Both at Swansea and Belper, Derbyshire enjoyed excellent days against Glamorgan today.
After a delayed start at Swansea, the home side made 175-7, with Tony Palladino taking four wickets, Ravi Rampaul two and Duanne Olivier the other.
It was a good effort and although the latter was expensive, we can be pleased with efforts on the first day. More so if it is finished off and our innings built on day 2.
Meanwhile at Belper, the seconds enjoyed a fine day at the delightful Belper Meadows ground.
There were four wickets each for Will Davis and Charlie Hartley, with Davis claiming a near un-noticed hat trick split over two overs. Hartley impressed me, bristling with aggression, while Davis seemed to be bowling within himself with only an occasional quicker ball.
Anoop Chima, of the county under-15 side, kept wicket very tidily and there was some good fielding to enjoy. Especially nice was to see Daryn Smit offering advice and encouragment to Chima and a good spirit among the side, well-captained by James Kettleborough.
When we batted, there was a Chesney-style 67 from Chesney, full of booming drives and powerful pulls. Tom Wood also made a fine half century and we ended the day only fifty-odd short of the lead with six wickets in hand.
I thought Chesney looked thinner than I remembered and he looked secure in his time at the crease. Nice to see.
More from me tomorrow.
I think we've let Glamorgan off the hook here after having them 50-5 at one stage. Can our fragile batting get a lead, only time will tell.
ReplyDeleteChesney and Tom Wood playing.
ReplyDeleteT20 must be just around the corner.
Despite an ordinary looking score from Glamorgan,, they might be reasonably relaxed about their position knowing that they don't have to bat last. Both sides wanted to bat first, so the fact that both thought it was a risk worth taking suggests that Derbyshire need to bowl out Glamorgan quickly and get a substantial lead.
ReplyDeletePleased as I am to see Hosein getting a chance, I'm not convinced that he should be opening. It's not a position he's particularly experienced in, and with so many out-of-touch and out-of-position batsmen to follow, it looks a risky move. It's also odd that Godleman will bat at 5, where he'll face a lot of spin that Hosein is probably the better player of, while Hosein will face more pace that Godleman is the better player of.
Just a word on your comment the other day about there not being a worse keeper on the circuit than Hosein. I'm not sure you meant it in quite the way it sounds, but I think we're all agreed that he's a better wicket-keeper than Gary Wilson to start with. But I actually think there are a number of much poorer wicket-keepers around. Mcmanus and Tattershall were both pretty poor on TV the other day, and Yorkshire will certainly be looking for a new wicket-keeper with Bairstow unavailable and Hodd retiring. Durham have two poor wicket-keepers in Poynter and Richardson, while Hosein is certainly better than Eckersley and Hill at Leicestershire. Cooke isn't great at Glamorgan, and is one of a raft of wicket-keepers around the country who are playing because of their batting or leadership characteristics. Like Yorkshire, Warwickshire may also be looking for a new wicket-keeper once Ambrose retires as Mellor didn't look brilliant when he stood in for Hosein and hasn't nailed down a batting place either. It may be academic if Hosein is settled at Derby, but I'm not sure he'd be as short of options as you suggest if he was looking.
No I meant that for Hosein to get a gig elsewhere there have to be worse keepers, of course.
ReplyDeleteI am less sure of your summation of others, two or three of who at least get good runs. I would be very surprised if anyone comes in for him as a keeper, but feel top three is his best chance of a batting place. His technique is good enough, but he needs time when he bats and others could bat around him.
We will see but I wish him well. Nice to see two Chessy boys batting together!
Since when has Matlock been a suburb of Chesterfield?
ReplyDeleteCricinfo has Harvey born in Chessy and that is my understanding too!
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