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Post by newby on Sept 4, 2024 14:56:13 GMT
A rare Monday start so they can fit T20 finals day in on the following Saturday the 14th.
Jonny Bairstow available and I presume Shan Masood is too, though OG did say he would be checking his availability! Not sure what that is all about.
Revis unable to bowl for the rest of the season, don't think he makes the cut for his batting alone.
Matthew Fisher is available I think and the big question again is should he play. I'd say yes, he owes us and I'm sure he has plenty of motivation to impress and seal any deals on the table. Other viewpoints I accept.
My XI:
Lyth, Bean, Wharton, Masood, Bairstow, Hill, Tattersall, Thompson, Bess, Fisher, Coad,
For Leicestershire Josh Hull is playing for England so won't be available. I'm not sure they would have picked him anyway, which says something about England's off the wall selection process.
They still have one overseas player, Ajinkya Rahane, but Peter Handscomb is back in Australia and that's a big miss for them.
Here's hoping for fine weather.
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Post by davemorton on Sept 4, 2024 15:16:48 GMT
Should I travel? I have found a B&B, with parking, at £55, only 2 miles from Grace Road.
My thought is that I could watch day 1 on YouTube, then travel 110 miles (same as Scarborough) and get 2 days at Grace Road, home Wednesday evening. But if the game is going to be like last week's, what's the point?
I will probably make a late decision, by which time the cheap room may no longer be available.
On Masood and Fisher, we need to be pragmatic. Will Masood make more runs than Luxton? Will his captaincy deficiencies be costly? What happens if we tell Masood not to bother, and then Bairstow decides not to play in the last two? If we didn't play Fisher, would it be for the second spinner, or would Cliff come in?
Decisions, decisions. At least I have two rugby games to attend, Saturday and Sunday.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Sept 4, 2024 15:30:15 GMT
get yourself (and your camera) to Leicester Dave. You know its the right thing to do
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Post by tykemania on Sept 4, 2024 19:48:24 GMT
Possibly the most difficult selection in years. Additional considerations...
1. Tattersall vs Luxton. It'd be hard on Jonny but if YJB can keep, there is a real consideration of giving Luxton, whose ceiling is a central contract, a proper morale boosting run in the team.
2. The pitch. Grace Road suits upright seamers like Fisher, but also Cliff. The former is clearly the better bowler now, but has already sold us out...
3. Is Bess able to move yet after his exertions at Headingley?
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Post by newby on Sept 5, 2024 8:38:52 GMT
Nothing definite but this early this week from an article on the website:
'Gibson also confirmed some additional mixed availability news.
He will check on captain Shan Masood’s availability post the Pakistan v Bangladesh Test series, which finishes on Tuesday.'
Just been reading about a new 'white ball' competition in Pakistan starting on the the 9th of September.
According to the article the PCB have enrolled the top 150 players in Pakistan for it. I think Shan Masood fits in the category and of course he has a central contract with the PCB. We shall see.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Sept 5, 2024 9:23:56 GMT
that might not be as disastrous as it might have been based on earlier in the season views. Bairstows return, the more successful leadership of Tatts and the progress made by Wharton, Luxton and Hill recently all give me reasons to be more confident we can cover for his absence, more so than if we lost a Ben Coad
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Post by newby on Sept 5, 2024 10:17:12 GMT
The timing might be right for a parting of the ways with Shan Masood, especially if it turns out he isn't available for the run in.
No obvious talk of a new contract for next season, and with a new D of C and head Coach not yet appointed I can't see that being done/not done until they are in post.
Of course we don't know what we don't know, to loosely quote Donald Rumsfeld, were it the case that the new D of C and head Coach were actually 'known unknowns' and have been quietly told the job is there's, then heaven knows what is going on behind closed doors.
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Post by karma on Sept 5, 2024 12:05:00 GMT
Who is Fisher?
I'm happy with Tatts as captain , or Bess, Luxton, Hill etc.
Sorry. was a bit disrespectful to Fisher. He can't help getting injured and I suppose the coaching/physio/conditioning staff haven't improved his injury toll either. Last time I saw him bowl he seemed content upon banging down short balls which seemed to sit up nicely to be despatched. If the Leicester game has the Kookaburra ball might be best to leave him out, don't want him busting a gut or anything else trying too hard. 🏏
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Post by donnylad on Sept 5, 2024 17:18:15 GMT
Fisher played in a relatively recent 2nd XI match and took 5 in one innings.
