Kent Cricket 2022

000__Jaaaaay__000 said:

Any reason why muyeye wasn’t involved? Was looking forward to him pushing on this year 

I genuinely don't know but I suspect it's because the likes of Crawley, Compton, Denly, Leaning, Cox, Billings, DBD, Cox and Robinson are all in front of him - that's nine players chasing just six batting spots without even including Muyeye. I say six places because Linde and Stevens will bat at 7 and 8 with Bird (and then Henry later in the season) being one of the other three bowlers - and we have anything up to nine bowlers for those two remaining spots too.

We currently have the most competitive of squads in living memory with a total of 25 players contracted to us. That strength probably means that it is a difficult place for a young and up and coming player to be though we will need them because once that other "competition" kicks in as we will lose up to a dozen players - meaning that we might still have to use non contracted players for the Royal London as we did last season especially in the batting department as Crawley, Denly, Billings, Cox, Blake and DBD (possibly even Leaning too) will all be missing from county action. 

 

Indeed Jas did but I suspect the lack of reaction wasn't just because this is a friendly - he's gone for 42 in 4 overs

In fact, having watched the above footage rather than the stream, you can actually see that he looks the unhappiest man in the world having bowled an England opener by the way he refuses to acknowledge any congratulations

Todds_right_hook said:

Addick Addict said:

Indeed Jas did but I suspect the lack of reaction wasn't just because this is a friendly - he's gone for 42 in 4 overs

In fact, having watched the above footage rather than the stream, you can actually see that he looks the unhappiest man in the world having bowled an England opener by the way he refuses to acknowledge any congratulations

That shows that he has a good attitude and it bothers him when he is under performing 

Jas will never fool himself. He knows he is a long way away from being the finished article. He is only 19 and needs a good summer of playing 2s cricket working on his game with the odd match perhaps in the Royal London 

Warwickshire pass our total of 284 off 75 overs for the loss of just 3 wickets - meaning that only 5 players in total were out in the two days 

Today is the next warm up game for us against Middlesex at Merchant Taylors School. Can't find any team news for us but this is the Middlesex 12:

Tim Murtagh (captain)

Martin Andersson

Josh De Caires

Stephen Eskinazi

Max Harris

Tom Helm

Luke Hollman

Ishaan Kaushal

Daniel O'Driscoll

Sam Robson

John Simpson

Thilan Walallawita

A mixture of experience and youth - there are at least four who are 20 or less. In addition to Atherton's son, Josh De Caires, Seb has played against Harris, Kaushal and O'Driscoll in the last couple of years and the bowling attack as a whole doesn't look particularly threatening  

We are fielding. Live stream here:

https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/fixture/middlesex-vs-kent-2/?fbclid=IwAR09-YJZ3oN6l85IJzYuXHb-e2JG_Cv5mqKt9uQ16qcf7IY8o6mkJ0wEK5o

51-1

Sam Robson caught by an unknown slipper off the bowling of Gilchrist

85-3 off 35

Simpson c Compton b Quinn 16

Earlier catch was taken by Cox

You turn over to watch the cricket and horseracing only to find that Middlesex have lost another three wickets - three to Gilchrist, two to Podmore and one to Quinn

108-6

Who needs Lord Stevens? (who hasn't bowled again)

148-9

2nd wicket to Quinn

148 -10

2nd wicket to Qadri

Middlesex are carrying on batting, presumably for the day. De Caires and Robson back in again.