Is it not this Madande and wes who were scared to bat the Dave put welly ahead of them..secretzimbo wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:35 amYup, This is my thinking! Play all three up top and there is a decent chance one of them will come off. Protects the middle order and hopefully doesn’t leave way too much sitting on their (especially Raza’s) shoulders.TapsC2 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:27 amIt's all about strategy. You need a plan. Playing Kaia, K-Long and Gumbie would be a way of protecting our best batsmen early on so that they deal with the spinners in the middle overs. Playing Craig at 3 is high risk because K-Long will only play 1 way. Unfortunately Madande misses out purely for strategic reasons in that scenario. It's not a bad idea to be honest. We need to have 3 or 4 strategies because we will be playing a much stronger team. Hasaranga is back.
It’s very harsh on Madande. There’s a definitely an argument for him to take Burl’s place but in SL I think having a leg spin option would be valuable.
Horse for courses and all that.
Madande will have a massive future for us either way.
Regional Trials
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I wonder when the squad will be announced surely they will be travelling tomorrow? Game 1 is less than a week away.
I wonder when the squad will be announced surely they will be travelling tomorrow? Game 1 is less than a week away.
Re: Regional Trials
Mueddie28 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:16 amIs it not this Madande and wes who were scared to bat the Dave put welly ahead of them..secretzimbo wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:35 amYup, This is my thinking! Play all three up top and there is a decent chance one of them will come off. Protects the middle order and hopefully doesn’t leave way too much sitting on their (especially Raza’s) shoulders.TapsC2 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:27 amIt's all about strategy. You need a plan. Playing Kaia, K-Long and Gumbie would be a way of protecting our best batsmen early on so that they deal with the spinners in the middle overs. Playing Craig at 3 is high risk because K-Long will only play 1 way. Unfortunately Madande misses out purely for strategic reasons in that scenario. It's not a bad idea to be honest. We need to have 3 or 4 strategies because we will be playing a much stronger team. Hasaranga is back.
It’s very harsh on Madande. There’s a definitely an argument for him to take Burl’s place but in SL I think having a leg spin option would be valuable.
Horse for courses and all that.
Madande will have a massive future for us either way.