Peter Moores has announced the following squad for the visit to Taunton:
Haseeb Hameed c
Ben Slater
Freddie McCann
Joe Clarke
Jack Haynes
Kyle Verreynne X
Lyndon James
Liam Patterson-White
Rob Lord
Brett Hutton
Olly Stone
Farhan Ahmed
Dillon Pennington
Tom Giles
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JUST DESERTS
Peter Moores on EMT starts 16 minutes in with dear old Colin
The key: "let the player make their own mistakes"
Peter Moores deserves all of the plaudits that are aimed at him for last seasons achievements, but that Championship win did take him ten years, remember...
There was no instant impact and he only survived on the back of the silverware won by the existing, pre-Moores squad ... remember how dire performances were in 2019? Those low points fortunately do prove to highlight and magnify the heights of last September. Now we start again.
I'm not going to stick my neck out with any season predictions here[it's a long season and I'm not Nostradamus], but needless to say I hope Notts win a cleansweep of all competitions in 2026.
However, if Notts rediscover that confidence, have the same collective form and the same attitude/swagger as they had at the backend of 2025, then the Championship is a done deal. But, if we lack any one of those three attributes then the house of cards will come crashing down.
The beige suede hooded jacket needs to be back in the wardrobe on Friday, most counties will start the season on level points and any slip-ups on an always difficult journey to Taunton will see the vultures gathering.
There won't be a Ben Duckett speeding to join the boys in the West Country nor a learned Josh Tongue, a squad already without our favourite Australian.
Probably included will be Olly Stone, someone that enjoyed the winning celebrations and queued up for a medal just the same as those players that had actually had a part in the Championship season. Did Fergus get a medal and what about the now ovine Monty: 1 knock, 75 runs, 1 catch; did he get a medal?
Watched a 10 minute or so interview with Sir Ben of Duckett off SKY 🌌 on YouTube last night
ReplyDeleteIt seemed basically all about, er….himself and himself and himself and how Notts could be used to ensure he started the first Test after his pretty uninspiring winter tour down under.
Suppose that’s fair enough once you become an almost un-droppable centrally contracted player with England 🏴 and obvs 🙄 any runs he scores can only benefit Notts - which is the main thing to me
I’ll be happy 😃 with a minimum top 🔝 4 finish in the championship. Counties generally do not dominate these days, Surrey excepted, but hopefully come our 3 home 🏡 games in September we can really be in with a shout of retaining our title again - C’mon Nottttsssss
The problem with squeezing games into early April and late September is that somehow they become too easy for the “big” players to miss. Add a bit of weather, the odd unexpected training camp and an ecb directive here and there, and all of a sudden the likes of Duckett and Tongue play in one or two matches and not the talked about 5 or 6
ReplyDeleteCounty cricket will always be the poor relation whilst this timetable and ensuing attitude persists.
But let’s hope for fine weather and good performances from a hopefully still confident squad. And good to see Tom G make the squad as he impressed me in the (very much poor relation) 50 over matches last season
Jim G
82 NOT OUT
ReplyDeleteBe nice tomorrow to once again hear the relaxing , dulcet tones of our ever reliable Notts ccc commentator - Bracey .
Dave Bracegirdle that is for those new to cricket radio commentary on 4 day County Champ matches otherwise known as Double Corsett for those that like to take the Mickey .
On paper Notts seem to have a decent quality squad that should do well in all the Competitions . The weather of course will as ever play a big part in the vital games in cold and wet April and in a fading light September .
Good luck in 2026 to the Notts players and management team . In these very trying and difficult times we need a pleasant distraction with memorable entertainment . We all know Notts can provide that !