01/08
The signing of Tayyab Tahir might strengthen the batting line-up, although the young man (33) will be stepping-up from Lincs Premier league standard of late, playing with Woodhall Spa (one of Matt Carter's former haunts). Tahir is known to The General, so perhaps the conflcted DoC has been completely missed out of this loop. You do have to wonder about Sam Seecharan and Travis Holland's merits however.
On what is likely to be less bowler friendly than any surface we've played on so far this year in the MBC, shoring-up the batting makes sense for Beckenham. Tayyab Tahir hasn't played a List A game since December.
I don't think that there is anyone else left to sit on the bus.
31/07
From the information vacuum that is Trent Bridge, we have learnt that:
Jack Haynes is aiming for a Championship return
Ben Slater is likewise hoping to be fit for a Championship return
Rob Lord is ruled out for the rest of the season
Conor McKerr, remember him, is out for the rest of the season too
Joe Pocklington is being assessed as to severity of his foot stress fracture
George Munsey has gone back to join Scotland
Liam Patterson-White will be Sunrising on Sunday
Dillon Pennington is at the mercy of the Welsh fire brigade who have a fixture the day before
Stone, Duckett, Moores, Clarke, Tongue have all been turning out for their franchise masters, any availability would come as a surprise
At Farington, Kyle Verrerynne took a couple blows, one to the upper body and another to the hand; both halting play. What if he's had an adverse reaction to either of those?
What about about Francis Moore, I hear no one call, well he's left the club - it is believed.
The General has been dealt a bum hand by the DoC and by circumstances, without some further recruitment or miraculous recovery, we might be struggling to fill the bus for the trip to Beckenham.
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ReplyDeleteReading that posting makes you realise how very complicated the cricket season is these days . Poor Franks is on a wing and a prayer from match to match . It’s all the unknown unknowns that make getting a settled side together so difficult .