jimbo jones

200 for Matt Lamb.
What an innings. Supported by Guest, Donalds better that a run a ball 67, and a watchful Anuj Dal, the middle order that was under fire has really come good…..fingers crossed we see more of it going forward.

full bonus points with the best part of 9 overs to spare 😁

434-5 at close.
It’s probably fair to say that's the best days cricket so far this season from Derbyshire.

200 for Matt Lamb.
What an innings. Supported by Guest, Donalds better that a run a ball 67, and a watchful Anuj Dal, the middle order that was under fire has really come good…..fingers crossed we see more of it going forward.

Gloucester 63-3 so far so good 

Conners with the big early wicket of Cameron Bancroft. Good to see him back in the team.

Conners with the big early wicket of Cameron Bancroft. Good to see him back in the team.

200 for Matt Lamb.
What an innings. Supported by Guest, Donalds better that a run a ball 67, and a watchful Anuj Dal, the middle order that was under fire has really come good…..fingers crossed we see more of it going forward.

200 for Matt Lamb.
What an innings. Supported by Guest, Donalds better that a run a ball 67, and a watchful Anuj Dal, the middle order that was under fire has really come good…..fingers crossed we see more of it going forward.

Indeed, we did wonder if the scraped draw may have an impact, maybe.....

434-5 at close.
It’s probably fair to say that's the best days cricket so far this season from Derbyshire.

100 for Lamb. Good to see the opposition dropping catches ane being made to pay for a change 😁

Donald out for 67, but whisper it….we are in danger of getting full batting bonus points here 😳

They found a '4' an hour ago, unfortunately.

Is there anything wrong with the Gloucester scoreboard...it's been stuck on 3 wickets for a while now 😁 

100 for Lamb. Good to see the opposition dropping catches ane being made to pay for a change 😁

From 51-0 to 69-3 on what looks like a good batting track with very short boundaries… against a team that put 700 on the board last week.
Grim.

Yeah, that's what I think, Lloyd at 3 and Guest at 5.

Only just clocked that there actually is a player named Dupavillion (or nearly!) in the side. Assumed this was a gallows humour among you DCCC diehards, as in, 'so bad he belongs back in Dupavilion' 👽

Yeah, I thought the 2 bowlers made sense. Tickner has bowled well and  been unlucky, I think its 7 catches he's had dropped, add those potential wickets to the 8 he has and his figures look far better.
I think our 3 main bowlers (Tickner, DuPavillon, Chappell) are too similar - tall & hit the deck with pace, which is where Mohammad Amir makes a difference. 
Lamb is too high at 5 and he still appears troubled by his back to me, that's where the potential batter would slot in. How you have at 6/7/8 is very much open for debate.
I certainly think an overseas bat for the T20 makes sense when you've signed Pat Brown, Samit Patel, Ross Whiteley, & David Lloyd. Don't think we need more than 2 specialist bowlers with all the genuine all rounders we have.

I can see why Arthur went with two overseas bowlers. At the back end of last summer Came and Reece were established as openers, Guest had been good at 3, Madsen is Madsen, and there were lots of positive noises being made about Lloyd and Lamb. Who are you dropping for the specialist bat? Yes, I understand that this looks ludicrously optimistic with the benefit of hindsight considering our current season averages, but there weren't many who were predicting the batting would be this poor last September. Batting collapses are the most frustrating and most immediately visible sign of a struggling team, but they aren't why we've barely won any games for the last several years. We can't take 20 wickets in 4 days. Unfortunately it doesn't look like Tickner and Dupavillon are the remedy to this, but I understand why Arthur prioritised this area of the team.

Think I might be inclined to play Thompson instead of Brown.

We can hope.
Thought Mickey Arthur’s post match interview was pretty much spot on. We do play some good cricket but there is a really bad session or two in every game which sees the chance of a win slip away. 
I don't think we've got the balance of the team right this season either.

Heard a whisper we sre signing Matt Carter from Notts.
Steady one day player but a bell end