GLAMMY

The main thing I took away from last night's match was how poor Essex were - they've now lost five from five and two of our wins have came against them with the other one coming against Middlesex, another one of the three teams in danger of falling too far behind the rest even at this early stage iof the competition.

When's the Australian all rounder we signed going to be fit again? With the exception of In gram in the Championship and Fernando towards the end of his spell with us, our overseas players aren't contributing much this year

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

The main thing I took away from last night's match was how poor Essex were - they've now lost five from five and two of our wins have came against them with the other one coming against Middlesex, another one of the three teams in danger of falling too far behind the rest even at this early stage iof the competition.

When's the Australian all rounder we signed going to be fit again? With the exception of In gram in the Championship and Fernando towards the end of his spell with us, our overseas players aren't contributing much this year

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To answer my own question.

https://glamorgancricket.com/news/we...vitality-blast

I read his name first as Imad Wasim Jones!!

Good signing, control with the ball and further lengthens a deep batting order. Welcome home!

Somerset just beaten Gloucester. Makes it 5 out of 5 for Somerset, and 4 out of 4 for Glos.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

The main thing I took away from last night's match was how poor Essex were - they've now lost five from five and two of our wins have came against them with the other one coming against Middlesex, another one of the three teams in danger of falling too far behind the rest even at this early stage iof the competition.

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Middlesex got a tie at Hampshire tonight and, while it feels there's something not quite right at Essex, they're still a dangerous side as they've shown tonight. We deserve credit for both wins against them. Batted well, took wickets at key times and were very lively in the field. Tribe's catch just as Cox was going through the gears last night might have saved things getting a bit messy.

A couple of things from the Sussex v Essex game tonight. Looks like Tymal Mills got injured, he only bowled five balls. Also, Paul Walter walked for an lbw which is always funny to see.

Aneurin Donald got 73 off 34 balls for Derbyshire tonight, with five 6s. I wonder if he'll end up back here one day?

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Originally Posted by Loramski

Middlesex got a tie at Hampshire tonight and, while it feels there's something not quite right at Essex, they're still a dangerous side as they've shown tonight. We deserve credit for both wins against them. Batted well, took wickets at key times and were very lively in the field. Tribe's catch just as Cox was going through the gears last night might have saved things getting a bit messy.

A couple of things from the Sussex v Essex game tonight. Looks like Tymal Mills got injured, he only bowled five balls. Also, Paul Walter walked for an lbw which is always funny to see.

Aneurin Donald got 73 off 34 balls for Derbyshire tonight, with five 6s. I wonder if he'll end up back here one day?

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We were good against Essex, but I thought it was a little like a Third Round FA Cup tie where, say, a Championship team visits a non league side, endures a few awkward moments, but wins comfortably enough in the end.

Our next two matches will tell us a lot

Chris Cooke can’t go on for ever, so maybe we could bring Donald back as a keeper - although, that’s a role that seems to have been Horton’s for the taking since we gave him that long contract when he was 16 (realistically, Smale’s emergence as well means that Cooke’s replacement is already at the club).

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Originally Posted by Loramski

Middlesex got a tie at Hampshire tonight and, while it feels there's something not quite right at Essex, they're still a dangerous side as they've shown tonight. We deserve credit for both wins against them. Batted well, took wickets at key times and were very lively in the field. Tribe's catch just as Cox was going through the gears last night might have saved things getting a bit messy.

A couple of things from the Sussex v Essex game tonight. Looks like Tymal Mills got injured, he only bowled five balls. Also, Paul Walter walked for an lbw which is always funny to see.

Aneurin Donald got 73 off 34 balls for Derbyshire tonight, with five 6s. I wonder if he'll end up back here one day?

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Looked like Essex were on for a big victory, I'm going to take the blame for the rain, I'd bet on an Essex win!!

Not sure if Donald plays much long form cricket nowadays, but nice to see him doing well. As long as him and Lloyd are quiet if we play them.

Sussex again. McAndrew again. 11 wickets against us in 8 overs. Bloody hell. We needed 40 off 4 with 5 wickets left. Douthwaite gets out. Game over. We win one, we lose one.

