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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 10:21:38 GMT
The club's approach to the RLC Powerplays this season have been, quite frankly, embarrassing. One obvious solution is to have Wright open, as he does in T20. In the first ten overs there are only two fielders outside the circle. