I drifted in and out of the game today, for reasons you are well aware of. When I saw the visitors had 'only' got 140 runs ahead, I thought a draw would be well within our compass.
How wrong could I be?
To be bowled out inside 30 overs in a four day game is unacceptably poor. I don't care whether it was a fourth day wicket or helpful to the bowlers, that was quite horrible.
In the time it took me to leave my house to get to the hospital, the innings was in disrepair. Losing wickets to careless shots is poor, getting people run out in such a situation is unprofessional.
There need to be serious discussions after such a display, because long-suffering supporters deserve much better than that.
Thanks for your observations so far and please keep them coming in my hopefully brief break from the blog.
It's the 30 overs that is the problem Steve. Can't modern players just block the crap out of it, really, 30 overs, what do they teach them nowadays.
ReplyDeleteHH in should be the first of a few changes for the next game.
ReplyDeleteAs was said on a comment yesterday: seems very odd to me to have Godleman at 5. Even odder to not have him open ahead of Reece who needed a runner
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