11/06
SAME FAILINGS, SAME RESULT
DAWID MALAN JUST TOO DESTRUCTIVE FOR DISMAL NOTTS TO HANDLE
A large crowd saw Notts slip to a disappointing nine run defeat against Yorkshire at sunny Trent Bridge last night.
Injury hit Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat. The crocked Henriques was left out of the Notts Eleven with McCann taking his place.
Notts’ seam bowling was appalling during the powerplay. Montgomery (Pavilion End) bowled the opening over, Lyth smashing him for six over square leg; 8 off the opening over. Sams went for 15 - Malan hitting him for four through extra cover. Lyth then hit the struggling left-armer for four through square leg and a six over long leg; 15 off the over. Malan hit Pennington for a six over square leg. Yorkshire 36 for 0 after 3 overs. the continued selection of McKerr has been baffling to everyone. He lived up to pre-game expectations by going for 22 in his opening over. Malan tucked into to the buffet by lofting the former Surrey man for four successive fours over extra cover, square leg, mid-off and mid-wicket to bring up the Yorkshire 50 in 22 balls. The fifth delivery went for six over mid-wicket; the last ball was a dot ball. Malan hit consecutive fours off Montgomery through extra cover and fine leg, 11 off the fifth over. Sams conceded six off the last over of the powerplay. Yorkshire 75 for 0 off 6 overs.
Notts fought back well for this point realising that their spinners are a much better option. Yorkshire scoring 100 in the last 14 overs. Malan reached his 50 off 24 balls with a single off Montgomery (3-0-23-0), four off the 7th over. Lyth (29) hit Pennington for a straight boundary but perished next ball caught by Clarke in the covers; 83 for 1. Luxton hit Pennington for four through mid-off; 10 runs scored in the 8th over. McKerr bowled successive wides and the next ball he was hit for six over square leg. Malan (58 off 28 balls, 7x4, 3x6), then got a leading edge with McKerr (2-0-32-1) taking the return catch, 99 for 2 off 9 overs. McKerr’s 15 overs in this year competition have gone for an astronomic 12.40 RPO.
Harrison went for five plus a bye in the 10th over. Wharton hit Patterson-White for six over mid-wicket; nine off the 11th over. Wharton (11) holed out to Sams at mid-wicket off Harrison; 117 for three. Five off the 12th over. Patterson-White took two wickets in the 13th over only conceding two runs in the process. Duke (1) was caught behind by Moores off Patterson-White (120 for 4) and three balls later Luxton (13) was on caught on the square leg ropes by Harrison (121 for five). Revis hit Harrison for four through backward point, seven off the 14th over. Sutherland smashed Patterson-White for a straight four, eight off the 15th over.
Revis hit Harrison (4-0-29-1) for four through mid-off and then swept him for four through square leg. Yorkshire 149 for 5 off 16 overs. Sutherland (15) skied Sams into orbit, the bowler taking the steepling return catch, 156 for 6 off 17 overs. Patterson-White (4-0-24-2) went for five in his last over. Bess scooped Pennington for four and then two balls later hit him for four through extra cover. Bess (9) then holed out to Harrison on the mid-wicket ropes, a second wicket for Pennington (3-0-29-2); 170 for 7. Chohan (2) was caught by James at extra cover off Sams; 173 for 8. Revis on 26 was dropped by Moores diving to his right off the last ball of the innings bowled by Sams (4-0-31-2). Yorkshire 175 for 8 off 20 overs with Revis on 27 and O'Rourke on 0. Skipper Clarke having resisted the temptation to bowl either James or McCann.
It was obvious that as the ball got older it was harder to time and hit the ball, Notts had to get off to a fast start. Unfortunately they lost two wickets to consecutive deliveries in the opening over bowled by White who finished the night with career best T20 figures of 4-0-33-4 – playing only his fifth game in the competition. James was bowled middle stump by White (Pavilion End)for a three ball duck – the ball keeping low with James attempting to loft him towards cow corner. Haynes fell first ball caught at point by Wharton off White, 4 for 2 off 1 over. McCann, who should have been an automatic pick from game one, joined Clarke in the middle and 63 were added in 5.3 overs to keep Notts in the contest. McCann hit Bess for four through the covers, seven off the 2nd over. Clarke, on the drive, thick edged White for four and then scooped White to the boundary. The fifth and sixth balls were hit by Clarke for sixes over mid-wicket and square leg; 21 off the third over. McCann hit O'Rourke for 4 through mid-off, 13 off the 4th over. Clarke guided Bess to the mid-wicket boundary and then hit him for four through square leg to bring up the 50 partnership in 24 balls, 11 off the 5th over. McCann found the backward point boundary off O'Rourke and pulled him to six over long leg. Notts 67 for 2 after 6 overs.
