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So it's official, 'cos Charles Dagnall says it's so, Joe Clarke is the least successful captain of Notts Outlaws in history.
That's no surprise, through things are slightly improving in 2025 as we could now be described as inconsistant or hit and miss.
Captaincy hasn't done the out of sorts Clarke much good when it comes to his batting although he does average 29.8 in Blast 2025., but that's hardly enough when leading from the front as the usually dominating batsman aims to do.
Bigger problems surround the bowling:
Dillon Pennington suspended
Is Moises still injured?
Conor McKerr overly expensive, but at Welbeck today proving slightly less expensive with RPO of 5.5
The 2s now stand second in their North Group and a win at Repton School against Derbyshire next week will secure a best runners-up position and a trip to finals day.
Why the bespectacled Sam Seecharan hasn't been given a senior debut, remains an oversight - 49 off 13 balls today - why can't he open instead of Lyndon to puts some power back into our powerplays?
Dane Schadendorf a good 50 today as well
Might as well send henriques home?
ReplyDeleteChilwell outlaw.
Bringing him in at his age was a huge gamble - it could have worked, sadly it’s been a disaster signing
ReplyDeleteThe decision for him to start bowling and admittedly we were struggling(badly) was a very poor one indeed, but as pointed out above, team selection in this years blast 💥 t20 is on a par with last year at times - utterly bewildering but we’ve still got an outside chance of making the qtrs
The balance of the side is off, as we're lacking an all rounder who can bowl in the powerplay. Three seasons ago we had a 38 year old in the form of Samit Patel, who was released because he was deemed over the hill. Steven Mullaney is now 38 years of age and is retired. It seems perverse to bring in an injury case at the age of 38, at great expense no doubt , as one of our overseas players even though he is an all rounder, yet Newell saw that 38 year old signing as something of a coup.
DeleteMick Newell hasn't replaced Steven Mullaney who stopped playing three seasons ago now. It's not worth mentioning Joey Evison again, but better foresight on the part of the club and more patience from the player, with perhaps more use of the loan system, then we might have been in a better position now.... he would have been Mull's obvious successor.
Yes, indeed - the absence of the near guaranteed 8 overs of pace off/spin from Mull & Samit coupled with the lack of death ☠️ bowling is costing us dearly in almost every game we play
ReplyDeleteThe batting unit, whilst not in the same league as previous Outlaws sides, is still pretty strong and holding up generally speaking in most of the games we play.
Can only think the Henriques signing was to bring an experienced Dan Christian type of leader and performer into the group - though how much groundwork was done who knows and guess it was a relatively easy signing for the DoC due to his Agent ?
He'll be signing Chris Gayle as a replacement next.
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