The Cricket Thread

England lost by 5 wickets.

 

I wonder if that was this week's 'big club news', that Brad Wheal has signed a new 2 year deal?!

I hope not as that would be a bit of a letdown if so. He's someone who has done well in the white ball stuff in previous years but now seems to have lost his edge in that and has become very hittable and, in the Championship, is one of those players who does OK but that's all. It's all very well us having a soft spot for certain players and wishing the best for them but, if we are serious about winning Div 1, in my opinion he's simply not quite good enough to be in our bowling attack.

 

I want Neser confirmed as 2nd overseas for a good chunk of the season, Renshaw signed for the season (assuming that he can count as non-overseas with a British passport?) plus another domestic middle order batter. Easier said than done, though!

Orr, Renshaw, Gubbins, new signing, Albert, Dawson, Brown, Neser, Fuller, Abbott, Turner/Baker.

How could that fail to win the title?!

 

I doubt it TBH as he hasn't posted anything about it.

 

I expect it's us competing in some pointless overseas franchise slog-a-thon again... Please be a domestic new signing.

 

I did see something about Vince pulling out of the Big Bash and a cryptic post after that. Now, I may be way off the mark here, but I wouldn't be entirely surprised if Vince changed his mind about not playing red ball cricket. It would certainly be big (and welcome) news.

 

Yes, that is a possibility. However, one sticking point would be about his visa conditions - I think I read somewhere that he's now only allowed to 'work' a certain number of days overseas. So he'd obviously have to get his residency and formal paperwork sorted if that were to be the case.

He'd have to start off in the 2nds and prove himself worthy of a place, of course

 

Renshaw is back in the Australian team, so there's little chance in him turning his back on them anytime soon (which he would to do to play as local player in the UK).