With our overseas players set to arrive before the opening county championship game, the 13-man squad is a mixture of youth and experience. Matt Montgomery and Shoaib Bashir could both feature, but there is no place in the side for Wayne Madsen in this one.
The Derbyshire squad:
Came
Donald
Montgomery
Guest
Andersson
Reece
Dal
Chappell
Moore
Aitchison
Bashir
Haydon
Morley
I won't be reading too much into that selection, nor will I be especially worried if things don't go according to plan. This is merely a workout, a chance to get some overs and some time in the middle under their belts.
I just hope that the weather is better than we are currently experiencing in the Lake District. With the amount of rain in the last 24 hours it's unlikely there would be any play over the 3 days, let alone today..
I won't report every evening, since it is a friendly and I am on holiday, but I will do an end of match round up in due course.
A decent phone signal would be handy, too!
Who'd have thought trying to play cricket in the winter might be an issue!
ReplyDeleteSnow hail rain and high winds and that was just in a couple of hours yesterday and it was bitterly cold, if the club has money to burn on a pre season camp with the current events going on in the world surely the West Indies would have been a better option ? Anybody remember the preseason spent in Bermuda in 1993 ? Derbyshire actually won a trophy that season
ReplyDeleteBit unfair, Anon. They had a pre season tour to Zimbabwe planned and world events caused it to be cancelled, like other counties plans.
DeleteThey did well to get out to Spain at short notice but the UK in March will always be a challenge
With the season 7 days away every single county is now back in the UK playing under these conditions. Really don’t get your point ? If they were to turn up next Friday underprepared for the conditions that would be a problem too I guess ?? Jason
DeleteNice to see Bashir take a wicket with only his second delivery today 👍
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