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Part Two - Team Review
Sorry for the delay, just busy with college stuff
Part Two of the team review starts with the CWXI number one all rounder Liam Camps. Camps only played a limited part in the series, due to the rotation policy used during the series. But in his two games he made major contribution to series, finishing with 8 wickets @ 6 and ended as the Webheads leading wicket taker. Camps wasn’t as dominate with the bat, with only 50 runs from his two solitary innings. Hopefully Camps can continue his form with the ball, especially in any major finals in the future.
The bowler that just finished below Camps on the wicket taking list was Tom Halsey. Generally seen by the public by CW public as the Neil Pickup's bridesmaid, Tom got his second chance to play as CW No. 1 spinner after Pickup pulling out of series for personal reasons.
Outside the last game of the series where Halsey took 4-23, Tom didn’t have as dominate series as he did against the Windes, when he has had the opportunity to play the role as the main spinner. Halsey continual development over the six months since making his international debut has been amazing. If he continues to improve at this rate, the Halsey and Pickup combinations could potentially be one best spin bowling partnerships in ODIs.
After not getting much of bat during the World Cup and missing out on the One Day Series against Pakistan due to injury, Chris Butler made the most of his opportunities with the bat this series, finishing with 273 runs for the series, including an impressive 120 not out in the last game.
Not surprising the man at the other end during Butler's century was Webheads captain Brendon Goff, who scored 65 in the same match. Goff didn’t play much of role in this series, due to being rested for two of the games. But at the start of the series Goff became the first Webhead player ever to play 100 ODIs.
Now onto the Webheads pace attack, this was a big series for four experienced seamers in Watt, Rose, Wright and Kennett, with all four bowlers fighting for the 2nd and 3rd seamers spots in future squads. One area where I felt that the side needed to improve to take their game to another level was the pace attack. In the past Nathan Hoy has been brilliant leading the attack, but hasn’t always found the support at the other end.
Both Kyle Wright and Dave Watt had solid series both taking six wickets in four games. But their lack of dominance of an inexperienced Zimbabwean top order was a very worrying sign. Both have may have done enough to warrant another chance in Grey, but there are still major questions whether they are the bowlers to take the new ball with Nathan Hoy, long term.
The other two seamers Rose and Kennett may severally weaken their chances of future ODIs appearances, with unimpressive performances. With young seamers Ryan Dunn, Matt Smith and Kev Goughy all having brilliant starts to their domestic One Day careers and Nath Patrick back in the frame after missing this series due suspension the chances of a recall seem remote.
Overall the series against Zimbabwe was a success, but there are some areas that need to be worked on to take the Webheads game to another level. The speed of the batting was worry for most of the series, against quality sides, you can’t afford to not bat at high tempo, as this could be the difference between a win and a loss. The pace attack didn’t perform to their ability, with search for Nathan Hoy's long term opening partner still a major priority. The major positive to come out of the series, was the depth in batting that was shown with performances of Das, Towns and Fuller (well at least one innings).
Tharmi Loganathan - CricketWeb National Coach
Sorry for the delay, just busy with college stuff
Part Two of the team review starts with the CWXI number one all rounder Liam Camps. Camps only played a limited part in the series, due to the rotation policy used during the series. But in his two games he made major contribution to series, finishing with 8 wickets @ 6 and ended as the Webheads leading wicket taker. Camps wasn’t as dominate with the bat, with only 50 runs from his two solitary innings. Hopefully Camps can continue his form with the ball, especially in any major finals in the future.
The bowler that just finished below Camps on the wicket taking list was Tom Halsey. Generally seen by the public by CW public as the Neil Pickup's bridesmaid, Tom got his second chance to play as CW No. 1 spinner after Pickup pulling out of series for personal reasons.
Outside the last game of the series where Halsey took 4-23, Tom didn’t have as dominate series as he did against the Windes, when he has had the opportunity to play the role as the main spinner. Halsey continual development over the six months since making his international debut has been amazing. If he continues to improve at this rate, the Halsey and Pickup combinations could potentially be one best spin bowling partnerships in ODIs.
After not getting much of bat during the World Cup and missing out on the One Day Series against Pakistan due to injury, Chris Butler made the most of his opportunities with the bat this series, finishing with 273 runs for the series, including an impressive 120 not out in the last game.
Not surprising the man at the other end during Butler's century was Webheads captain Brendon Goff, who scored 65 in the same match. Goff didn’t play much of role in this series, due to being rested for two of the games. But at the start of the series Goff became the first Webhead player ever to play 100 ODIs.
Now onto the Webheads pace attack, this was a big series for four experienced seamers in Watt, Rose, Wright and Kennett, with all four bowlers fighting for the 2nd and 3rd seamers spots in future squads. One area where I felt that the side needed to improve to take their game to another level was the pace attack. In the past Nathan Hoy has been brilliant leading the attack, but hasn’t always found the support at the other end.
Both Kyle Wright and Dave Watt had solid series both taking six wickets in four games. But their lack of dominance of an inexperienced Zimbabwean top order was a very worrying sign. Both have may have done enough to warrant another chance in Grey, but there are still major questions whether they are the bowlers to take the new ball with Nathan Hoy, long term.
The other two seamers Rose and Kennett may severally weaken their chances of future ODIs appearances, with unimpressive performances. With young seamers Ryan Dunn, Matt Smith and Kev Goughy all having brilliant starts to their domestic One Day careers and Nath Patrick back in the frame after missing this series due suspension the chances of a recall seem remote.
Overall the series against Zimbabwe was a success, but there are some areas that need to be worked on to take the Webheads game to another level. The speed of the batting was worry for most of the series, against quality sides, you can’t afford to not bat at high tempo, as this could be the difference between a win and a loss. The pace attack didn’t perform to their ability, with search for Nathan Hoy's long term opening partner still a major priority. The major positive to come out of the series, was the depth in batting that was shown with performances of Das, Towns and Fuller (well at least one innings).
Tharmi Loganathan - CricketWeb National Coach
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