tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post8366785616962515885..comments2024-03-28T21:44:13.796+00:00Comments on Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog: Derbyshire v Durham day 3Peakfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328174919897893268noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-90793001857384784082017-07-07T00:17:26.736+01:002017-07-07T00:17:26.736+01:00We looked a bit exposed on the bowling front altho...We looked a bit exposed on the bowling front although like peakfan said catches win matches and we couldn't catch a bus on the day. Onto the t20 - fight naked!!Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707762348250872726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-34299185534624887412017-07-06T19:47:03.219+01:002017-07-06T19:47:03.219+01:00Sorry effort that Derbyshire, one step forward two...Sorry effort that Derbyshire, one step forward two steps back all the time.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-7827937357725424862017-07-06T19:00:22.056+01:002017-07-06T19:00:22.056+01:00I think we lost this yesterday. We a) needed to ge...I think we lost this yesterday. We a) needed to get a lead of more than 300 ideally 350 abs b) we needed to nip one or two out last night Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-80630279489507987972017-07-06T15:23:09.180+01:002017-07-06T15:23:09.180+01:00Looks like they have given up and brought the decl...Looks like they have given up and brought the declaration bowlers onAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-45917023967064399812017-07-06T11:46:37.185+01:002017-07-06T11:46:37.185+01:00An unfair comment on Hughes, notoveryet and you ar...An unfair comment on Hughes, notoveryet and you are normally better than that. It ignores the fact that he had two previous fifties in four-day cricket and averaged 58, including a near century against Leicestershire, in List A cricket. <br /><br />That you don't rate him when I do has always been clear, but credit should be given for what he has done.<br /><br />Yes, he will want to put his average well north of 30, rather than what it sits at just now, but to say he hasn't played 'a single good innings all season' before yesterday is patently incorrect.Peakfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328174919897893268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-80157137178605544562017-07-06T10:02:19.039+01:002017-07-06T10:02:19.039+01:00I was going by partnerships Bob. At the very least...I was going by partnerships Bob. At the very least you want the tail to hang around with a batsman, as they did with Billy and Alex in each innings.<br />As a wise old cricketer once said to me, if 1, 2, 3 aren't getting any, don't expect nine, ten, jack to do so...<br />Actually he said ' to bail you out of the...'. You get the drift!Peakfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328174919897893268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-60157494720408677932017-07-06T09:48:56.679+01:002017-07-06T09:48:56.679+01:00Sorry last 5 batsmen not wickets...Sorry last 5 batsmen not wickets...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-25717473090024805652017-07-06T09:47:38.231+01:002017-07-06T09:47:38.231+01:00Hope ypu're right PF - be great to get 2 out o...Hope ypu're right PF - be great to get 2 out of 2..<br /><br />Might point is the tail starts at 7...<br /><br />1st Innings 7 to 11 scored 58 out of 368, with Sandhu getting 46 of these (15%)<br />2nd Innings 7 to 11 scored 18 out of 214 (8%)<br />No where near 50 %. You cannot expect to win when your last 5 wickets accrues a total 76 (inc. a 46 not out) runs in the match across both innings.<br /><br />Fingers crossed anyway..<br /><br />BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-17928472706488406742017-07-06T09:38:42.190+01:002017-07-06T09:38:42.190+01:00Weather permitting, on balance I expect to see thi...Weather permitting, on balance I expect to see this go our way. Durham are a long way from their first division best, and with the ball keeping increasingly low and turning we should be disappointed if we don't. There's no question that we should have been able to put the game out of reach after Hughes and Critchley's partnership, and whilst it's unfair to blame Smit for an entire innings in which only three people made double figures, his rapid arrival and departure turned a problem into a crisis. He really does look desperate and bereft of confidence with the bat, and unless we're going to carry a specialist wicket-keeper into the T20's, it's difficult to see how he's going to turn it around in the pressure cooker of that format. It might perhaps have been better for him to have missed this game and played in the two second XI T20's to try to capture some sort of form. As it is, if Wilson is half-fit, I'd prefer to see him keep wicket and include an extra batsman. <br /><br />Hughes was a revelation here. He hasn't played a single good innings all season, missing more balls than he's hit, and looking nervy and uncertain even on the occasions when he's made some runs. This Hughes looked like a different player, playing with care but fluent and powerful when the opportunity came, and batting with real calmness through the 90's even when he was running out of partners. These are the standards by which he has to be judged, and one big innings a year (usually in July I think) isn't going to be enough to sustain his career long term. He is clearly now an all-rounder only in the sense that Madsen is, and needs to live or die by his batting alone.<br /><br />Perhaps it was the hot breath of Critchley on the back of his neck that inspired this, although you'd like to think that a professional cricketer doesn't only click into gear when their place is under threat. If it was this, however, some more changes in the cosy middle order club might inspire one or two others. <br /><br />Finally, Sandhu looked a very decent bowler. He has a very awkward action that you imagine could quite easily go wrong, but he bowls at a decent pace and swings the ball, and has certainly outbowled Palladino in this match, who has looked oddly out of sorts on a pitch and in conditions you'd have expected him to enjoy. Perhaps today will be the day, as I don't think this is just a job for the spinners. Durham's quick bowlers caused plenty of problems yesterday, and it would be good to see ours doing likewise. notoveryetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-52634159253532934882017-07-06T09:30:50.582+01:002017-07-06T09:30:50.582+01:00I'm not so sure Bob.
In each innings the last ...I'm not so sure Bob.<br />In each innings the last five wickets has added pretty much 50% of what the first five did. <br />For me, if we lose we didnt do enough at the top of the innings yesterday. If Durham win it will be deserved, a fine run chase on a tricky wicket.<br />Still thinking we should win from here. IF we bowl well...Peakfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328174919897893268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46846306391908034.post-58493108780485766342017-07-06T08:42:37.794+01:002017-07-06T08:42:37.794+01:00Morning PF,
The tail (which starts at No.7 in thi...Morning PF,<br /><br />The tail (which starts at No.7 in this game due to Smit's form)will cost us this game.<br /><br />BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com