The side have been a bit more settled and I think they should be given the run in without any but the most urgent changes.
Fisher and Leech have made their decisions - others might say burned their bridges and others again might say get what we can out of them before they go. I tend towards the leave them out brigade.
I wonder if it is between Bean and Luxton to be the one to miss out if Masood plays? I wonder if the pitch will suit George Hill?
Is Bess/Moriarty (one of the two) another dilemma?
I feel sorry for Mat Revise - he has been used perhaps far more than he should have been in the last couple of seasons. I hope he recovers well and winters well, ready for action next season.
For Leicester, Hull's FC record isn't long or successful so England are welcome to him - poor lad could get a pounding and disappear into the long grass in more ways than one.
Their overseas Rahane and Budinger could be thorns in our side.
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Post by davemorton on Sept 5, 2024 19:10:45 GMT
You had me confused with Hull FC for a moment, DL. Nothing to do with rugby league, but Josh Hull and his FC = first-class record, which is due to be advanced by one game, for England, and good luck to him, and all the other fantastically good youngsters currently 'emerging'.
For Yorkshire, the guys on the spot will pick whoever is available, make selection decisions when conditions are known, factoring stuff like weather and Kookaburra, to maximise our points total. Our admin may be in a shambles, but the team has been well run. If Middlesex win, there's nowt we can do to stop them.
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Post by newby on Sept 5, 2024 20:53:44 GMT
I too thought DL had gone off on one with the juxtaposition of Hull and FC.
We are just the point behind Middlesex, which is nothing of course, but we also have the extra jeopardy of the September weather to deal with.
If the weather gods are against us there's nothing we can do about that either.
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Post by karma on Sept 6, 2024 17:59:35 GMT
Apparently Shan Masood will not be back to play for Yorkshire v Leicestershire next week. So that will change team selections and captain. Team spirit seems very good unders Tatts , he'd be my 1st choice but pick the best balanced team and captain from them. 🏏
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Post by newby on Sept 6, 2024 18:19:24 GMT
Yes he's certainly down in the Stallions squad for the Champions cup and the dates are 12-29 Sept.
Mentor – Saqlain Mushtaq
STALLIONS: Mohammad Haris (captain, Peshawar), Abrar Ahmed (Karachi), Adil Amin (Peshawar), Azam Khan (Peshawar), Babar Azam (Lahore), Haris Rauf (Islamabad), Hussain Talat (Lahore), Jahandad Khan (Rawalpindi), Junaid Ali (Lahore), Maaz Ahmad Sadaqat (Peshawar), Mehran Mumtaz (Rawalpindi), Mohammad Ali (Sialkot), Mohammad Amir Khan (Swat), Saad Khan (Hyderabad), Shamyl Hussain (Islamabad), Shan Masood (Karachi), Tayyab Tahir (Sarai Alamgir), Ubaid Shah (Lahore), Yasir Khan (Rawalpindi) and Zaman Khan (Mirpur)
The squads will be reduced to 15 next Tuesday. I can't see him being released so we might well have seen the last of him.
It's a shame if it ends this way, PCB are flexing their muscles a bit like the Aussies do when they let you sign a player and then take them back for a training camp or something.
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Post by newby on Sept 8, 2024 8:28:09 GMT
I was exploring the live-stream option on the Leicestershire website. It seems it's just £1 a day and it even members have to pay for it too, though they are offering 100 free codes for their members to chase after.
Exploring further you need to sign up to get an account with Leicestershire CCC and then it all goes into US dollars and your card is charged $5.25 I think it was.
I'll give it a miss and stick to listening I think.
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Post by davemorton on Sept 8, 2024 9:31:20 GMT
Increasingly, it's looking a dead duck, weatherwise. If I have to pay to watch online, well travel alone roundtrip would cost £25 - £30 even at Suzuki 55 miles/gallon. Or I could just listen, free, on the Beeb. Not a problem, and I could watch Somerset v Surrey as a bonus.
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