The weather once again intervened today and meant that any prospects of a good finish were fairly quickly quashed, but nothing should detract from another very good, polished and professional performance by Derbyshire.
Only the most churlish fan could dispute the fact that we have been playing some very good cricket this season, in all forms of the game. It has thus far been an impressive campaign with only a few dips in form and everyone is to be congratulated on some very good cricket. With better luck with the weather we'd have won the last two Championship matches and been in a good position at the halfway stage.
Its goodbye to Usman Khawaja, who finished with an average of just under 40 thanks to his century against Kent and impressed everyone with his willingness to be one of the boys, even if the runs didn't always come in the quantities he'd have wanted. For a young man in his first taste of English conditions it was a decent effort however, and no one could accuse Khawaja of anything but 100% commitment.
Now it's hello to Martin Guptill and I'm sure we all look forward to seeing how he does in English conditions. I'd guess batting first on Sunday might not be high on his list of things to do before you die, especially after the first morning of games this season. Hopefully the skipper has a two headed coin with him and gets an early shout in...
More tomorrow.
Typical isn,t it. Must be the first time it,s rained for years in Kent!.
ReplyDeleteLOL, someone up there doesn't like us...!
ReplyDeleteSome negative captaincy by Sutton. Leaving them over 360 in 2 hours.
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't we go for some quick runs and set them 320 ish in two sessions?
I'm affraid Sutton should have gone over the Morris sacking fiasco!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it obvious that the weather has turned against us since John was sacked? Bring him back and the rain will stop and the sun will shine for ever!
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