Warm congratulations to Paul Borrington for breaking the Derbyshire Premier League runs record.
His tally now stands at 1490 with plenty of cricket left to play. Eight centuries and five fifties, together with a not-altogether-poor average of 106 suggests a player with plenty of ability who will surely translate a good technique and increasing stroke playing ability into county runs before too long.
Bozza has time on his side but a strong start to next season will do him no harm in his quest for a regular first team place.
A recent comment suggested that the current setup is reminiscent of 1974 when such players as (to quote) Michael Glenn, John Ward and Alan Morris were in the mix, alongside players like Geoff Miller and Alan Hill. Its a fair point, although that's pretty much all there was. Ward came to us from Oxford University, and although a Staffordshire lad I don't recall him being a product of the youth set up at that time. Morris was a useful player, as was Glenn, but again I don't recall them being in the same class as Borrington, Redfern, Whiteley, Knight, Poynton et al, although they didn't get the same coaching.
I think this crop of players, given the all important time, will go on to be a fixture in Derbyshire sides for years and the current and upcoming set could go on to be a part of another golden era for the club.
You can judge me on that comment in five years time...
Congratulations to Bozza but it makes it all the more bewildering to me that he (and/or Lineker) hasn't been put in the team for the Gloucester game. What more can they do? Thye've scored stacks of runs and the incumbents are out of form and have been for some time. If not now, when will they get a game? I know that we are just about still in with a chance for promotion but isn't that all the more reason to play in form players?
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Yes, well done to Borrington. It looks though as out of the two Lineker is doing far better in the 2nd XI and that's why it is strange that Borrington has got the new 3 year deal and Lineker has not got one.
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