaps Sutt forgot he was there?
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