theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
Pretty crushing stuff for Hampshire and weatherly. 6 required off the last 2 overs 4 down and with Weatherley in on a hundred and Taylor on 50 and they lose by 1 run.
Good to know Bruce is over in England this winter - hope he makes the first team.No, but literally everyone else is.
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Bruce. Pillans. Morkel. Reifer. And then Meaker, obvs.
Can’t believe you haven’t mentioned this sooner....In their infinite wisdom Durham see Tom Latham, 37 one-day innings opening for New Zealand, averaging 38, as a quintessential number five. Collingwood opening, and Ryan Pringle at three, are just two of the players who've played above Latham!
Bit like some of the stuff happening with England really, you put your hands in the air and say ''I give up''.Can’t believe you haven’t mentioned this sooner....
Leaving aside the weird Colly and Pringle things, Latham should be behind Steel and Clark?Latham is fine where he is batting. He's been batting there for NZ for a while and doing fine. The rest of the personal is **** is the problem. Collingwood to open was wrong imo. Should have just kept him in the middle order with Latham (which would have made a strongish middle order) and put your cleanest strikers of the ball to open.
I notice Ryan Davies has been playing some 2s cricket for durham and in the squad for the previous game but not played. Was thrown into it a bit early at Somerset as keeper so has some pretty terrible stats but imo could be a pretty decent player who strikes the ball pretty well. Was just starting to put together biggish scores in 2nd team cricket and club cricket in the latter parts of 2017. Was half hoping Gloucestershire picked him up on trial. Durham could do worse than giving him a few games.
Causing a lot of bewilderment and grumbles in the members' is all I''l say. I'd go Latham, Steel, Richardson, Clark, Smith, Poynter, Harte. No Ryan Pringles!!If he bats well through the middle overs, plays spin well, rotates the strike nicely and remains calm - all qualities I think Latham has then he probably is well suited to bat in the middle order. Latham is going to be a better opener or middle order bat than Steel, clark, pringle etc as they are average and he is an international test and odi batsman- but he can only bat in one position.
Whether it would be better for the team to open or bat in the middle order is up for debate but I'd guess it's pretty close (based on the merits of the other players) so hardly a thing to merit pages of discussion and upset.
Injury apparently.Hasn't this Colingwood been binned for the last couple of (limited overs) games?
Didn't know he was cousins with Jason Roy.Shane Snater 5/60,superstar,on trial expect him to be signed soon.
That's right, Latham didn't succeed as ODI opener so he's now batting at 5 for NZ and has the gloves too. He's done very well touring the subcontinent in that position as he plays spin well, but had struggled at home up until the most recent series where he finally scored a few runs.Latham is fine where he is batting. He's been batting there for NZ for a while and doing fine.