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T20 Blast 2026


Durham-Mackem41-Rem said:
The batting unit is awful for this format but has never been addressed. The best T20 sides have 6 hitters galore you could argue we barely have a couple.

It's hard to get quality with the IPL but the fact we have no overseas and some of recent ones have been dire. We are playing in easily the worst group quality wise and we still look poor.

But the tactics at time are awful with bat and ball opening with young Minto yesterday.

Clark, Lees, McKinney and Ackerman's shot where utterly terrible.

McKinney was playing really well than to a part time spinner a hack across the line trying to hit a 6 with 2 fielders out to the longest side such a low percentage shot.
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Bedders is overseas
 
Durhamfootman said:
I thought we were great in the first half. 16 of our overs were bowled terrifically well, the fielding was good and we didn't look even remotely like dropping a catch. When I left at half time I was certain that we'd either chase it down with ease, or collapse catastrophically in a heap.

Since the Leics match, the big Neesham shaped hole in the middle order is looking bigger with every game we play. I still look at our middle order and have absolutely no idea where the big match winning innings is going to come from if Clark and Lees get out early. I'm pretty certain that the next time we win a game it will be when Clark and/or Lees have scored big runs.

After breaking Phil Mustard's T20 half century club record a couple of weeks ago, Graham Clark has now broken Mustard's T20 duck club record too. We can't keep relying on Clark/Lees/McK to score all the runs. When Turner was here, I couldn't see any runs lower than the top 5, now I can't see any runs lower than the top 3 or 4. It's only great bowling and fielding that is keeping us in some of these matches. That at least is progress after all those years when almost all of our bowlers routinely conceded 10 an over.... and in the case of the dutch boys.... 15 an over.
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Big Neesham shaped hole in the middle order ?.......I thought he was average at best with the bat and shocking with the ball. Massively disappointing for me cos I thought he would bring us some "x factor"

chopsfc007 said:
Bedders is overseas
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...and has consistantly looked our best batsman so far in the T20 comp ( and in the CC tbf )
 
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Seen Darcy Short playing for Gloucester (got a duck today like) makes me think we should have gone for him, experience batting in the middle order in the big bash aswel
 
I could see the logic in not going for a overseas T20 so called specialist -most,with the odd exception,have been distinctly moderate. Our batting is in theory pretty strong-Lees, Clark, Bedders, Robbo, Potts and Raine are capable T20 batters with Potts,Raine,Sowter and Parkinson experienced bowlers. Nothing in reserve though but capable overseas is difficult to recruit with the IPL clashing. Our 3 defeats have been to the 2 leaders in our group and unbeaten Northants in the inter zone. We need to be more savvy,being out thought on our home patch is pretty naive.
 
Parkside said:
I could see the logic in not going for a overseas T20 so called specialist -most,with the odd exception,have been distinctly moderate. Our batting is in theory pretty strong-Lees, Clark, Bedders, Robbo, Potts and Raine are capable T20 batters with Potts,Raine,Sowter and Parkinson experienced bowlers. Nothing in reserve though but capable overseas is difficult to recruit with the IPL clashing. Our 3 defeats have been to the 2 leaders in our group and unbeaten Northants in the inter zone. We need to be more savvy,being out thought on our home patch is pretty naive.
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I wouldn't disagree with any of that. Maybe if they are obsessed with an overseas t20 signing, try and get a youngster who is on the up rather that the tired old soaks we have been signing. Obviously this would require good scouting/networking and I just don't think we have it.
 
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