Saturday 19 April 2008

Gloucester final day and Lancs tomorrow

Well, the final day has dawned and the old rain dance seems to have done the trick. Its not very good down Bristol and play appears unlikely today. Shame...
As for tomorrow, with Kevin Dean and Greg Smith injured, and Stubbo having problems throwing after winter surgery on his shoulder, the team appears to be:

Birch
Rogers
Sadler
Telo
Clarke
Redfern
Pipe
Wagg
Clare
Lungley
Doshi

Jake Needham is travelling and may play if there is a chance of spin. Ian Hunter is replaced by John Clare, who is a talented player and may become a genuine all rounder rather than a bowler who can bat.
The batting looks good enough, but if a bowler is injured, or gets carted around, the only back up is Dan Redfern. While a fine young batsman, and a bowler of promise, would you want him bowling at Messrs Hodge, Law and Flintoff at this stage?
Fingers crossed for a good result!

1 comment:

  1. so jealous of Dan Redfern. I'm a year older than him, went to the same school and was his captin in our school's First XI. At present i'm switching between University of Manchester's 1st and 2nd XI and he's just come back from an U19 world cup and could be playing in county cricket :( nice blog anyway

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