Yardy's bowled quite well in the T20s, he's not a serious batsman in the CC any more though. Pav is right: what the players doing in the Seconds if they're not good enough to replace under-performing Firsts? We need to see if Finch can cut it - giving him the odd game will do nothing. The real...
A football manager who, say, started the season without any competition for his defence so that they'd all play regardless of form; who had no wide players at all and who had five strikers but three were injured and one was on international duty a lot, would find his employment pretty quickly...
At least this time Robbo won't be able to blame the pitch for our score: wonder whose fault it will be? The high calorie content of the Arundel teas? The wind blowing around the battlements? The trauma of the Henriques/Burns incident?
I'm hoping that when the Goff turns English, we get a batsman in. I know Uncle B thinks that Sussex will get a spinner but another batter would be great
Surprised the average is that high to be honest.
The problem is that at least four of these five (plus Wright, who's not much better) are pretty much guaranteed to play every game. So they know they're not going to lose their place and, equally, don't have much opportunity to get back their...
Not sure I'd agree with that. Chris Jordan didn't get into the England team on the strength of his drink carrying abilities. And Luke Wright missed a third of the season last year and only just missed a thousand runs. Jimmy Anyon has also got a respectable record for us.
But Wells has just got...