Leg-spinner Chohan, who took 4-21 for Yorkshire twos versus Notts at Worksop College last week was to prove the most economical bowler in the contest with figures of 4-0-18-2. He took a wicket with his third ball - McCann (31 off 18 balls, 3x4, 1x6), attempting a reverse sweep he top edged Chohan to Sutherland who took the catch running backwards in the covers; 67 for 3. It was crucial that Notts sent in a batsmen capable of manoeuvring the spinners around to keep the scoreboard ticking. Matt Montgomery being the obvious choice. Moores though was sent in, strike rotation went out the window as dot balls ruled supreme, 12 of the 22 balls faced by the left-hander not being scored off. Clarke, who looked to be tiring, and Moores added 37 in 5.2 overs before falling four balls apart. Clarke hit Lyth for six over square leg, nine off the 8th over – Lyth’s solitary over of the contest. Moores hit Chohan for 4 through mid-wicket, 6 off the 9th over. Revis went for 6 off the 10th over. Notts 91 for 3 at the halfway stage. They needed 85 off the last 10 overs a target they should have achieved.
Moores hit Chohan for four through mid-wicket; seven off the 11th over. Clarke (50 off 29 balls; 5x4, 3x6) lofted Bess for 4 through mid-on but was out next ball caught on the extra cover ropes by Sutherland off Bess, 104 for 4. Seven off the 12th over. Moores (19) holed out to Bess at long on off White, 106 for 5. Two off the 13th over. The required rate was now shooting up with 69 required off 7 overs.
Montgomery lofted Revis for a straight four. Sams hit Revis for six over mid-wicket; 12 off the 14th over. O’Rourke returned and only conceded two off over number 15. Montgomery (7), became another Notts batsman to go aerial and perish caught by Bess at long on off the Kiwi seamer; 119 for 6. Notts needed an unlikely 57 off the final 5 overs.
Sams (20) gave Notts fans some hope by hitting Bess for consecutive sixes over long on and mid-wicket. However off the very next delivery he drilled the ball low and straight back to Bess (4 0 40 2), 136 for 7 after 16 overs. To make matters even worse, Patterson-White (4) fell the last ball caught at wide long off by Lyth off Chohan, 136 for 8. Chohan (4 0 18 2) bowled a legside delivery which went for 4 byes. Notts 142 for 8 off 17 overs – the game almost up.
Harrison edged an uppish four off Revis (3-0-30-0) and hit him for a straight four; 12 off the 18th over. Yorkshire’s ground fielding had been much slicker than Notts’ but their over rate had been shoddy and with 10 balls left they missed the cut off point which meant an extra man had to come into the circle. Despite this only five came off the 19th over bowled by O'Rourke (4-0-31-1). Seventeen required off the last over but Harrison (18*) and McKerr were incapable of finding the ropes. McKerr having another nightmare game could only muster six runs off 10 balls when he was bowled by a well-pitched up delivery by White off the penultimate delivery of the match. Pennington got a single off the last ball. Notts 166-9 off 20 overs.
Only Derbyshire (Friday’s opponents) are below Notts’ in the standings – an accurate reflection of a bumbling T20 campaign so far. A major rethink is required not just in terms of the composition of the eleven but in terms of the batting order. Notts were always likely to struggle in this competition with a distinct lack of T20 seam bowling resources. They, however have not helped themselves particularly in the decision to sign a 38-year-old overseas player who very sadly remains on the treatment table. They must hope that Sams the tournament MVP only two years ago finds some form in the remaining games. MAG
10/06
Same Outlaws 15 as for all the previous games, see below.
09/06
It appears that Yorkshire have waved a farewell to their Viking ancestry, they're now called Yorkshiremen, sorry that's Yorkshire Men.
For the Nottingham public, the second in which will be three home games in a school week. Trent Bridge have priced this game as one that is a difficult to sell, pre-match prices for adult slashed to a tenner.
These are Silver Fox's Fantastic Fifteen:
Injury update: Head coach Anthony McGrath also spoke to the media at the end of the game.
“Jonny Bairstow’s going to have a scan tomorrow (calf injury). Hopefully he’s not too far away, but it depends on the scan.
“Will Sutherland, we’re hoping to have back by the end of the week but Wednesday might come a bit too soon (broken toe). We’re still consulting with Cricket Victoria and our doctor as well. There’s not much more healing he can do. It’s just how much pain he can deal with. Cliffy, it’s probably too soon yet.
“I know there’s other injuries, but I can’t think off the top of my head!”
Jordan Thompson is another in the treatment room. He is hoping to potentially be ready for Friday against the Bears here.
