So while acknowledging that statistics perhaps don't give the full picture, they are the currency by which a cricketer is judged and I thought I would look at the figures for 2025 and 2026
They make interesting reading ...
Player 2025 average 2026 average
Came 38.3. 25.1
Reece 64.3. 36.2
Montgomery 75 27.1
Jewell. 48.0. 22.3
Guest. 36.1. 22.1
Dal. 28.1. 18.7
Andersson. 49.6. 41.3
Madsen. 57.91 38.05
Aitchison. 21.5. 25.7
Chappell. 22.9. 29.8
So of the regular players, only two BOWLERS, Ben Aitchison and Zak Chappell, improved their batting average, year on year.
Montgomery had one innings for Notts last year
Bowling?
Player. 2025. 2026
Aitchison 19 at 33. 58 at 20
Andersson. 9 at 54. 23 at 30
Chappell. 34 at 37. 14 at 40
Dal 19 at 30. 11 at 27
Reece. 50 at 19. 8 at 23
Potts 13 at 37
Haydon. 22 at 22
So two bowlers improved dramatically, while the last three had seasons badly disrupted by injury. Haydon emerged as a bright talent, while Potts, who didn't play red ball last year, had an encouraging summer and earned a new 2-year deal.
I think Chris Wright can be pleased with his input in a first season as bowling coach. Meanwhile Ben Smith appears to have a lot of work on his plate to repair broken confidence and techniques.
In short, regardless of what they do in the gym or the nets, how many they hit and where they hit them, the statistics don't lie.
They aren't getting better.
But we knew that, didn't we?
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