29-09-2016, 18:13
Poor old Footitt got injured at the wrong time and hasn't got his cap yet.
Whether any of that mass of bowlers we've used could make an impact I've no idea, but rain (it always rains in Derbyshire) and a coach leaving don't mean you go for random-select every match. We have a radically different side every game, but not a different result.
I don't know these things as I haven't followed closel,y but I'd be willing to bet the slip fielders and wicketkeeper/s have struggled. You get used to the rhythms and movements of bowlers you play with every week. You know where the ball is likely to come, what height and you are ready. With players you hardly know everything, good and bad, is a surprise. A new bowler can provide a shock to the other side, three of them tends to come as a shock to your own side.
Whether any of that mass of bowlers we've used could make an impact I've no idea, but rain (it always rains in Derbyshire) and a coach leaving don't mean you go for random-select every match. We have a radically different side every game, but not a different result.
I don't know these things as I haven't followed closel,y but I'd be willing to bet the slip fielders and wicketkeeper/s have struggled. You get used to the rhythms and movements of bowlers you play with every week. You know where the ball is likely to come, what height and you are ready. With players you hardly know everything, good and bad, is a surprise. A new bowler can provide a shock to the other side, three of them tends to come as a shock to your own side.