In the last six weeks Billings has batted 8 times with scores of 9,3,9,3,27,1,0 & 4.
He was interviewed with the score on 8-3 in the middle and asked what he was going to do and his response was that he would need to form a partnership. After two dot balls he was out.
And therein lies the problem for batsmen who commit to the shortest form of the game. It is extremely hard to assess pitch conditions when you're in form but when you're not it must be nigh on impossible. And how do you then go about playing yourself into form when the need to tee off is, well, yesterday?
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Denly bowled an over and went for 10
Stevo was taken off after 8 so I'm guessing that unless he is being saved for 1 at the death.
He's also been our worst bowler by far (apart from Denly's one over that is)
Henry 9-0-37-3
Haggett 9-0-42-3
Claydon 8-0-32-1
Stevens 8-0-36-2
Podmore 7-0-61-0
Denly 1-0-10-0
Instead I will note that Worcester saw a great match today (amazingly there seems to have been no rain there)
Leic 376-4
Worcs 380-4 in 47.2 overs!
Callum Ferguson made 192 in 143 balls
And go above Surrey in the table
That said having been in Kent and driven to London late morning I'm frankly amazed and impressed that they managed any sort of game at all today.
He was interviewed with the score on 8-3 in the middle and asked what he was going to do and his response was that he would need to form a partnership. After two dot balls he was out.
And therein lies the problem for batsmen who commit to the shortest form of the game. It is extremely hard to assess pitch conditions when you're in form but when you're not it must be nigh on impossible. And how do you then go about playing yourself into form when the need to tee off is, well, yesterday?