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CC :: Durham v Nottinghamshire


smoker said:
Called this two weeks ago and was dismissed as a moaning minnie.

It's like going to your toolkit and finding nowt but screwdrivers and the odd spanner you don't like using, when you need to bang a nail in.

We've always had one of the most one dimensional attacks in the CC but got away with it because we played half our matches on a spicy CLS wicket in Spring and Autumn. Now even our home wicket is a bit more varied and we don't have a master craftsman like Colly as captain who could knock the metaphorical nails in with his shoe. We need a left arm seamer, a genuine quick and spinners we trust to bowl. We also need proper tailored strategies for opposition batsmen but all you see is "let's try X from the other end". The captain doesn't necessarily deserve to be picked on his current batting and bowling form, he's fortunate there's nobody else who wants the job (if it was just a case of shouting "haway lads, one big over" then Raine would be an outstanding candidate).
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Durham have a quick left arm seamer. Only problem is he’s playing for the Uni!
 
Parkside said:
How could management not foresee the limitations of this attack? Neither Drissell and Gibson have shown promise at club level yet they tell us they were confident of gaining promotion. Got to question their judgement.
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TBF Drissell is hobsons choice as a concussion sub. Ollie is a talent but throwing him in against the best team in the league is criminal, when you have a bowler who took 11 wickets against this lot - including both openers - at the corresponding fixture last April, in the seconds.
Cloughy said:
Durham have a quick left arm seamer. Only problem is he’s playing for the Uni!
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Campbell?

He looked really promising in the RLC last year.
 
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Potts is the boy like

Bowling depth is a worry we always had a mass of seamers who could do a job

We have got Carse and coughlin injured though who are on decent money

Still gonna go down after tea
 
The Rat said:
Potts is the boy like

Bowling depth is a worry we always had a mass of seamers who could do a job

We have got Carse and coughlin injured though who are on decent money

Still gonna go down after tea
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Coughlin is on decent money given his fitness record?
Steady supply of seamers appear to have dried up.
 
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