tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post6545706586994673383..comments2024-03-29T08:20:35.668+00:00Comments on Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog: Derbyshire v Glamorgan day 2Peakfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328174919897893268noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-84862660682267670082014-07-22T20:04:22.453+01:002014-07-22T20:04:22.453+01:00Ha ha Marc,
How can a nine wicket win be a fluke?...Ha ha Marc,<br /><br />How can a nine wicket win be a fluke? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-18388646322380737212014-07-22T10:53:02.516+01:002014-07-22T10:53:02.516+01:00Fom what i,ve heard, the pitch is far from blamele...Fom what i,ve heard, the pitch is far from blameless. The rain we had prior to the match is certainly a factor and there has been some good bowling,but all the batsmen have struggled to a lesser or greater extent and the match could easily have been over inside 2 days.<br /><br />I,m not complaining as we look certain to win and that was the objective.Let us just say it was a good toss to win.<br /><br />All the bowlers have contributed and Footitt must have really enjoyed himself yesterday,along with Taylor,who appears to be developing at a phenominal rate.<br /><br />It was good to see the tail wag and the contributions from Wainwright and Palladino with the bat did much to put us in a winning position. We should now wrap this up fairly quickly and the league table will be one we dare to look at. The win against Leicestershire was something of a fluke,as subsequent results proved,but it does now seem as if we are heading in the right direction. The team looks better balanced and more confident and we can look forward to the last few matches with renewed optimism.Marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-141237817128514572014-07-22T09:01:47.754+01:002014-07-22T09:01:47.754+01:00You can put your 5p on Mark's possible selecti...You can put your 5p on Mark's possible selection for the Lions; after all one of the selectors is housed at Trent Bridge and Mark's pace as strike bowler and the angles he bowls at are (and always have been) held in high regard at Trent Bridge. The danger to your 5p is that would you risk it on Mark being fit by the end of the season? Being prone to injury was always Mr Footitt's Achilles heal; let's face it, if he could stay fit consistently season after season do you really think he'd had made that journey on the Red Arrow west along the A52? Of course not, he'd he in the Test team by now - the automatic successor to Ryan Sidebottom at test level and with his home county.<br /><br />I don't see Mark Footitt as a selection possible for Lions at ODI level however, but you never know, the selectors like to see how players make that step up - and it is a large step up from Div 2 to just Div 1 (it took Derbyshire collectively 4 months to work that out 2013) but the step to Lions is a bit on top again........... you just know the Sri Lankans will be full of runs and bowlers have already rolled Durham over. Good luck to Mark Footitt in his endeavors and well done on 50 Div 2 wickets 2014.Nottsview Admin - Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16550725552281671944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-31655326741995735722014-07-22T06:39:21.543+01:002014-07-22T06:39:21.543+01:00I wouldn't stick 5p on your suggestion that Fo...I wouldn't stick 5p on your suggestion that Footitt gets a lions call up Peakfan, not going to happen. He plays for Derbyshire afterall. Things looking much rosier now and I think it's down to the balance of the side. We still need that big scoring opening bat to come into the team though as Godleman simply isn't the answer. He maybe has One decent innings in Fifteen in him which is nowhere near good enough, he needs to go. <br /><br />Onwards and upwards they say, and here's to that top half finish.Marknoreply@blogger.com