Family commitments prevented me from posting this preview last night, but today's game against Lancashire will be the toughest four day test that we have had so far.
They are a big club, albeit one that underperforms far too often for the liking of die-hard supporters. With the resources at their disposal, they really shouldn't be in this division, but their job is to do something about that.
Lancashire travel with the following squad. They have a very good seam attack and a side that will take some beating.
Dane Vilas (c)
James Anderson
Josh Bohannon
Steven Croft
Alex Davies
Richard Gleeson
Haseeb Hameed
Keaton Jennings
Rob Jones
Liam Livingstone
Saqib Mahmood
Graham Onions
Derbyshire are unchanged and will need to be at their very best to compete. Yet with the batting in robust form, there is no reason to think that we cannot do that.
It will make for compelling viewing and I, like many of you, will be watching later.
Good luck lads!
When did we last face Jimmy Anderson in 4 day cricket? At anywhere near their best he and Onions will comfortably be the difference between the two sides.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you're spot on Tim, classes apart these two counties.
ReplyDeleteBut we know that Mark. We lost around £200k last year, they made 2 million. So what does that say for their playing budget? They should be doing this and on a regular basis.
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