To the eleven I named, Brooke Guest and George Scrimshaw are added. I am not sure if there are any doubts over Harvey Hosein that caused him to retire hurt against Lancashire, bit he seemed to bat easily enough against Cardiff UCCE. I suspect he will play and Guest will be 12th man, while I couldn't call the bowler who misses out from the thirteen below:
Godleman, Reece, Madsen, du Plooy, Critchley, Dal, Hosein, Hudson-Prentice, Cohen, Aitchison, Conners, Scrimshaw, Guest.
Meanwhile, the home squad contains England man Dominic Sibley, as well as the highly-rated Sam Hain. Tim Bresnan provides experience and their squad is:
Sibley, Rhodes, Hain, Bresnan, Briggs, Brookes, Burgess, Hannon-Dalby, Lamb, Miles, Mousley, Norwell, Yates.
It will be a tough game, as they all are at this level. At this stage eighteen counties believe this is 'their' year and the home side has been bullish about their prospects.
Those of every team depend on people staying fit and holding catches, of course. While there may be some concern at the lack of genuine experience in the Derbyshire attack, the flip side is that it contains players with reputations to make.
In cricket, as in any organisation, that can be a potent weapon.
Like all of you, I will be glued to my TV tomorrow and for the next few days. The forecast looks fair, even if it doesn't look like too many will be in a sleeveless top. No predictions at this stage, let's see how we shape up first.
Good luck fellas. We're rooting for you.
Glad to see no Chris Woakes in their side. Hope we get a go with the ball first up and those slip catches don't sting...
ReplyDeleteYeah no Woakes, no Stone. Still some good bowlers and Brookes is a talent, but it could have been worse!
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