Some thoughts -
Happy with the fact that Mork and Camps showed a bit of batting form in the first inning. Crucially, they spent time in the middle which is always better than any net practise. Cloete and Buts also showed resolved but couldnt even reach a 50.. the less said regarding the shots they played to get out the better..
DeSilva's unbeaten 50 pleased me most from the innng though. Continue with the effort lad..
Wright and Rose bowled well but the special deliveries were lacking which probably could have taken an extra wicket.. There was discipline in the bowling.. concentrating on effort balls now would immensely help.. lets see what happens..
Hoy has been impressive to say the least and I am glad because of it.. Thompson and specially Halsey has to stop bowling those loose deliveries still..
Mamesh is applying an agressive approach top of the order.. players like Sehwag have succeeded with the approach and I wonder how many you could have made in the second inning if there was more time. Goff, Kearsely and Cunningham couldnt get much practise out of the match sadly..
Thompson was left out of partners till Rose showed some resolve.. later order batting has to wag and show some more prowess as most international teams have better lower order batting.. some thing we will focus on strenghtening in the future, specially for LOIs as much as possible..
Camps made a statement with his bowling.. Patrick got smashed a bit because of the attacking approach of Goff XI.. Kennett was particularly good with a nagging line and the figures do not do his efforts justice.. It wasn't as bad a pitch as you would think seeing the figures of Pickup and Halsey. The batsmen were particularly harsh on Pickup after he got Kearsely. Despite not being one of his days, he still managed 3 which was a good effort.
Markus got a valuable 50 in the second inning and the Pickup XI some revenge by targetting poor Halsey who had no idea when the batsmen went after him finishing with 3-0-38-0. It has been a good week for Halsey and this shouldn't dishearten him. It should only make him stronger in resolve to get the loose deliveries out which make the batsmen more confident against him..