Obviously upto you and Dave, but i did use to bat 4 at Black, but thats Dauth's spot. I love playing the role that i did in that match, the steadier, but if you need someone at 3 then i guess i could give it a shot.
Just being in the OD team this season will be good after last seasons efforts.
Well, now you did bat at four.
Ratings: U-19 yesterday:
CR Dwyer 6/10 - unfamiliar position, reasonably economical bowling on a spinners' wicket.
ZJ Ritchie 3/10 - batting rut...
Today:
SA Bennett 5/10 - protected the lower order, got brutally smacked
AS Sharma 3/10 - completely unnecessary slice to point
RJ Dauth 7/10 - not the greatest urgency, but stuck in and played a measured innings.
DA Kearsley 3/10 - thought you learned how to read Chris' off-break in the nets...
MJ Robbins 7/10 - still short of form with the bat, probably batting a position too high. Excellent bowling, however.
CP Thompson 6/10 - key wicket, but got out at an inopportune moment
H Mørk 8/10 -
that's the fluke of the year over with
GN Nayak 5/10 - good supporting batting, got hit about a bit by a settled Hopgood.
DM Kennett 8/10 - good early spell with success, bowled in the right places for a one-day game for a change.
DJ Watt 7/10 - choked well at the death, winning Marillier scoop
MU Amir 6/10 - one tail-ender, dnb.
U-19
MD Luff 4/10 - needs a red jersey to perform properly
ZJ Ritchie 7/10 - clinical batting and good bowling as long as used correctly. A couple of short ones in that over admittedly, reckon I'd have got stumped had you pitched it up.
CR Dwyer 7/10 - good wickets and bowled with threat throughout
M Reddlapalli 6/10 - some fine strokes off Watto. Wasn't given confidence with ball.
Preseason stats give cause for concern:
Kearsley 79 runs @ 39.50 (SR 72.47)
Thompson 64 runs @ 32 (SR 74.41)
Dauth 52 runs @ 26 (SR 73.23)
Bennett 48 runs @ 24 (SR 57.83), 7.3-0-50-0 (econ 6.66)
Mørk 47 unbeaten runs (SR 138.23!)
Ritchie (U19) 47 runs @ 23.50 (SR 81.03), 7-1-33-1 (avg 33, econ 4.71)
Dobson 29 runs @ 29 (SR 60.41)
Nayak, GN 26 runs @ 13 (SR 76.47), 9-0-59-1 (econ 6.55)
Robbins 23 runs @ 11.50 (SR 51.11), 13-1-50-2 (avg 25, econ 3.85)
Gray 17 runs @ 17 (SR 62.96)
Reddlapalli (U19) 16 runs @ 16, SR 80, 3-0-23-0 (econ 7.66)
Sharma 12 runs @ 12 (SR 92.30)
Watt 10 runs @ 10 (SR 71.42), 17-0-81-3 (avg 27, econ 4.76)
Kennett 9 runs @ 9 (SR 150!), 9-0-32-2 (avg 16, econ 3.55)
Clapham 7 runs @ 7 (SR 87.50), 8-0-39-0 (econ 4.87)
Luff (U19) 7 runs @ 7.00 (SR 36.84)
Dwyer (U19) 5 runs @ 2.50 (SR 41.66), 14-0-70-2 (avg 35, econ 5)
Raghav no runs, no outs, 5-0-26-0 (econ 5.20)
No one averaging above 40 with bat, only Kennett, Watt and Robbins good with ball. Ritchie and Clapham were acceptable.