jimbo jones Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Day 2 of the friendly against Lancashire saw our turn to bat. An all to familiar tale of woe with 7 wickets down by lunch ? No Masood or Reece in the lineup. Not going to read too much into a friendly in March where subs are allowed a bowl...but it would have been nice to see some shoots of positivity from our first look at Mickey’s Derbyshire. The main man Anuj Dal top scoring so far ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Nice knock of 49 from Mattie McKiernan. He’s not played a whole lot of red ball cricket, but I’ve always thought he’s worth a go as a batting leg spinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 We’ve been playing Notts in another 2 day friendly, with both sides batting 50 overs each day (shortened today due to rain being around) one thing worth noting is Harry Came doing well again. Including his second knock against Lancashire his last 3 scores are 37, 24 and 31 all not out, retiring to give someone else a knock each time. All patient innings with plenty of time in the middle too. If Came can come through as an opener with Masood, and have Godleman and Reece drop down the order. Our batting starts to look much more solid. Carnero and Eddie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Last pre season game starts tomorrow, before we get the show on the road at Lords on Thursday. Really hope Harry Came impresses again, Masood is town for his first Derbyshire outing, so including Guest the top 7 looks set if Came is in. Not sure what the order would be though. 8-11 could be anybody though. Not sure when Lakmal gets here. You'd expect Conners to play, I think Thomson gets the nod as spinner, then it's 2 from Aitchison, Melton, Scrimshaw, Dal, Hughes, Potts. The good thing is, there's some very different options for different conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 3 hours ago, jimbo jones said: Last pre season game starts tomorrow, before we get the show on the road at Lords on Thursday. Really hope Harry Came impresses again, Masood is town for his first Derbyshire outing, so including Guest the top 7 looks set if Came is in. Not sure what the order would be though. 8-11 could be anybody though. Not sure when Lakmal gets here. You'd expect Conners to play, I think Thomson gets the nod as spinner, then it's 2 from Aitchison, Melton, Scrimshaw, Dal, Hughes, Potts. The good thing is, there's some very different options for different conditions. Aitcheson was having a MRI scan last I heard. jimbo jones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 4 hours ago, sage said: Aitcheson was having a MRI scan last I heard. I wondered where he was, seen that it's a spinal bone injury, which doesn't sound good ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Oxford are currently 34-2; Potts and Melton with the wickets. jimbo jones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Just over 200-7 at the close… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Looked like we would bowl them out cheaply, then a “big” 89 partnership slowed things up. Look forward to seeing what order they come out to bat tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 10 minutes ago, jimbo jones said: Looked like we would bowl them out cheaply, then a “big” 89 partnership slowed things up. Look forward to seeing what order they come out to bat tomorrow. Potts was very economical today ? jimbo jones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 49 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said: Potts was very economical today ? Excellent figures ? Jimbo Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Godleman and Masood opening the batting, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKHunter Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 How come it's not been streamed? Why no Fletch either? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, SKHunter said: How come it's not been streamed? Why no Fletch either? Not sure, the other friendlies were streamed, so maybe it’s something to do with Oxford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Masood not messing about, 40 off 29 balls with 7 fours before getting out. Guest in at 3, which slightly surprises me. It it sticks to the scoreboard order its Came at 6 then Dal, Thomson, and Reece at 9. I know Reece is coming back from shoulder surgery, so I’m guessing the lack of overs in the friendly games and batting so low means he’s not fully ready yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Lakmal has arrived ? Eddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Godleman and Reece (batting at 6) both hitting centuries, and A fifty for Guest batting at 3. Looking ahead to Thursday, I think this will be the team, assuming everyone's available... Godleman Masood Guest Du Plooy Madsen Reece Dal Thomson Conners Lakmal Melton Maybe Potts instead of Melton... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, jimbo jones said: Godleman and Reece (batting at 6) both hitting centuries, and A fifty for Guest batting at 3. Looking ahead to Thursday, I think this will be the team, assuming everyone's available... Godleman Masood Guest Du Plooy Madsen Reece Dal Thomson Conners Lakmal Melton Maybe Potts instead of Melton... Isn't Melton still classed as an overseas player? So you can't include Lakmal & Melton in the same bowling attack unless Masood wasn't playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 13 hours ago, Carnero said: Isn't Melton still classed as an overseas player? So you can't include Lakmal & Melton in the same bowling attack unless Masood wasn't playing? I knew that ?? Hans Datdo-Dishes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Brooke Guest has signed a one year extension until the end of the 2023 season. Would have been nice to be able to tie him down even longer, but it's a positive move. Hopefully he gets a full season batting at 3 rather than moving around the order like last year. Eddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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