We’re your typical mid table side - beat the teams below you and lose to the ones above you. We might manage to scrape a fourth place finish, but anything higher than that looks beyond us.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

We’re your typical mid table side - beat the teams below you and lose to the ones above you. We might manage to scrape a fourth place finish, but anything higher than that looks beyond us.

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disappointing

Nathan McAndrew isn't a bad bowler, but he's not a good one either. He's a slightly below average bowler who can biff it a bit, to sign him as an overseas player is quite a sign of low ambition. How the hell has he just taken 11 wickets in 2 games against us.

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Originally Posted by chrisp_1927

Nathan McAndrew isn't a bad bowler, but he's not a good one either. He's a slightly below average bowler who can biff it a bit, to sign him as an overseas player is quite a sign of low ambition. How the hell has he just taken 11 wickets in 2 games against us.

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Exactly. After watching him take 5 the other night there is no way he should have ripped through us again tonight. Not good enough.

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Originally Posted by Lord Worcester

Exactly. After watching him take 5 the other night there is no way he should have ripped through us again tonight. Not good enough.

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If the team finds itself having to slog every ball out of the ground you are going to take wickets, as they did. The catching was faultless too unfortunately.

Kiran Carlson has looked right out of form this weekend. He’s such an important player for us, but he’s barely timed a shot well in the last two games - out for a laborious 8 today after Smale went first ball - 34-2 in the fifth over.

Kellaway looks such a good batsman at times, just stumped for 53 - 97-3 in the eleventh over.

Unbelievable innings from Asa Tribe at the end. A great innings from Glamorgan had suddenly slowed down at the wrong time. But 41 runs off the last 2 overs take us to 189

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Originally Posted by chrisp_1927

Unbelievable innings from Asa Tribe at the end. A great innings from Glamorgan had suddenly slowed down at the wrong time. But 41 runs off the last 2 overs take us to 189

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Absolutely superb.
Payne is a very good bowler in this format - hammered by Tribe.
Gloucester commentators though 170 would be decent.
:ayatollah:

Fantastic, big win. Tough game coming against Somerset on Friday, but they lost today so they're certainly beatable.

Mason Crane’s taken a lot of wickets this season, but, with red ball cricket to return quite soon, it’s hard to see a way into the team for him for that. Our squad has got more depth to it this year than it’s had for some time with Tribe and Kellaway doing really well, Leonard coming along nicely and Smale establishing himself in the one day stuff.j

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Kiran Carlson has looked right out of form this weekend. HeÂ’s such an important player for us, but heÂ’s barely timed a shot well in the last two games - out for a laborious 8 today after Smale went first ball - 34-2 in the fifth over.

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He played for the seconds in the week so he must be concerned about his form but that superb 90 odd against Essex was only nine days ago so it seems a bit odd.

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Originally Posted by Dave Blue

If the team finds itself having to slog every ball out of the ground you are going to take wickets, as they did. The catching was faultless too unfortunately.

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That's a good summing up. Hard to be critical of Douthwaite, it was a great knock, but having got us ahead of the game with four overs left and then hitting the next ball for 6 he didn't need to keep slogging then. He could've just waited for the bad balls and seen us home with mainly ones and twos. Easy to say with hindsight though. Once Tribe and Imad had wasted a few balls everyone had to thrash from then on and the chance had gone.

They did catch well, yes. Cooke was unlucky to get out the way he did, another couple of inches on Kellaway's drive and he'd have been up and running again. Fine margins. Two good away wins this week but it's going to be frustrating if we start doing a City and can't win our home games.

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Originally Posted by Loramski

He played for the seconds in the week so he must be concerned about his form but that superb 90 odd against Essex was only nine days ago so it seems a bit odd.

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You're always going to go through runs of low scores if you open the batting in T20 or the Hundred cricket especially, so it's not his scores that bother me, but the way his shots were barely clearing fielders and then not havimng the power to reach the boundary. That's not Carlosn at all, he's a fearless team man who is easily capable of clearing the ropes. Don't think I saw him bat in the win at Essex because I definitely would have noticed if he had batted like he did over the weekend - hopefully, he'll have got his timing back by the time we next play.