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Post by Admin on May 12, 2023 18:48:51 GMT
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Post by alanw on May 16, 2023 10:53:49 GMT
With the T20s starting on Saturday, I was thinking about the team we would start with at Edgbaston. The selection is quite challenging with Jennings injured, Salt, Livingstone and Butler still on IPL duty, we are short of batsmen particularly openers with proven T20 experience. The XI I came up with was:
Wells, Hartley, Mitchell, Croft, Vilas, Bell, Wood, Lamb, Gleeson, Mahmood, Parkinson.
This eleven is light on batting but I have never seen Bohannon or Jones play a decent T20 innings. Maybe Bohannon deserves a chance since he is one of our few batsmen in good nick.
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Post by Butter_Fingers on May 16, 2023 14:37:53 GMT
With the T20s starting on Saturday, I was thinking about the team we would start with at Edgbaston. The selection is quite challenging with Jennings injured, Salt, Livingstone and Butler still on IPL duty, we are short of batsmen particularly openers with proven T20 experience. The XI I came up with was: Wells, Hartley, Mitchell, Croft, Vilas, Bell, Wood, Lamb, Gleeson, Mahmood, Parkinson. This eleven is light on batting but I have never seen Bohannon or Jones play a decent T20 innings. Maybe Bohannon deserves a chance since he is one of our few batsmen in good nick.
Still waiting for somebody to come up with the bright idea of playing a keeper and 10 allrounders.
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Post by alanw on May 16, 2023 14:53:55 GMT
I don't think he is injured and I think he is better suited to T20 than red ball cricket. You can only play two overseas so I think it is a choice of Vilas or CDG.
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Post by chris on May 16, 2023 16:04:37 GMT
I don't think he is injured and I think he is better suited to T20 than red ball cricket. You can only play two overseas so I think it is a choice of Vilas or CDG. |
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Post by steveo1 on May 17, 2023 3:30:20 GMT
In regards T20 if CDG is fit and Vilas will always play is Mitchell just a red ball player? I think he is quality and we will get more from him than CDG.
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Post by Admin on May 17, 2023 5:33:03 GMT
Mitchell 30.65 average in T20 scoring rate 132.77
De Grandhomme 23.27 156.81
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Post by alanw on May 17, 2023 8:45:08 GMT
I would pick Mitchell in all formats he is a class player and currently in good form as he showed on Saturday. I see CDG as a T20 player. I think we need Vilas in the T20 side at the moment due to the shortage of specialist batsmen. Our best T20 top three are playing in the IPL at the moment. As far as the captaincy goes I am a believer in picking your best 11 and then selecting your captain. Vilas, Croft and Bailey have all captained the first XI. Bohannon could be another option.
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Post by oldhamexile on May 17, 2023 9:11:44 GMT
CDG tough to leave out, as well as the fearsome hitting he's a clever bowler in T20 and a really good fielder. I like Danny Lamb but he went round the park a few times last season. If Gleeson is injured we're in trouble.
Hopefully this is the season where Josh Bohannon comes good in that run a ball, hold the innings together from three role.
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Post by John W on May 17, 2023 9:31:56 GMT
CDG tough to leave out, as well as the fearsome hitting he's a clever bowler in T20 and a really good fielder. I like Danny Lamb but he went round the park a few times last season. If Gleeson is injured we're in trouble. Hopefully this is the season where Josh Bohannon comes good in that run a ball, hold the innings together from three role. Gleeson was on the pitch at the lunch interval for at least 2 day's of the Somerset CC game though he seemed to be in the area of C stand with one of the fitness coaches. Wood and Blatherwick were doing a bit of bowling on the strip under the watchful eye of our Head Coach but I didn't notice Gleeson with them. |
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Post by chris on May 17, 2023 10:33:28 GMT
For what it's worth, he hasn't played for Blackpool yet this season. Would normally expect him to do so in order to test his fitness with his club first. The wrist surgery was only in March.
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Post by alanw on May 17, 2023 15:10:25 GMT
Richard Gleeson not included in the squad for tomorrow's second XI double header with Derbyshire so probably still recovering from surgery as Chris's post above. I can't spot anyone else likely to play in the T20s to be missing.
Tom Aspinwall, Tom Bailey, George Balderson, George Bell, Jack Blatherwick, Josh Bohannon, Steven Croft, Colin De Grandhomme, Tom Hartley, Rob Jones, Danny Lamb, George Lavelle, Saqib Mahmood, Daryl Mitchell, Matt Parkinson, Dane Vilas, Luke Wells, Will Williams, Luke Wood
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Post by chris on May 17, 2023 17:54:15 GMT
Richard Gleeson not included in the squad for tomorrow's second XI double header with Derbyshire so probably still recovering from surgery as Chris's post above. I can't spot anyone else likely to play in the T20s to be missing. Tom Aspinwall, Tom Bailey, George Balderson, George Bell, Jack Blatherwick, Josh Bohannon, Steven Croft, Colin De Grandhomme, Tom Hartley, Rob Jones, Danny Lamb, George Lavelle, Saqib Mahmood, Daryl Mitchell, Matt Parkinson, Dane Vilas, Luke Wells, Will Williams, Luke Wood |
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Post by Admin on May 18, 2023 11:47:53 GMT
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Post by alanw on May 19, 2023 15:02:14 GMT
14 man squad named for Edgbaston. Vilas named as captain so looks like either Mitchell or CDG will miss out. Website confirms that Gleeson and Jennings both recovering from injury.
Dane Vilas (c), Tom Bailey, George Bell, Josh Bohannon, Steven Croft, Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Hartley, Rob Jones, Danny Lamb, Saqib Mahmood, Daryl Mitchell, Matt Parkinson, Luke Wells, Luke Wood
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