The Red Telephone
Striker
Well after our excellent victory at Lords we're really at the business end of the season now with our vital trip on Monday to second placed Northants who lie 14 points ahead of us.
While our rise up the table is well documented on here our opponents have sort of sneaked up the table almost unnoticed and have lost only 2 games and even though they've only won 4 they do seem to accumulate a lot of batting points (34) as opposed to our 19. We are now 9 pts behind Gloucs who of course play Northants in the final round and 2 pts ahead of the rejuvenated Sussex.
Our home game with them in June ended in a draw in bloody freezing weather after we recovered from 18-4 to get to 253 thanks to a record 8th wicket stand between Raine and Carse but the last two days were then washed out which was inkeeping with the weather for the game here last season which didnt see a ball being bowled- let's hope we dont have that scenario this time!
Vasconcelos who scored an unbeaten century at the Riverside was ruled out for the season in July but they have recently signed Gareth Berg from Hampshite and NZ Test all rounder Doug Bracewell for the last three games.
Sanderson and Hutton always seem to do well against us but hey their batsmen will have been given something to think about by Carse, Rushy and Raine.
No team news at this early stage but obviously we will have our own Kiwi BJ Watling making his debut and we wish him and all the lads all the best in this vital game.
HA'WAY THE LADS YOU CAN DO IT !!!
While our rise up the table is well documented on here our opponents have sort of sneaked up the table almost unnoticed and have lost only 2 games and even though they've only won 4 they do seem to accumulate a lot of batting points (34) as opposed to our 19. We are now 9 pts behind Gloucs who of course play Northants in the final round and 2 pts ahead of the rejuvenated Sussex.
Our home game with them in June ended in a draw in bloody freezing weather after we recovered from 18-4 to get to 253 thanks to a record 8th wicket stand between Raine and Carse but the last two days were then washed out which was inkeeping with the weather for the game here last season which didnt see a ball being bowled- let's hope we dont have that scenario this time!
Vasconcelos who scored an unbeaten century at the Riverside was ruled out for the season in July but they have recently signed Gareth Berg from Hampshite and NZ Test all rounder Doug Bracewell for the last three games.
Sanderson and Hutton always seem to do well against us but hey their batsmen will have been given something to think about by Carse, Rushy and Raine.
No team news at this early stage but obviously we will have our own Kiwi BJ Watling making his debut and we wish him and all the lads all the best in this vital game.
HA'WAY THE LADS YOU CAN DO IT !!!