According to one of my favourite writers, George Dobell, Derbyshire might already have enough to win this game. Read his match report at
http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/524373.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
By the sounds of it the top is going or has gone. If that is the case, and we bowl with discipline, 45 minutes to an hour of a thrash tomorrow, maybe 75 runs and let's get them in.
Given that we have four bowlers who hit the deck hard, I would think their batsmen will have a restless night tonight, especially if Mark Turner newfound length and line are retained and we hold our catches.
Incidentally, my earlier comments about the club Twitter feed have been confirmed by several e mails. I agree with Falcon Ram that it has been OK so far, but maybe there could/should be a service standard - an hourly text perhaps - with wickets when they happen?
I'm not being picky and I'm trying to be constructive - we're making great strides on the pitch and have a very good team off it - but that's all the more reason to raise the bar and maintain standards. If we got to the last game with a promotion chance and only heard the score for the first time mid-afternoon there'd be plenty to say, n'est ce pas?
Fingers crossed for tomorrow...
When i was on the cricinfo website earlier and saw the headline 'Improved Derbyshire chasing promotion' I had to rub my eyes. A cricket journalist full of praise for Derbyshire??? Whats going on! Im sure three of the counties mark Nicholas included on his list of teams that exist for no justifiable reason were Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Gloucstershire. Well Mr. Nicholas why dont you take a look at the CC D2 table...
ReplyDeleteTwitter feed has woken up this morning. Maybe they read your blog??
ReplyDeleteHope so mate!
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