Luis Reece drops out for personal reasons, but Wayne Madsen is back, so bring out the bunting, pop the party crackers and let the festivities commence...
Getting the club captain back is a major boost for morale. Logically, Nye Donald and Rory Haydon will miss out, because the former hasn't scored enough runs to force a way in, while the latter has done little wrong, but nor have the bowlers in front of him. So I expect the following eleven to take the field tomorrow:
Came, Jewell, Montgomery, Madsen, Guest, Andersson, Dal, Chappell, Aitchison, Bashir, Abbas.
Perhaps the biggest issue for Derbyshire is that the left arm bowler, the one who creates the rough for Bashir, is absent. So we should expect plenty of around the wicket bowling at the left-handers of Gloucestershire.
They make one change in their squad, leg-spinner Ed Middleton coming in for batter Joe Phillips. Tommy Boorman retains his place in the squad after becoming the club’s 699th first-class player last week.
Cameron Bancroft, James Bracey, Gabe Bell, Tommy Boorman, Henry Brookes, Ben Charlesworth, Miles Hammond, Ed Middleton, Craig Miles, Ollie Price, Jack Taylor, Matt Taylor, Graeme van Buuren, Will Williams.
The visitors are currently bottom of the table, with only three points from the three matches they have played. Derbyshire will accordingly hope to get their first win of the season, but much will depend on the pitch offering a little more to bowlers than that against Worcestershire.
The weather has taken a turn for the better and there appears to be no reason why we shouldn't get four full days here.
If that happens, I am going for a Derbyshire win, which will hopefully kick-start their summer.
What do you think?
They are a poor team and we should win, but this is Derbyshire so very little logic comes into play!
ReplyDeleteI watched a little of Gloucestershires last match and they really didn’t look that bad a side. They got very heavily beat in the first 2 games but gave Lancashire a very good game. The new lad Boorman looked a very good compact batsman. I think player for player both clubs are pretty even although in Abbas we probably have the best bowler on the pitch
ReplyDeleteJust to add, the club's own team news refers to Luis Reece's absence as being for personal reasons rather than injury. Hopefully whatever it is can be sorted.
ReplyDeleteYes, Radio Derby cited personal reasons too.
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