CC : Durham v Warwickshire

[The Breen Machine]

That’s how I actually feel tbh, I just didn’t wanna be too controversial haha

In my opinion he should still be captain and batting 3. He is a great character and fielder too right. And I’d back him to average 35 or so

I don’t know why he’s stopped playing he could get jn a lot of county sides I think

He just gives you a different option, he's got a classical technique and will play more patiently whilst the ones around him are more attacking by nature. Looking at it now, Gay certainly is not an improvement.

 

[MustardAndOnions]

Very poor defeat that when we had them at 90/5. We seemed void of anything positive after lunch which is a concern. Some of the captaincy/field settings were bemusing to say the least. I stand by my view that dropping Clark was ridiculous and truth be told we are carrying 3 batters in Robinson, Gay and Rhodes. I'm not arsed if two are new signings, either put up or sit out should be the policy and they need to improve sharp. Poor start to the season and we really need to improve quickly.

The only thing I’d say about the captaincy is that the lack of spinner, Hoggs injury combined meant lees has nowhere too turn

Doggett was poor 2nd innings so I did feel for the captain a bit he had to mix it up just using Potts and Raine

Parky would have held an end, he should have played

 

[chopsfc007]

He's arguably still worth his place in the side too.

I found it a little odd he suddenly moved from first team captain to the second XI at a relatively young age, presumed he was keen to get into coaching but tbh I think despite never recapturing his 2012-2016 form, he offers you a lot still as a gun fielder and someone who can get through a few overs in addition to being a top order bat.

35 or whatever he is isn't young people were hammering him last season

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

The only thing I’d say about the captaincy is that the lack of spinner, Hoggs injury combined meant lees has nowhere too turn

Doggett was poor 2nd innings so I did feel for the captain a bit he had to mix it up just using Potts and Raine

Parky would have held an end, he should have played

Well the Hogg thing was ridiculous. The lads was hobbling about and we then made him bowl we couldn't believe it. Potts bowling short stuff mid afternoon and not a fielder near the bat was confusing as was the field settings before the new ball. Hopefully we improve soon but it wasn't great

 

[The Breen Machine]

35 or whatever he is isn't young people were hammering him last season

He's the same age as Joe Root.

 

[chopsfc007]

He's the same age as Joe Root.

He's been heavily criticised last 2 seasons for his batting

 

[MustardAndOnions]

35 or whatever he is isn't young people were hammering him last season

I wasn’t

That’s my point, he’s a canny captain snd solid enough bat in general

He’s also proper Durham and we lack a bit of that sometimes

Im just not convinced we’ve signed massive upgrades But I’ll certainly give them a chance and 2 games is not much

Well the Hogg thing was ridiculous. The lads was hobbling about and we then made him bowl we couldn't believe it. Potts bowling short stuff mid afternoon and not a fielder near the bat was confusing as was the field settings before the new ball. Hopefully we improve soon but it wasn't great

Yeah true but like regardless of that he couldnt bowl

So we were down to 3 and no spinner

You have to try things with the limited options you have

Wish Wagner had been playing this game mind

 

[chopsfc007]

I wasn’t

That’s my point, he’s a canny captain snd solid enough bat in general

He’s also proper Durham and we lack a bit of that sometimes

Im just not convinced we’ve signed massive upgrades But I’ll certainly give them a chance and 2 games is not much


Yeah true but like regardless of that he couldnt bowl

So we were down to 3 and no spinner

You have to try things with the limited options you have

Wish Wagner had been playing this game mind

Doggett may not have been convincing but still got wickets I like Scott but his batting had fallen well off

 

[The Breen Machine]

He's been heavily criticised last 2 seasons for his batting

I get that, but all I'm saying is that the club may not necessarily have replaced him with better but I do think both Gay and Rhodes are decent cricketers and will show better than what we've seen so far.

Well the Hogg thing was ridiculous. The lads was hobbling about and we then made him bowl we couldn't believe it. Potts bowling short stuff mid afternoon and not a fielder near the bat was confusing as was the field settings before the new ball. Hopefully we improve soon but it wasn't great

Potts seemed to be bowling a lot of short stuff in their first innings too.

