Seeing as (on SKySports) we're now called the "Oneday runners-up" team, any ideas on the next step forward.
I think we're okay with the openers (unless the ECB discover Canterbury and bring their contracts with them) and the 'Vanman' at 3 is pretty solid. But from there on it gets alittle tricky.
(Sir) Matty Walker,Justin Kemp,Neil Dexter andDarren Stevens are all ,still, great players who would walk into all the other counties sides, but which 2 would you put at 4 & 5 ?
Macca should be in at 6, Jonah at 7.
8/9/10 = Yasser, Asar and pingu (Treadwell to the non kent) which leaves Saggers, Chef(Cook), and Joseph battling for the no 11 spot. This is without the academy kids,and i know on paper it looks good.But we've only got the 20/20 cup from last year to show for it.Blimey, even those essexgirls and the slurreybrownhatters have more than that.
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I understand their youth policy too is find all rounders who are good fielders, bowlers and batsman, but not great at anything.
Lets see some specialist batsman and bowlers brought in .... players that the public can get excited about watching
The boys are a ueseful side, just murdered Derby by 9 wickets with 30 overs left to bat.
as for no Englishmen, Key, Denly, Walker, Stevens, Jones, Tredwell, Saggers, Cook, Joseph...............
All played in the final.
Five foreign players to six english(if you include jones)
As i said, disgrace
He isn't english but is now an english citizen. If you ask the fat man what he is he will say pakistani. So still 5
Most counties are littered with players from the other test playing nations, makes the game competitive. Hardly a disgrace is it?
And it is a disgrace as it harms the national game.
Young Joe Denly for instance will learn a lot more facing strong top class bowling rather than run of the mill county fodder. It sets them up better for when they evetually play test cricket.
The problem is with the mediocre players, the likes of kemp and van jaarsveld at kent. Collins and some random who played for surrey on monday.
These players i feel hinder youngsters rather than help them develop. Big money on players who are looking for a nice little nest egg.
There are far too many ageing english county pros going through the motions weakening the standard of competive long form cricket, they are probably hindering the development of youngsters to a greater degree.
And it is a disgrace as it harms the national game.
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Kent have three Kolpak players Martin van Jaarsveld, Justin Kemp and Ryan Mclaren while Northants and Leicester have five or six. Essentially I agree with, it's easier to buy in Kolpak players and keep them for a season or two rather than develop home-grown talent. As to the argument about it making players like Joe Denly a better batsman, while it's true that he'll progress faster by playing against better bowlers, but that only works if he gets a chance, a couple of seasons ago he was stuck in the second team.
You only have to look at the Premier League to see what's happening in football - most clubs are stuffed full of foreign footballers and the consequence is that the English team is struggling, despite the English premier league being the best supported league in the world.
The trick is getting the balance right - good quality players like Van Jaarsveld who are here on long-term contracts add to the game, just as say Thierry Henry did in the premier league, but attracting a lot of cricketing mercanaries who'll only stay for a season or two and prevent home grown talent from developing is a short-term fix at the expense of a proper long term good of the County system and English team.
Who top scored for us at Lords on Saturday, by the way.....oh yeah Van Jaarsveld...silly me!
Mclaren 63 of 71, Mr mediocre 58 of 75
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You need to define "mediocre"...
Martin van Jaarsveld averages over 45 in FC cricket and over 40 and has consistently scored highly for Kent over his few years at the club. I wouldn't call those numbers "mediocre".
In the Friends Provident, he tops the batting average and has top scored with 122.
At The Oval recently he scored a century in BOTH innings and took 5 fer...not done quite so well in The 20/20 he finished up 6th in the averages....is that what you mean by Mr Mediocre?
By the way carl, what is a score car?? Oh yeah, it seems we can all make mistakes.....silly me and silly you....touche I believe!! LOL!
As for him being top of the bowling averages, that is because of his 5 for what ever it was against the worst Surrey team there has been in 15yrs.
Thanks for getting me through a long afternoon at work yesterday. I was so bored and needed something to get me through the day. I need to do something to stop thinking about my poor scricket team - Surrey.
I know we've beaten the slurreyboyz in most games this season, but why is it suddenly their a bad side. Is it not that Kent were the better side in the FPT,20/20 and championship ? Its like when the addicks won 4-2 at arsenal on that magical sunday !! " Arsenal were off form, Charlton were lucky".
oh, thinking back, not a good example.
We are a bowler, a batsman, and a wicketkeeper short. Have been since last season. We would of gone down last yr had it not been for a run at the end of the season.