That then begs the question what are these batsmen doing in the 2nds? Are they there to make up the numbers or are they there to push the 1st XI? I don't see what harm it will do to give one or two of the 2nds a run-out, simply because Yardy and Nash have been SO bad ALL SEASON; either they do...
So Sussex's 10th wicket partnership proved to be only the SECOND highest in their innings. Sad to see that even this is on the decline, given it was the highest partnership in our 1st innings.
Surely time to drop Tardy and Gash and give someone else a chance in the top order?
No.9 Dockrell now Sussex's top scorer - 30no.
This now the highest partnership for Sussex in the match (31). Linley and Dockrell - they sound like something out of the 1920s, they're untainted and doing the business, so all bound to end in the next over or so.
Our woeful batting stats are INCREDIBLE. If you combine Nash, Joyce, Yardy, Wells and Cachopa's season this is what you get:
Matches: 31
Innings: 58
Not out: 0
Runs: 1,141
Highest: 92
Average: 19.67
100: 0
50: 5
For anyone that's interested, the batting stats for the 5 bowlers with the most...
The predictability of another top order failure is so depressing. We have a decent League 1 bowling attack (albeit injury-ravaged - Shahzad, Magoffin, Mills, Robinson, Anyon, Hatchett, Zaidi, Hobden) but a mediocre League 2-standard top order. Kent and Essex sit at the foot of League 2 but...