Surprisingly, there has been no announcement of a Derbyshire squad for this one, but it might be that we go in with two spinners. The game will be played with a Kookaburra ball and the complaint from players around the country - mainly bowlers - has been that it tends to go soft after around 30 overs.
Our hosts have recruited Australian off spinner Todd Murphy and both he and Cameron Bancroft will hope to get their side closer to Derbyshire in the table by the end of this game - there are currently twenty points between them.
Gloucestershire squad:
Bancroft, Murphy, van Buuren, Akhter, Syed, Phillips, Bracey, Bailey, Singh Dale, Charlesworth (B), Price, Boorman, Hammond.
In the absence of a squad, it is hard to call the Derbyshire side, but I would be surprised if Luis Reece was fit, after limping out of last week's second team game.
Likely eleven:
Lloyd, Jewell, Came, Madsen, Guest, Dal, Andersson, Thomson/Aitchison, Chappell, Tickner, Morley
I can't call this one, but the toss will be important and spin could be a decisive factor in the result. There looks likely to be rain interruptions on the last two days, so here's hoping our players are refreshed and raring to go!
What do you think?
Postscript - squad just announced, Pat Brown also in the thirteen-man squad
I wouldn’t mind giving Donald a go at 6 again if Reece is out.
ReplyDeleteSquad has finally been announced and Donald’s not in it…so scrap that one 😂
DeleteWith the kookaburra ball it’s got to be 2 frontline spinners you’d have thought so could make for a good game. Todd Murphy could be a good signing for them as he’s fallen down the order a little for Australia so will be very keen to do well. Quite evenly matched teams but so far this season we seem to have a better fighting spirit then most sides so let’s hope that continues
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the game after the madness of the t20. Hopefully the fight and the team spirit remain in tact. I would go with your suggested team Steve with Thomson preferred to Aitchison to give better balance to the attack. It’s a shame Reece is injured because the team is stronger with him.
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