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Post by newby on Apr 10, 2024 15:46:54 GMT
Whisper it quietly but the forecast looks not too bad. Gloucestershire have allegedly been practicing on it today so hopefully we are set fair for a decent attempt at getting in a full game.
Yorkshire just need to decide who has to move out to allow Joe Root to move in. I'm thinking Jordan Thompson.
Gloucestershire picked the following 14 man squad for the game that never was at Derby.
Graeme Van Buuren (C), Zaman Akhter, Cameron Bancroft, James Bracey, Ben Charlesworth, Marchant De Lange, Chris Dent, Dom Goodman, Miles Hammond, Ed Middleton, Joe Phillips, Ollie Price, Josh Shaw, Ajeet Singh Dale.
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Post by davemorton on Apr 10, 2024 23:37:22 GMT
I am not going down. Mainly because of the time of year, the clash with Augusta Masters and some real live rugby I want to watch, but also because they wouldn't let Yorkshire members use their facilities last season.
They are not to be underestimated, with all the various Taylors and Prices, James Bracey, and a couple of strong overseas too. I am a fan of Ajit Dale, and it's good to see Josh Shaw in the squad. I thought I hadn't heard of Zaman Akhter, until I went on Kenny's Shovel's County site and found my own photograph of him there. He is from the exotic East; Cambridge, to be exact.
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Post by tbsteve on Apr 11, 2024 3:26:08 GMT
That does look like a decent squad, but with Root, Brook and Masood in our team, we should be ok batting wise. Bowling - especially with the Aussie ball - seems more difficult. Personally I'd drop Moriarty for Root and leave it at that unless Bess has recovered from his quad strain. Milnes did well last game. Thommo went wicketless, but seems to thrive on confidence so I wouldn't want to drop/rest/rotate him so early. Fisher is just class. Coad would be an option if Bess is fit.
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Post by donnylad on Apr 11, 2024 6:58:23 GMT
Coad and Fisher had decent spells in the Leics match but nothing consistent. Now was that the ball, the pitch, overhead conditions, early season - I don't know. Thommo looked keen but bowled some dross - mainly it seemed to Mike coming in to middle and leg and getting batted further round that way.
Moriarty didn't really turn anything. Hill looked the best of the bowlers after Milnes. but a dead Kookaburra is no use in English conditions (or anywhere else for that matter) as seen last weekend.
I might just give Coad a rest and play Bess, or rest Moriarty and play Revis, possibly just one of those and Root for the other.
We still could do with something quick and up yer nose, ideally left arm, a bit like we did a few seasons ago when we acquired Olivier ......
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Post by tbsteve on Apr 11, 2024 7:08:55 GMT
Be careful what you wish for. Olivier bowled some rubbish and seemed to be a specialist overseas for the 2XI
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Post by karma on Apr 11, 2024 7:20:59 GMT
On my morning walk , passed the Yorkshire team coach loading up for the trip to Bristol, wished them all well, especially the driver as he's carrying my hopes for this season, (hopefully safely).🧳 👝
Wonder why the club uses a Beverley based bus company? Presumably most things are price driven nowadays, especially as we're all'Costcutters' 🚍
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Post by slowleftarmer on Apr 11, 2024 7:26:57 GMT
yes, I suspect Gough and Gibson thought they had signed a new overseas nasty fasty when they revealed Micky Edwards.... I think Percy or Gareth may have been quicker and more threatening
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Post by newby on Apr 11, 2024 16:57:17 GMT
13 players on the bus that are in the squad: Adam Lyth, Finlay Bean, Shan Masood, Joe Root, Harry Brook, George Hill, Jonathan Tattersall, Matthew Milnes, Matthew Fisher, Dan Moriarty, Ben Coad, Jordan Thompson and Mathew Revis.
Glos squad: van Buuren (c), Akhter, Bancroft, Bracey, B Charlesworth, De Lange, Dent, Gohar, Goodman, Hammond, O Price, Shaw, Singh Dale.
Mark Alleyne selects a 13-man squad for the visit of Yorkshire with Ed Middleton and Joe Phillips dropping out of the matchday squad while spinner Zafar Gohar comes in. All-rounder Tom Price misses out on selection again this week due to a minor rib injury while Matt Taylor must also sit this one out due to a reoccurring toe injury.
