Ho and indeed hum...
242 all out plays 170-0 at the end of the first day of the match. Who's your money on?
It wasn't a bad recovery by Derbyshire from another poor pre-lunch session, with Wes Durston, Steve Adshead and Steffan Jones pulling us back from the brink with belligerent knocks. It was a poor day for the advocates of youth, however, with Redfern, Clare and Borrington getting two runs between them. Borrington at least had the excuse of an arduous trek down the motorway to replace the sick Chris Rogers, but this was far from vintage stuff by a Derbyshire side who must yearn for the end of season. As do a few fans, no doubt...
Our bowling was poor after tea, with only Jones and Robin Peterson showing any degree of control as the hosts openers pretty much did as they wished. Horsham is usually a good batting track and I fear we could be chasing 600 in the second innings, especially if the bowlers don't tighten up overnight.
Nine runs and then four overs for 29 was not the way that Greg Smith expected his first day as skipper to go. He's got some work to do to pull us out of this one.
Never fear, we applied enough pressure to force Sussex into declaring their innings before 600!
ReplyDeleteOn a serious note and to continue my recent theme, it is the bowling that worries me more than batting ....and that worries me too!
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We are a compete shambles.
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