Derbyshire CCC - Mickey Arthur Appointed

[sage]

1 minute ago, jimbo jones said:

Worcestershire winning this at a canter. Disappointing performance with the ball, will be interesting to see if it's the same attack next week. Always like a proper spinner in the team myself.

Have we got a proper 4 day spinner?

[jimbo jones]

11 minutes ago, sage said:

Have we got a proper 4 day spinner?

I thought Watt was good in the 4 day games he played last season.

[sage]

16 minutes ago, jimbo jones said:

I thought Watt was good in the 4 day games he played last season.

9 wickets at 35 a piece. Always thought he looked a one day player only.

[jimbo jones]

7 minutes ago, sage said:

9 wickets at 35 a piece. Always thought he looked a one day player only.

Not sure what you saw to come to that conclusion to be honest. He's no Simon Harmer but he's more than capable. Bowled tightly on pitches that gave him nothing to work with, coming in for sporadic games. Bowled particularly well in the win over Middlesex.

 

[Jimbo Ram]

1 hour ago, sage said:

9 wickets at 35 a piece. Always thought he looked a one day player only.

Agree.

[Jimbo Ram]

1 hour ago, jimbo jones said:

Not sure what you saw to come to that conclusion to be honest. He's no Simon Harmer but he's more than capable. Bowled tightly on pitches that gave him nothing to work with, coming in for sporadic games. Bowled particularly well in the win over Middlesex.

 

Just doesn’t get enough wickets 🤔

[jimbo jones]

23 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Just doesn’t get enough wickets 🤔

 

Bowling averages last season.

Dal - 29.88

Aitchison - 29.95

Watt - 35.22

Potts - 35.66

Conners - 35.80

McKiernan - 36.50

Lakmal - 40.33

Reece - 50.30

Thomson - 50.40

Wasn't a good year to be a bowler last season, especially at the county ground 😂

He only played in 3 games, which alone makes it a bit harsh to be writing him off. He was better than Thomson and McKiernan. He was always economical, which alone could be useful as our seam attack has a tendency to go around the park.

Not sure when he has to leave for Scotland duties, but if he's here for the first block of games I would like to see him get a run of first class games, something he's never done. Get a proper look at what he can do. 

[Grumpy Git]

If I was MA, I'd have them practicing bowling from behind the line tomorrow! 😬

26 no balls must be getting on for some sort of record, (even for Derbyshire)?

Edited April 9, 2023 by Grumpy Git

[sage]

25 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said:

If I was MA, I'd have them practicing bowling from behind the line tomorrow! 😬

26 no balls must be getting on for some sort of record, (even for Derbyshire)?

I think it was 13 at 2 runs each

[Grumpy Git]

Ah, good point, still an horrendous amount of extras though.

[rammieib]

Big early call im going to make here, Lakmal will be out the team within a few games.

Need Reece in, not only for the bat but something different with the ball. 

[Crewton]

Very surprised that Reece didn't play - was he injured?

I was pleasantly surprised by Billy-ball, even if he hasn't rid himself of his determination to get teammates run out!

The downside of the rate we scored at was that it created more time for Worcestershire to play without jeopardy, though the bowling performance was more of an issue. But coming in to the first competitive game of the season with so little match practice probably didn't help.

I'm sure MA will have learnt allot from that though and I'm still confident we'll make further progress this season.

[jimbo jones]

2 hours ago, Crewton said:

Very surprised that Reece didn't play - was he injured?

I was pleasantly surprised by Billy-ball, even if he hasn't rid himself of his determination to get teammates run out!

The downside of the rate we scored at was that it created more time for Worcestershire to play without jeopardy, though the bowling performance was more of an issue. But coming in to the first competitive game of the season with so little match practice probably didn't help.

I'm sure MA will have learnt allot from that though and I'm still confident we'll make further progress this season.

Reece was in the squad, so I assume not injured.

I don’t think we need all 4 of the seam bowlers to play, it’ll be interesting to see what the team looks like on Thursday. 

[sage]

4 hours ago, Crewton said:

Very surprised that Reece didn't play - was he injured?

I was pleasantly surprised by Billy-ball, even if he hasn't rid himself of his determination to get teammates run out!

The downside of the rate we scored at was that it created more time for Worcestershire to play without jeopardy, though the bowling performance was more of an issue. But coming in to the first competitive game of the season with so little match practice probably didn't help.

I'm sure MA will have learnt allot from that though and I'm still confident we'll make further progress this season.

I have heard that Reece and Arthur don't get on

[Jimbo Ram]

We have played one game. Too soon to think about major changes.

[Crewton]

6 hours ago, sage said:

I have heard that Reece and Arthur don't get on

That's an interesting suggestion because I thought the club had gone the extra mile to persuade him to stay 

I trust Mickey's judgement of a player, but I hope this isn't right.

[sage]

20 minutes ago, Crewton said:

That's an interesting suggestion because I thought the club had gone the extra mile to persuade him to stay 

I trust Mickey's judgement of a player, but I hope this isn't right.

I think that was pre Mickey Arthur

[Magicman]

We should play a spinner to mix things up. Rotate the faster bowlers and use Dal/Reece when it suits. 

[sage]

On 10/04/2023 at 13:26, sage said:

I have heard that Reece and Arthur don't get on

Reece isn't in the squad for the Leicestershire game

[jimbo jones]

20 minutes ago, sage said:

Reece isn't in the squad for the Leicestershire game

Just spotted that, no mention of an injury, wonder if his days here are numbered.