Derbyshire lost to Sussex this season after making 551-8D, which is close enough. Worth noting Sussex lost Haines on this batting paradise. I won’t critique the players in these conditions.
With Rizwan and Rawlins to come, “going for it’ may be the best form of defence. Promote those two and see how many overs they last. Reassess after 4 down.
Lenham and Beer both available. Not selected ahead of Rashid and Rawlins. Plus Ravi bowls slow.
I personally would play Beer and an all rounder who bowls pace (Garton if fit, maybe FHP if he’s not) over Ward and Crocombe. Will be a lot more balanced side with 7 bowling options and a deeper...
The Gloucestershire throw away is really going to hurt. Both teams should be on 8 in the table. May well be academical though. Can’t see Sussex winning the last 4, and even that will probably not be enough.
Obviously that’s unacceptable.
But where do we draw the line? Should Brighton also issue 3 year bans for every Brighton fan that celebrated on the pitch following promotion to the premier league in 2017?
Carrying the drinks! Most wickets for Sussex in T20’s but dropped after a few poor games.
Dropped to keep Lenham in the side who’s been very expensive and hasn’t taken a lot of wickets. Time to drop the 17 year old unfortunately, today can’t been good for his development.
Rawlins the bowler has great potential. Been excellent with the ball all competition.
He should be batting at number 8 or lower though. Averages 22 in T20’s at 140 strike rate, which is decent. You can’t rely on him to play the match situation though. He’s a pinch hitter who gets lucky until...
Rizwan and Rashid Khan can dig us out of a hole, they’ll have the second half of the Blast to selvage a top 4 place.
But after today they’ll need to be really good. Superhuman almost. One man batting line up right now.
Overseas player, so wasn’t signed on as we’ve already got plenty.
He’s also playing for a new national side (Namibia), and he’s been representing them regularly for the last Year or so.