[Cartman]

Westbars Spireite, on 18 June 2013 - 06:38 AM, said:

We need someone who can clear the ropes and bowl a few overs.

please let it be Chris Gayle!

[JonB]

Cartman, on 18 June 2013 - 06:48 AM, said:

please let it be Chris Gayle!

Now that would be great but i cant believe he'd choose to play over here in our poxy T20 comp when he could go back and play back home in theirs. Think we can pretty much rule out out of the West Indies lot, still think with the diverse culture in Derby shall we say that getting an Indian or Pakistani would be a good choice...would certainly attract some spectators along if they were a decent player. Remember going to some cup game years back when we had Mohammad Kaif and he attracted a lot of interest.

[Cartman]

JonB, on 18 June 2013 - 07:22 AM, said:

Now that would be great but i cant believe he'd choose to play over here in our poxy T20 comp when he could go back and play back home in theirs. Think we can pretty much rule out out of the West Indies lot, still think with the diverse culture in Derby shall we say that getting an Indian or Pakistani would be a good choice...would certainly attract some spectators along if they were a decent player. Remember going to some cup game years back when we had Mohammad Kaif and he attracted a lot of interest.

Afridi again?

Sehwag?

[JonB]

Cartman, on 18 June 2013 - 07:30 AM, said:

Afridi again?

Sehwag?

Sehwag would be worth watching! Have we had Afridi before? Know we had Rana Naved and he was crap! Few of the Indians would be worth going for and raise the profile a bit. Plus they may attract some bigger crowds to make it not that much of an expense plus if they could help us get out of the groups then its extra money. To be honest it could be any of a number of people with the Champions Trophy just finishing...lots of decent cricketers in the country.

[Cartman]

JonB, on 18 June 2013 - 07:50 AM, said:

Sehwag would be worth watching! Have we had Afridi before? Know we had Rana Naved and he was crap! Few of the Indians would be worth going for and raise the profile a bit. Plus they may attract some bigger crowds to make it not that much of an expense plus if they could help us get out of the groups then its extra money. To be honest it could be any of a number of people with the Champions Trophy just finishing...lots of decent cricketers in the country.

Afridi played for Derbyshire about 10 years ago I think, didn't do much from memory

plenty of Indian T20 specialists now with the IPL

[JonB]

Cartman, on 18 June 2013 - 07:59 AM, said:

Afridi played for Derbyshire about 10 years ago I think, didn't do much from memory

plenty of Indian T20 specialists now with the IPL

Had to look up stuff about his stint...looks like it wasnt overly fruitful hence why i didnt remember him!!

[Westbars Spireite]

Afridi was poor in a poor side.

[JonB]

Westbars Spireite, on 18 June 2013 - 12:25 PM, said:

Afridi was poor in a poor side.

The bit i read suggested he couldnt be bothered and didnt really have a great attitude as well during his stint. I can partly believe that!!

[Westbars Spireite]

We had Hampshire on the ropes a bit at five down and a quick kill was needed - sadly we haven't got enough accuracy from the faster bowlers to create enough pressure. They'll probably have too much for us now though our batting line up is decent.

[shaun1866]

We will get left with needing 80 off 10 overs but I bet the wickets fade away

[Westbars Spireite]

We're doing just about OK but I don't expect us to get close really.

[shaun1866]

50/50 from here

[Bankrobber]

Absolutely no chance of us winning this one.

[shaun1866]

This is where you need Hughes

[JonB]

Looks like Derbyshire are getting ready to announce the second T20 overseas...any hints from this paragraph from a story on Cricinfo about the Aussie ashes squad being in various parts of the country currently :-

On Wednesday they will be joined by the opener and Middlesex captain Chris Rogers, now excused from his county duties and readying himself for a final tilt at international recognition. Champions Trophy squad members not required for the Ashes will drift away in dribs and drabs, some like Adam Voges and Glenn Maxwell contracted for English Twenty20 japes, others like George Bailey and Nathan Coulter-Nile heading back to the Australian winter. Then there is Ed Cowan, still in Nottingham on county secondment, and not likely to join his Australia colleagues until Monday in Taunton, dubbed the "official" starting point of the Ashes tour.

Assume Voges will end up at Notts? Maxwell would be some signing!

[Bonnyman]

JonB, on 19 June 2013 - 09:25 AM, said:

Looks like Derbyshire are getting ready to announce the second T20 overseas...any hints from this paragraph from a story on Cricinfo about the Aussie ashes squad being in various parts of the country currently :-

On Wednesday they will be joined by the opener and Middlesex captain Chris Rogers, now excused from his county duties and readying himself for a final tilt at international recognition. Champions Trophy squad members not required for the Ashes will drift away in dribs and drabs, some like Adam Voges and Glenn Maxwell contracted for English Twenty20 japes, others like George Bailey and Nathan Coulter-Nile heading back to the Australian winter. Then there is Ed Cowan, still in Nottingham on county secondment, and not likely to join his Australia colleagues until Monday in Taunton, dubbed the "official" starting point of the Ashes tour.

Assume Voges will end up at Notts? Maxwell would be some signing!

Not a cricket fan but my grans dad played for england and yorkshire and also ended up the head coach of yorkshire,Arthur "ticker" mitchell,he coached Geoffrey boycott and was supposed to frighten the young lads to death with his no nonsense approach.....found this piece about him,i wish i had met him after reading this
http://backwatersman...ts-hardest-man/

This post has been edited by bonnyman: 19 June 2013 - 10:35 AM

[JonB]

Well after all the ridicule of Englands one day batting and things it looks like we are now a very good bet to make the final. South Africa 78-7 currently!!

[Bankrobber]

Record 9th wicket stand. Well done Jon!

[JonB]

Bankrobber, on 19 June 2013 - 12:22 PM, said:

Record 9th wicket stand. Well done Jon!

To be fair it got sunny and those two didnt play some of the awful shots the top order did. They also got about 6/7 overs of Bopara and Root bowling at the same time. Happens a lot these days, folks down the order can bat and dont just roll over like they used to.

[JonB]

Not the worst signing in the world....

Derbyshire CCC ‏@derbyshireccc 4m
The Club can announce that South Africa international Albie Morkel is the side's second overseas FLt20 signing for 2013! Story to follow...

Elsewhere Derbyshire rejects Boyd Rankin and Gary Ballance both called up to the England T20 squad.