tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83358194924503872.post4088945875207477180..comments2024-03-19T02:22:21.466+00:00Comments on Surrey Cricket Blog: Poor Surrey slide towards defeatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83358194924503872.post-43591554546650865812012-08-09T14:41:03.103+01:002012-08-09T14:41:03.103+01:00Hi Rob
I think the most worrying thing is that we...Hi Rob<br /><br />I think the most worrying thing is that we're entering a spiral of form that only points one direction. Like Adams said in his interview today we had a similarly abject performance this time last year vs. Kent and then won four in a row. Only problem is, this year we don't have Pragyan Ojha. <br /><br />The batting has been dreadful and Adams has to carry the can for that. You're right to say that things weren't looking great before the events of June, although clearly as you say that event in itself was a big blow.<br /><br />The decision to bat first in this game was terrible, it lost us the game, pure and simple. Again, this is down to Adams.<br /><br />Where we go is a fine question. ZdB has to be dropped for me, RHB needs to come back (though not as captain). But that's only the start. I'm sure you, like me, would forego any chance of winning the CB40, and the one we won last year, to stay up in the Championship this year.GreenJJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658909094741780394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83358194924503872.post-65998744283779476432012-08-09T14:34:06.068+01:002012-08-09T14:34:06.068+01:00I don't wish to appear defeatist but the writi...I don't wish to appear defeatist but the writing has been on the wall for a while now. And I think it's all but certain that we will be back in division 2 next season. <br /><br />We've had chances to put games to bed and not taken them but more often than not we simply haven't put ourselves in a commanding enough position to take charge of games. That's the most galling thing for me. Only very rarely have we threatened the scoreboard with the bat. <br /><br />Clearly, Tom Maynard was a real hammer blow but we were in trouble long before that. Much of it has to do with the fairly consistent failure of our top order but Adams also has to take responsibility for some iffy tactical and management decisions throughout the season. <br /><br />So where do we go from here? I've always thought we came up a season too early but there's no point dwelling on that. We need to deal with the here and now and what I observe is a club seemingly in total disarray, with a captain who has gone AWOL. <br /><br />And yet we could still end up with a trophy...go figure...Rob D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83358194924503872.post-21457384607889876862012-08-09T09:30:37.608+01:002012-08-09T09:30:37.608+01:00Absolutely right, take nothing away from Durham, t...Absolutely right, take nothing away from Durham, they're showing the sort of application to the task that we've been missing in this match. And a few others for that matter.<br /><br />I fear you are correct about the optimism...112 runs with only five wickets left is pretty much curtains.GreenJJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658909094741780394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83358194924503872.post-18756492563224753842012-08-09T09:22:27.386+01:002012-08-09T09:22:27.386+01:00Very disappointing again from Surrey. Hoping for t...Very disappointing again from Surrey. Hoping for the tail to get us out of this one is wildly optimistic, I think. <br /><br />Credit to Durham, though: they've pulled out a decent performance and stayed sharp in the field, which has allowed them to take full advantage of the vulnerability of our batting lineup.Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83358194924503872.post-56386133208751645742012-08-08T22:47:53.875+01:002012-08-08T22:47:53.875+01:00Unfortunately I don't, the last I heard was -3...Unfortunately I don't, the last I heard was -3, and the penalty is indeed supposed to be one point per over. So in theory we could be set to lose the three bowling points we got!GreenJJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658909094741780394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83358194924503872.post-74582617079894945892012-08-08T21:52:52.293+01:002012-08-08T21:52:52.293+01:00Do we know what the over rate ended up as? It'...Do we know what the over rate ended up as? It's a point off per over, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com