Now finished Denstone College and heading to Australia to play cricket over the winter, Vallabhaneni made 173 from 156 balls, with 3 sixes and 26 fours. It further reinforced his hugely positive impression this summer and he must surely be signed by the county, before he heads down under. From what I have seen this summer, if we don't, someone else surely will as he is a rare and exciting talent.
Akhtar went on to 191, following on from his unbeaten century against Durham last week and looks to be another outstanding young talent. He hit 2 sixes and 25 fours in his outstanding knock.
At the end of the day, Derbyshire were 486-6, Rubaiyat Abrar making a brisk unbeaten 41, Joe Hall with him on an unbeaten 23.
Not a bad effort, considering the visitors won the toss and opted to bowl!
Scorecard here
We seem to have a really promising crop coming through.
ReplyDeleteGlos today even missing Hammond could count Charlesworth, Bracey, Price, Miles, both Taylors and Boorman as academy produced players today. They also have Phillips and Bailey who look promising plus Goodman and the other Price and not to mention Payne and the recently retired Chris Dent who was a mainstay for years.
Imagine if we could regularly put out an XI with half a dozen academy produced and established players within the next couple years? Would be superb and it looks like the talent may be there to make it a reality.
Yes there seems to be some serious lads coming through. And the under 15s seem equally strong, tribute to great work being done
DeleteSteve, do you have a link to the scorecard for this game? I've looked at several web sites, and nI can't find it.
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I have added it to the end of the article, Dtw. Sorry, I wrote 'Second team in haste' and it was Under 18s. Now amended
DeleteAh, that's why I couldn't find it. Thanks, Steve.
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