Durham v Northants T20 14/7/24 @ 2:30pm

[wayne entwhistle no9]

I reckon the bowling is set out in the changing room its that regimented and no imagination out in the middle.
Part of me is disappointed that Durham have blown a top 4 finish in what has bern a poor northern group this year and yet i don't think they actually deserve it with some if their performances.

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

They make Frankie and Danny on the SAFC streams look like broadcasting geniuses

"Nail biter" apparently.... They won with an over to spare in an 8 over game

 

[SuperSub]

"Nail biter" apparently.... They won with an over to spare in an 8 over game

It was up there with the other comments such as Ackermann's catch being 'simple' despite it going up a mile with the wind and the Northants batter 'mistiming it' then seeing the ball fly 5 rows into the crowd

 

[Lumley End]

As above, getting basic facts right should be rule number 1 at comms school. If you are going to be the regular comms for Durham, you can’t call an opposition player an ex Durham lad when he’s never played for us. Never mind calling the game.

Just matched our performance, at times amateurish & poor.

 

[Inside Forward]

We don’t deserve to go through.

 

[chopsfc007]

As above, getting basic facts right should be rule number 1 at comms school. If you are going to be the regular comms for Durham, you can’t call an opposition player an ex Durham lad when he’s never played for us. Never mind calling the game.

Just matched our performance, at times amateurish & poor.

He made a mistake heaven forbid

 

[Parkside]

He made a mistake heaven forbid

He's paid to do the job-that makes him a professional. Researching the background of the opposition players is basic to that job. Clearly he hasn't done that. Hence amateurish. Heaven forbid.
Not quite as amateurish as our tactics at T20 mind

 

[chopsfc007]

He's paid to do the job-that makes him a professional. Researching the background of the opposition players is basic to that job. Clearly he hasn't done that. Hence amateurish. Heaven forbid.

The best pundits even with the football make them it's no big deal

 

[Parkside]

The best pundits even with the football make them it's no big deal

No, but it's deserving of criticism, justifiable criticism.

 

[Bossworld]

I'm a fan of this new 8 over format credit to anyone that stayed during the delay, we set off from Whitley at 1 and carried onto Dalton Park, called back at the Riverside for 4:30.

Need to read through the thread but initial thoughts- glad that Raine didn't get to bowl again. Durham's batting looked an 'okay' recovery from the early wickets lost but bowling wise, dunno what went wrong for Parkinson given he's been great as of late.

 

[mackembhoy]

"Nail biter" apparently.... They won with an over to spare in an 8 over game

In house aka propaganda.

 

[Hetty]

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[brandon]

Serious questions need to be asked again about the captaincy here mind with the bowling selections.

I’m angry we lost, but I can’t really fault the bowling selections if I’m honest - Parky’s last over undoubtedly lost it for us, but his first was very good, he’d taken a wicket and only gone for 8 runs. On top of that, the three overs of spin on the trot had yielded just 20 runs off the bat which was well below the asking rate at that point and had taken us from rank outsiders to slim favourites. Imagine the ridicule if he’d gone back to pace and the same outcome had occurred?!

The skippers options for the penultimate over were Parkinson (1-8), Raine (0-15) or De Leede (0-23). With 24 needed, it seemed obvious they’d decided Dwarshuis was bowling the final over.

It’s easy to be wise after the event, but on closer inspection the best choice was quite clearly Parky - short of giving the ball to someone who hadn’t bowled - given the small sample size available to that point.

My only real gripe was that I’d have played Coughlin over De Leede, he’s done nothing at all this season.

The bigger story I think is that batting last in a game so short is such a massive advantage and overall, when a T20 game gets shortened by over half the intended overs it turns the game into a total farce.

 

[brandon]

I reckon the bowling is set out in the changing room its that regimented and no imagination out in the middle.
Part of me is disappointed that Durham have blown a top 4 finish in what has bern a poor northern group this year and yet i don't think they actually deserve it with some if their performances.