 

[The Red Telephone]

At the request of @wayne entwhistle no9 ,whose time in charge was even less than BFS as England manager, I'm back for this one only!

Remember the Yorkshire game begins on Friday so the next thread opener better get their skates on.

 

[wayne entwhistle no9]

Remember the Yorkshire game begins on Friday so the next thread opener better get their skates on.

You must have been typing this as I was typing my pre amble.

 

[Lagger]

Poor start to the season

 

[thewearsider]

This win or bust approach is fine if you are up the top but we are bottom and need points on the board now, some 13-14 point draws may be needed real soon and generous declarations like last nights may have to stop in the short term. 3 batters are in serious bad knick and we have gone for 3 sizable scores bowling so far. I felt last night we had a chance to guarantee a draw at worst if Potts and Hogg had batted the day out with runs flowing whilst still giving us time to win, two defeats is a concern, we cant afford three.

 

[Durham-Mackem41]

Sadly we have produced a lot of good fast bowlers but no even an average spinner plus other than Brown many moons ago not a left seamer either.

Without the extra pace or Carse and Wood our attack is a bit samey.

The side looks unbalanced at the moment have to see how they go. But Gay and Rhodes look nothing special so far.

Plus Gays fielding has been dire and cost us dearly so far.

 

[danthemanSAFC]

DURHAM CC 2025 STATS AFTER WARKS DEFEAT (H):

Most Runs - Colin Ackermann - 262 (+22)
Most Balls Faced - Colin Ackermann - 473 (+47)
Most Minutes at Crease - Ben McKinney - 685 (+564)
Highest Strike Rate - Alex Lees - 66 (-8)
Highest Average - Colin Ackermann - 65.5 (-54.5)
Most 50s - Matty Potts, Ben Raine, David Bedingham, Alex Lees & Graham Clark - 1 (+1)
Most 100s - Colin Ackermann - 2 (+0)
Most 4’s - Colin Ackermann - 40 (+7)
Most 6’s - Matty Potts - 3 (+3)
Most Overs Bowled - Matty Potts - 89 (+48)
Most Maidens - Ben Raine - 17 (+10)
Most Runs Conceded - Ben Raine - 277 (+159)
Most Wickets - Matty Potts - 9 (+4)
Most Dot Balls Bowled - Matty Potts - 407 (+217)
Most No Balls Bowled - Brendan Doggett - 5 (+5)
Most 4s Conceded - Ben Raine - 43 (+26)
Most 6s Conceded - George Drissell - 3 (+0)
31 Wickets - 16 Catches (52%) - 6 Bowled (19%) - 9 LBW (29%) - 0 Stumpings (0%) - 0 Run Outs (0%)
Highest Partnership - 6th Wicket v Notts (A) - Ackermann* & Clark = 145
Most Runs In a Game - Colin Ackermann - 240 v Notts (A)
Points Gained - 11 (+6)
Point Deductions - 0 (+0)
Runs Scored - 1330 (+663)
Avg 1st inns Score - 382.5 (+4.5)
Results - Won 0 - Drew 0 - Lost 2
Declarations - 1 (+1)
Most Catches - Ollie Robinson - 5 (+4)
Extras For - 98 (+28)
Extras Against - 66 (+39)
Fastest 50 - Alex Lees - 60 Balls (Strike Rate = 83)
Fastest 100 - Colin Ackermann - 174 Balls (Strike Rate = 57)
Tosses - Won 1 - Lost 1 - No Toss - 0


Milestones

• Ben McKinney’s 2nd FC class century for Durham
• Ben McKinney’s highest FC score
• David Bedingham’s 29th FC half century for Durham
• Matty Potts’ 6th FC half century for Durham
• Ben Raine - 2000 FC runs for Durham
• Ben Raine’s 21st FC half century
• Matty Potts - 200 FC wickets for Durham

 

[Bri]

35 or whatever he is isn't young people were hammering him last season

This is true, but at 35 as a batsman he should have 3 good years in him and perhaps more.
I really don't get what happened to him. My theory was that at Surrey he changed his style to be less classical if you like and more open to (I think) make more room to play the shots that short form cricket demands. If you remember as good as he was as a red ball cricketer he was never a big hitter in T20. ----- But if that's true why didn't he simply change back? There's a very good player in there somewhere. It's a shame we haven't seen it lately.

