Thanks for your comments and e mails about last night's piece, which were largely appreciated. Apart from the one that I deleted from - surprise, surprise - "Anon" which said it was "absolute rubbish". I'll happily allow comments if they are constructive and will do if they are critical as long as they fulfil two criteria. One is that you put your name to it and the other that you can justify it. Tell me why it's rubbish and I will reply, but random negativity, too long part of the psyche at Derbyshire, is simply not on.
The best comment I've seen on the Falcons Forum came from Chris, the moderator. "Why is everything always an argument? Couldn't it be that Don did well and Chris Grant will do well?" Quite. Friends and supporters will always have a preference, but Don Amott did his best - a very good best - for the club, as did such people as Will Taylor and Douglas Carr in the past. They all did their utmost to keep the club going through difficult times, but they are part of our club's past. Mr Grant is the present and, I hope, future for years to come.
Anyway, it's the weekend so no more petty squabbles please. Was there ever a more obvious man of the match than Martin Guptill for New Zealand today? A brilliant run out of Amla, a fine catch to remove de Villiers and then an unbeaten innings to see his side home, including a six measured at 127 metres among the four he hit.
I was looking at the current schedule of New Zealand's tour of the West Indies this summer and it is currently scheduled to start on June 28th. I just wonder if John Wright might consider Martin Guptill joining the squad a little later than the rest? As I understand it, Guptill's last game will be the CB40 match against Sussex on June 10th, but if we could get him to stay on an extra fortnight he could play in the first five T20 matches, leaving Khawaja to play the second half. of the ten-match programme. That would still leave him five or six days to get to the Caribbean, leaving after our game against Leicestershire on 22nd June.
In his current form, Guptill is the main man in the Kiwi side and I would have thought a little competitive cricket would be of more benefit to him than a few net sessions.
Put it another way, it would be of immense value to Derbyshire...
Finally tonight, there's another good article on Cricinfo about our finances, which is well worth a read. I never knew we did weddings at the club... might see if Mrs P fancies re-stating our vows...
More soon - enjoy your weekend!
Was thinking the same thing about Guptill - seems typical Derbyshire to have the one of the best 20/20 batsmen in the world on current form and not being able to use him in the tournament! Would have thought it would be worth asking to keep him on another week
ReplyDelete