I make that 3 slow bowlers in the 13 man Glos squad, that might indicate Moriarty will be needed.
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Post by newby on Apr 11, 2024 16:58:24 GMT
13 players on the bus that are in the squad: Adam Lyth, Finlay Bean, Shan Masood, Joe Root, Harry Brook, George Hill, Jonathan Tattersall, Matthew Milnes, Matthew Fisher, Dan Moriarty, Ben Coad, Jordan Thompson and Mathew Revis.
Glos squad: van Buuren (c), Akhter, Bancroft, Bracey, B Charlesworth, De Lange, Dent, Gohar, Goodman, Hammond, O Price, Shaw, Singh Dale.
Mark Alleyne selects a 13-man squad for the visit of Yorkshire with Ed Middleton and Joe Phillips dropping out of the matchday squad while spinner Zafar Gohar comes in. All-rounder Tom Price misses out on selection again this week due to a minor rib injury while Matt Taylor must also sit this one out due to a reoccurring toe injury.
I make that 3 slow bowlers in the 13 man Glos squad, that might indicate Moriarty will be needed.
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Post by newby on Apr 11, 2024 16:59:56 GMT
So good I sent it twice, sorry.
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Post by karma on Apr 11, 2024 19:34:51 GMT
I remember that Tom Price for his bowling at Headingley (and his brother) I just hope that Bancroft gets some stick for his missdemeanor with the sandpaper. People seem quite forgiving, not me, for three reasons:
1) he did it
2) he got caught
3) he's Australian 🇦🇺
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Post by newby on Apr 12, 2024 9:18:43 GMT
Looks very promising at Bristol and around the Country weather wise. I was in and around York yesterday and suddenly spring seemed to have sprung with heavy coats left at home, a good sprinkling of shorts on show and just a generally more relaxed feel about things.
I shall dig my shorts out later, garden only until my legs get a bit of colour, before releasing them to the world on the 1st of May.
Team will be announced soon, I think Revis and Thompson still to miss out, but what do I know.
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Post by donnylad on Apr 12, 2024 10:38:17 GMT
Be careful what you wish for. Olivier bowled some rubbish and seemed to be a specialist overseas for the 2XI Yes ... that is the proviso on my 'wish'. We are in the same position as we were then. Three or four medium/medium-quicks and no-one to grab those wickets with a fast full toss (sorry yorker) or a sharp long hop (sorry short pitched delivery) whacked to cover etc. Olivier and the other collection of 'quicks' that were recruited never really did the job. Lyth, Bean, Masood, Root, Brook, Tattersall †, Hill, Milnes, Fisher, Coad, Moriarty ... hmm. Bit of a tail? Is that why Hill is listed after Tatts?? Then again the first 5 should be capable of filling their boots ... we are trundling along at less than 2 an over at the moment. Looks like Hill will be getting some time with the ball. I'll have a livestream look later on.
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Post by karma on Apr 12, 2024 13:53:50 GMT
I'm not going to be the grumpy old man today regarding Yorkshire's morning performance
I am however going to sing the praises of our captain Masood who held the innings together while playing some positive shots and now sharing a partnership of over a hundred with Tattersall. In fact until Tatts was the momentum that started to take the game away a little from Gloucestershire. ( 190-6 , Tatts out on 58 , Massood 90 not out)
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Post by davemorton on Apr 12, 2024 14:17:12 GMT
I'll take up the grumpy mantle then, just a bit. Some of our batting this morning was dumb. Bazball is dumb when it's doctrinaire Bazball. I don't think McCullum's version is dumb, just the application of it by some of its disciples.
And all we had to do this morning was survive. Suddenly, I'm a Boycott disciple.
Well done Masood, and well done Tatters. There was a guy at Headingley yesterday, loudly slagging off Tattersall! No doubt he's now telling everyone, "I told you so," following his dismissal. When they don't like you, they don't like you.
Captain Shan has just got his hundred, as I type. Chances are we're going to be well behind on first innings, unless he can double up.
I posed the question about the strongest bowling in Div 2. Gloucs may be the answer.
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