Brief Monday thoughts

My wife and I are away again this week to our favourite haunt of Berwick-upon-Tweed and won't be back until Friday.

Accordingly, I will create a page for your comments on the game against Lancashire, if you could append them in due course, please.

I won't write about the game, but will add a few observations when I have a chance to do so. 

Derbyshire are now bottom of the group and although their NRR remains good, thanks to the batting, the chances of the knock outs are now slim. We still have to play a Lancashire side strengthened by Buttler and Salt twice, as well as Somerset, who are rather good at this format.

I accept that our first choice side would likely have included Chappell, Brown and Moore. We also need to remember that Aitchison and Potts between them have only 90 overs of experience in T20 (not that Moore would improve that). Such inexperience is telling and winter recruitment, whether of overseas or domestic players, has to do something about it. Javed bowls with serious pace at times, but his own inexperience of English pitches shows in perhaps a lack of pace variation, while a yorker (or even a low full toss) might be better options at times. 

We will see. Anyway, off on the road now and I will catch you when I get the chance.