“Hopefully towards the end of the week, we will get players back, and it will be a welcome return,” added McGrath.
Yorkshire's side were: Dawid Malan c, Will Luxton, Adam Lyth, James Wharton, Matthew Revis, Dom Bess, Harry Duke w, Matt Milnes, Jafer Chohan, Dan Moriarty, Will O’Rourke.
it would be interesting to know if Kevin (Shine) has our quicks bowling to a plan and if the the bowlers are sticking to that plan, or that the plan is not working. Perhaps there is no plan!
ReplyDeleteAdmin I am trying not to use the Anonymous option in the dropdown, I hope this works. :) Barry.
Well he won’t be a cheap coach given that he came from the England set up and was an addition instead of a replacement for Andy Pick
ReplyDeleteLeaving that aside, on paper we have a strong t20 team with lots of bowling options.
Whether we have game changes - people like Maxwell at his peak or Baz etc I am not sure.
It was obvious before I froze to death vs Worcestershire that “pace on” wasn’t the answer (I also liked the way that Hose built his innings - only accelerating at the end).
Only there for the first innings tonight so hoping to be warmer and to see a more consistent approach - be it with bat or in the field
I am reliably informed that the instructions to the bowlers to continue bowling the same style is down to one person the head coach
ReplyDeleteBit like his continued obsession with team selection
Mike
Definition of madness to continue to do something the same and expect different results.
ReplyDeleteSmacks a little of “you’ve lost heavily Peter” where he responded “let’s see what the stats tell us”
In fairness, the bowlers seem reasonably disciplined so I get it - but the challenge is that when the batsmen are throwing the bat from ball 1, it’s in the lap of the Gods (and less so nowadays with modern bats and fitter batsmen) as to whether it goes for a catch or not.
When you’re fielding first that’s quite tricky as the game could have gone.
So there has to be a risk mitigation strategy. Easy, admittedly, from 80 yards away.
Same old, same old.
ReplyDeleteNotts concede too many in the power play. McKerr again 4, 4, 4, 4, 6. They then bowl really well with the spinners and pull the game back to 175. After a terrible start, Clarke and McCann bat really well. I didn't mind Moores batting at run a ball when Clarke was there. However for him to balloon a catch and have two new batsmen in was poor. He has then chewed up 20 odd balls once more. This put pressure on the lower order and it was too much.
We know team changes wont happen, so it is not worth writing.
However, McCann must have done enough to be in the team. He could open rather than James. Henriques bats at 4. King could play rather than McKerr.
No chance this will happen, but if Clarke kept wicket, then an extra batter or bowler could replace Moores. We would have a strong team then. It is glaringly obvious what needs to happen. James
It would appear that Peter Moores has learned nothing from the abject failures from the team he continued to select in 2024.
ReplyDeleteLet's start with the batting.
It's my understanding that you open with your two most potent weapons, to take advantage of the power play, with batsmen who can clear the in field.Yorkshire picked the correct two.Notts open with a player who has the number 8 on his back, deemed by management to be a bowling all-rounder. First glaring mistake.
Secondly, any side that has Tom Moores in it,is handicapped before a ball has been bowled.
As we obviously have to continue to suffer him, he should be batting at 8 or 9 in that team. When his bat occasionally manages to make contact with the ball, you witness an abject array of agricultural wafts, and brute force slogs, no natural cricketing ability shots, whatsoever.
McCann has to open the batting with Clarke, and if James is to be selected ,he needs to bat down the order and replace McKerr who is a luxury Notts can ill afford.He perpetually bowls too short in the powerplay, and receives the punishment he deserves.
Unfortunately, one Moores is bad enough, when you have two, it's a nightmare.
Changes are only likely to be made , when Notts qualification chances are well and truly down the swanny river.
Wake up Peter and smell the coffee.
Don't hold back Mark, tell 'em how it is!
DeleteNew commentator. Andy. I'm just curious about opening with Hameed or is he on a red-ball only contract? I agree that the pace bowling attack plan seems to be bowling hit me balls at least 3 times an over. Moores batting at 5 is at least 3 places too high. Oh well!
ReplyDeleteHi Andy, Haseeb Hameed's latest contract is a guarded secret and was never announced. We have to assume it's to play all formats as he's been turning out of the 2s in some SET20 games, unlike #26 who some are saying is the answer (not sure what the actual question might be though).
DeleteYou are 100% correct Mark
DeleteProblem is nothing will change while Tom is in the side as Karen pulls Peter’s strings
Mike
Even if that wasn't true Mike, the conflict of interest should never have been allowed back in 2017 when it first started.
DeleteThanks Dave. I think there is a better balance to this team but will probably arrive too little too late!
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