 

[Parkside]

This is true, but at 35 as a batsman he should have 3 good years in him and perhaps more.
I really don't get what happened to him. My theory was that at Surrey he changed his style to be less classical if you like and more open to (I think) make more room to play the shots that short form cricket demands. If you remember as good as he was as a red ball cricketer he was never a big hitter in T20. ----- But if that's true why didn't he simply change back? There's a very good player in there somewhere. It's a shame we haven't seen it lately.

His prime was when he played with Diva at Durham and his beginning with Surrey when Diva was his batting coach.Probably too late now but I reckon Diva could and would have identified and rectified the problem,even though a video link.

 

[Durhamfootman]

I think most of us expected the signings especially Rhodes to play a similar role to what he's doing his whole career, which is bat at 3 and occasionally bowl. Problem is we have shoehorned them into a side and so far they don't seem capable of doing the job we have designed for them.

Good post further up saying gay and Rhodes playing out of position. We kind of signed 2 players with no real idea how to play them

We need to play a spinner I think

Gay eventually began to look good in the first innings before he lost patience and chased after a wide one, whereas Rhodes has had a lousy start to his Durham career in every dept and I do mean every dept. I also think we might have signed at least one of them with the possibility of losing McKinney to England in mind

If Bedders is out for Friday (and he probably is) then I suppose we could move Rhodes to 4 (or 3 and move Gay to 4) to see if that makes a difference to his fortunes. Ackers was excellent at 4 v Notts, but we also know he can bat lower down. Does Robbo need to drop to 6 or even 7 until he gets his mojo back?

I always thought that Cambo made a big deal about always playing a front line spinner, so I have no idea why we didn't have one here. I get why Old George got the gig at TB over Parky, he had an impressive pre-season, so one of them needs to come in for Hogg on Friday. I'm not fussed which

Lees had some interesting field placings when I was there on Saturday, which I didn't mind seeing, so he must have some ideas swirling around. I can't really remember the last time I saw us have 2 regularly close in fielders that didn't include short leg. Gay's catch to remove Davies was a stunning reaction catch.

 

[smoker]

He's arguably still worth his place in the side too.

I found it a little odd he suddenly moved from first team captain to the second XI at a relatively young age, presumed he was keen to get into coaching but tbh I think despite never recapturing his 2012-2016 form, he offers you a lot still as a gun fielder and someone who can get through a few overs in addition to being a top order bat.

His batting form was horrible and he didn't seem too arsed about correcting the weaknesses.

However he had become a good captain under Campbell after a disappointing tenure under Franklin. Captaincy also seems to have affected Lees' batting this season.

 

[MustardAndOnions]

This is true, but at 35 as a batsman he should have 3 good years in him and perhaps more.
I really don't get what happened to him. My theory was that at Surrey he changed his style to be less classical if you like and more open to (I think) make more room to play the shots that short form cricket demands. If you remember as good as he was as a red ball cricketer he was never a big hitter in T20. ----- But if that's true why didn't he simply change back? There's a very good player in there somewhere. It's a shame we haven't seen it lately.

Don’t think he’s that bad now, last year he was getting loads of starts but not kicking on, which csn happen

Was pure class for the seconds last week

I just don’t think he should give it up meself, look at Rocky, some tough years lately but gets a gig at Hampshire as he still has the drive

His batting form was horrible and he didn't seem too arsed about correcting the weaknesses.

However he had become a good captain under Campbell after a disappointing tenure under Franklin. Captaincy also seems to have affected Lees' batting this season.

I think horrible is a bit harsh smoker, got lots of starts, certainly games I was at, unless I’m misremembering

I don’t think Lees is a natural captain myself