He is a fine player, still with an outside chance of making a thousand red ball runs for this summer. He needs 192 runs in his last four innings, not beyond him in his best form. An average of just under forty represents a solid season and I would like to see him open next year, building on the partnership that he had with Caleb Jewell.
I suspect he will, with Matt Montgomery likely to bat three and this will allow Luis Reece to drop to six, where he offers reassurance to a sometimes sketchy batting order.
He had a mixed One-Day Cup but made a memorable century against Essex, when he looked a very good player indeed. He isn't currently seen as a T20 player, but that is perhaps an area to work on over the winter. Derbyshire are not short of options in that format at present, so he may need to wait for opportunity.
Yet he is only 27 and should be coming into his peak years now. That Mickey Arthur has secured his services is a sensible move.
I think everyone should be happy with this news.
Really pleased for Harry. He's had to bide his time over the last 4 years, coming in and out of the team in all of the formats, but he's proved himself a fine red ball player at the top of the order.
ReplyDeleteExcellent news…..had a solid season. Could next year be our season ? Grant from Telford
ReplyDeleteDeserves an extension and can still improve
ReplyDeleteA very good red ball player so great news
ReplyDeleteAlso good news as the county championship looks like it will be 14 games with the same set up for the two divisions for at least one more season. The possible option after that looks crazy with a first division of 12 teams but split into 2 divisions of 6 with each team playing each other twice then the top 3 of one division playing the other top 3 once while the bottom 3 play the other bottom 3 making 13 games for the first division. No idea how many games the six in division two play. It sounds to daft to be true but that apparently is one of the proposals
ReplyDeleteCall me old fashioned , but I think we should increase red ball cricket to something logical . 2 divisions of 9 should logically allow teams to play each other twice ie 16 games.or1 division of 18 and play 17 games I know I am only dreaming. MALBAR
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more.
Delete2 divisions of 9 playing 16 games worked pretty well.
Also, I am very pleased that Harry is staying put.
Please Mickey let him open the batting and get someone else to be number 3.
Fantastic news. Harry has become a fine player. He has the ability to score runs in the T20. I recall that before he got into the first team he had demonstrated his big hitting ability in the seconds. He had to learn to tone this down in the first team.
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