It hasn’t been great, but I do think we’d have qualified already had Bedders remained fit.

As for the bowling selections, see my previous post above.

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

I’m angry we lost, but I can’t really fault the bowling selections if I’m honest - Parky’s last over undoubtedly lost it for us, but his first was very good, he’d taken a wicket and only gone for 8 runs. On top of that, the three overs of spin on the trot had yielded just 20 runs off the bat which was well below the asking rate at that point and had taken us from rank outsiders to slim favourites. Imagine the ridicule if he’d gone back to pace and the same outcome had occurred?!

The skippers options for the penultimate over were Parkinson (1-8), Raine (0-15) or De Leede (0-23). With 24 needed, it seemed obvious they’d decided Dwarshuis was bowling the final over.

It’s easy to be wise after the event, but on closer inspection the best choice was quite clearly Parky - short of giving the ball to someone who hadn’t bowled - given the small sample size available to that point.

My only real gripe was that I’d have played Coughlin over De Leede, he’s done nothing at all this season.

The bigger story I think is that batting last in a game so short is such a massive advantage and overall, when a T20 game gets shortened by over half the intended overs it turns the game into a total farce.

You can't bowl Sowter so late in an 8 over game. We did the same with Sowter Vs Yorkshire on Thursday bowling him in the 8th over. Ackermann and Turner have been massively underused as well. Criminal how late Sowter has bowled

 

[Lumley End]

I’d have thought Sowter could’ve/should’ve bowled the 3rd. They obviously like him bowling outside the power play but we surely can trust him to bowl 2 balls in power play conditions. Other than that I don’t think much different could’ve been done with the hand we had. Raine has not been as reliable as usual recently, De Leede is De Leede. Coughlin maybe could’ve been different, but in equal measures he could’ve been worse. They do normally say over 19 is more important than 20, so maybe Dwarshius should’ve bowled 7?

 

[consettsafc]

Ah well onwards and upwards. One day cup is up for grabs

 

[brandon]

You can't bowl Sowter so late in an 8 over game. We did the same with Sowter Vs Yorkshire on Thursday bowling him in the 8th over. Ackermann and Turner have been massively underused as well. Criminal how late Sowter has bowled

Why not? He did his job to perfection

He bowled the fourth and sixth didn’t he? So basically the first full over outside the powerplay.

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Why not? He did his job to perfection

He bowled the fourth and sixth didn’t he? So basically the first full over outside the powerplay.

Pressure was on him massively though when he was brought on. Just think we need to mix it up a little bit at times especially Thursday which was criminal. He delivers every single time so I feel he should have been on earlier to apply further pressure on Northants. The pressure wasn't on Northants after scoring 20+ off over 3. We don't seem capable of "thinking out the box" which was an obvious constant theme under Franklin. To bowl De Leede third over today was a ridiculous decision. Such a short game we needed to get them under pressure quickly and we let them off.

 

[brandon]

They do normally say over 19 is more important than 20, so maybe Dwarshius should’ve bowled 7?

Yep, the only thing I’d probably have liked to have seen differently but I have no qualms with him bowling the last of that was the skippers plan.

Pressure was on him massively though when he was brought on. Just think we need to mix it up a little bit at times especially Thursday which was criminal. He delivers every single time so I feel he should have been on earlier to apply further pressure on Northants. The pressure wasn't on Northants after scoring 20+ off over 3. We don't seem capable of "thinking out the box" which was an obvious constant theme under Franklin. To bowl De Leede third over today was a ridiculous decision. Such a short game we needed to get them under pressure quickly and we let them off.

The ball was doing things, there was every chance De Leede could’ve got a bit nibble and taken a wicket - as it happened he bowled shit. I said earlier I wouldn’t have played him, but the first two overs of seam went ok and the tactic of protecting Sowter with fielders back isn’t an issue for me.

Like I say, far too easy to criticise with hindsight, but in many ways the decision to bowl Sowter when they did actually paid dividends for us.