Specsavers Championship, Thursday, June 22, 2017
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Oh Hampshire have some injured bowlers? pic.twitter.com/saSH9DGsdb
— Mike ???? ???? (@mikebirty) June 22, 2017 -
WICKET: Warwickshire 54/5 (21.2 ov, trail by 204 - 2nd inns) v Essex
SR Hain c ten Doeschate b Harmer 2 (9) Partnership: 1 (1.2 ov)
SR Harmer 4.2-2-5-3 TR Ambrose 0* (3) -
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WICKET: Warwickshire 53/4 (20 ov, trail by 205 - 2nd inns) v Essex
ARI Umeed lbw b Harmer 21 (60) Partnership: 6 (1.0 ov)
SR Harmer 4-2-5-2 SR Hain 1* (4) -
WICKET: Worcestershire 52/1 (14 ov, target: 399) v Kent
BL D'Oliveira b Stevens 27 (42) Partnership: 52 (14.0 ov)
DI Stevens 7-0-29-1 DKH Mitchell 21* (42) -
WICKET: Glamorgan 109/3 (49 ov, lead by 2 - 2nd inns) v Durham
AG Salter c McCarthy b Potts 26 (87) Partnership: 21 (8.5 ov)
MJ Potts 12-5-18-3 LJ Carey 16* (26) -
UPDATE: Match delayed by rain, Hampshire 62/6 (27.3 ov, trail by 136 - 2nd inns) v Lancashire
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@dezdezzy Yes, in fact Woakes was that seamer thinking about it. Another option for England is to have Moeen or Stokes at 5 but still used Moeen as the only spinner and used the extra slot for a seamer. Going to be a different world for Bairstow at 7, last summer he was walking in with Moeen and Woakes to come this year there could be a real tail
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Last time Stokes was injured they played an extra seamer and promoted Bairstow to 6. I suppose it depends on what is making Stokes doubtful. England could decide that if he can play as a batsmen only then that is a better option than Ballance and do the same again
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TEAM 100: Glamorgan 103/2 (45.4 ov, trail by 4 - 2nd inns) v Durham
LJ Carey 11* (18) AG Salter 25* (75) -
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Yeah didn't get the slagging off of Roy yesterday. England's entire regeneration in limited overs cricket has been based on that sort of enterprise and swagger. So it didn't come off - as Nick says, he'd knocked the head off the chase in three overs, so it was job done. He's got three ODI centuries FFS, so it's fairly obvious he can construct an innings, but he had a different job to do last night. -
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Yep i reckon yesterday just proved what everyone feels about Roy - outstanding talent, just needs a bit more thinking to go with his skill. In a low scoring T20 though his 28 off 14 up front was basically enough to kill the game and at least his wicket gave Bairstow a chance to play a part. Sincerely hope Billings gets a proper chance with the bat in the remaining 2 games.
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Roy has been the lightest on runs and Bairstow keeps performing so they are looking for a way of getting him in the side, England play so much Cricket now that the next in line reserve will play a decent amount. Bairstow's problem is that when you are not in the full side it is very easy to slip down the pecking order when a Billings or a Duckett is pulling up trees in domestic comps that he can't play in because he is a Test player
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Meanwhile, Bairstows innings yesterday must be giving the selectors food for though in LO cricket. I am of the view that there is room for BOTH Roy & Bairstow in the ODI & T20's - they should take Bairstows ability as opportunity to rest Root during limited overs cricket unless it's a world tournament or a high profile series against the likes of India/Australia.
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@dezdezzy Difficult one, for me the quickest route to the Test side for Foakes is Bairstow scoring runs and missing chances while the middle order continues to fail. Then there will be calls for a better keeper and they won't have to drop there highest run scorer from last year. I do think Foakes is better batting higher up because he builds an innings if he bats down the order then he is required to bat above the pace of his natural game although his WB cricket is improving so maybe he can provide that role at 7 that England like for their Keepers
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