The good news is that Anuj Dal is in the squad and presumably fit to take his place in a Derbyshire side that is a little light on experienced batting. There is a decision to be made in the attack, but one assumes that Nick Potts will again miss out and the final place will be between Harry Moore and Daryn Dupavillon, unless Sam Conners is rested.
The likely side needs a decision on who opens with Luis Reece: does David Lloyd return to the top of the order, or does Mitch Wagstaff go in his usual position? I would give him that chance in this side:
Reece, Wagstaff, Guest, Lloyd, Naeem, Dal, Patel, Chappell, Moore, Dupavillon/Conners, Brown
Potts in reserve
Kent travel with a squad of fourteen, having won two and lost three of their five games so far. There are some dangerous players in their squad, but you could say the same about Derbyshire:
Jack Leaning (Captain), Jaydn Denly, Joey Evison, Harry Finch, George Garrett, Nathan Gilchrist, Marcus O’Riordan, Matt Parkinson, Hamidullah Qadri, Ekansh Singh, Jas Singh, Grant Stewart, Charlie Stobo, Beyers Swanepoel.
Swanepoel has been called up by South Africa for their A team, while Australian Stobo has done well for them. Hamidullah Qadri may return to the county where he got his start and Derbyshire will need to be at their very best to come out on top.
We still control our own destiny - if we keep winning, we will qualify for the knockouts.
It's that simple.
Hopefully...
I think we are going to need to bowl extremely well as we look well short of runs with the squad we have.
ReplyDeleteWill be tough tomorrow ,the batting looks very thin .Id go with Lloyd and Reece up top and hope one of them can bat through .The Hundred tournament is about as appealing as some of the snacks it promotes. From the little I’ve seen of it ,the crowds look sparse and the other night a target was knocked off in 35 balls by Duckett and Ali …It is also causing mayhem from a resource planning perspective , can’t see it having longevity tbh .
ReplyDeleteI'm torn about opening with Wagstaff. On the one hand, he has little experience in high pressure games; on the other hand, if he's going to develop, he needs to play in these kind of games.
ReplyDeleteI always wonder what the tactics/strategy is. Presumably it's discussed beforehand, but with so many games it seems there isn't one on the pitch. Mickey and the coaches can predict various scenarios, but once the players go out to bat, for example, it appears they make it up as they go along,
Thin squad bur Brown for Whiteley is a good exchange as far as I’m concerned. I’d be tempted to open with Wagstaff, and put Chappell a bit further up the order. Dal should be batting at six, for me. He’s not far off being that true all rounder that could bat six and bowl first change. Anyway I think we have a good chance in this match. Lots of good bowling options, for sure!
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We are going to have to bowl very well. I’d bring Brown in for Conners, who’s bowled as well as he has for a while in this comp but hasn't got the wickets and tends to be a bit too expensive.
ReplyDeletePressure’s going to be on Reece, Lloyd, and Guest to get us off to a good start with the bat.
This squad is looking so thin and that's why I can't see us winning this game, especially the batting which looks to have very few runs in it. Stuff the hundred a complete waste of time and the public seem to be getting the message now. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the last season of it, fingers crossed
ReplyDeleteHarry Came plays, that’s a bonus.
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