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Post by slowleftarmer on May 21, 2024 7:59:17 GMT
and a little bit weaker with no Brook, Root, Coad, ..... but i can hear the drums and its Fernando strolling into town to sort out all our problems!
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Post by newby on May 21, 2024 9:31:57 GMT
Root and Coad down obviously makes us weaker but we aren't playing with 9 men so let's hope Fernando cancels out the loss of Coad and perhaps giving Leech the new ball might get a bit more from him and gives us 90/95% of what we are missing from Fisher.
We did go in batting heavy I thought and we can't replace the class of Root so perhaps one or both of Bess and Moriarty come back in.
I'm not convinced by Wharton though it seems unfair not to give him another game.
My XI. Lyth, Bean, Masood, Hill, Wharton, Tattersall, Revis, Fernando, Thompson, Leech, Moriarty/Bess.
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Post by davemorton on May 21, 2024 10:52:17 GMT
As well as Leech, Wharton was one player who advanced his claims in this game. He and Tattersall looked a lot better than all the other non-Test Yorkshire batsmen. I would like to see Tatters move up to 4 next week, or to 3, with Masood at 4. (If he's been in the field for two days while Northants are scoring 600, you can always swop it back. It wouldn't matter anyway, in those circumstances.)
I would still like to see Luxton given a chance, somehow, somewhere in the order, but ideally as the Brook replacement at 5. Perhaps Wharton up the order for Bean, who looked all at sea, though he has that class which we all know is permanent. Tricky!
If the pitches at Headingley have been 100% bad, in favour of the bat, this one was perhaps 20% too far the other way. It still produced some characterful and even heroic batting, and the game lasted a full three days, almost. In my opinion this is ideal, with the 4th day available to give the game proper shape, and as a rain insurance.
I don't know how they could possibly pick Thompson after this, but without him the bowling has no experience at all, barring Fernando, I think I favour the twin-spin option, with 4 seamers, still. Leech's bowling was a big plus, and Hill and Revis need to be trusted more.
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Post by slowleftarmer on May 21, 2024 12:22:08 GMT
So....
Injured (in order of loss) - Coad, Fisher, Milnes, Edwards Available - Thompson, Fernando, Revis, Hill, Leech, Cliff, Moriarty, Bess.
I think Bess has to play just to give the batting some depth, grittiness and experience.
But all we can do after that is rearrange the deck-chairs and tinker with the batting order from 3-11. I would not worry about Bean, he is fine opening with Lyth. But a right hander at 3 may not be a bad call to break up the top 3 all being lefties.
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Post by tykemania on May 21, 2024 12:29:47 GMT
Any combination is a bit of guess work after that but, knowing that Wantage Road tends to be sluggish I would go:
Bean Lyth Wharton Masood Hill Tattersall Bess Thompson Fernando Leech Moriarty
Revis and Luxton, Duke too, will get plenty of cricket in the white ball stuff that follows
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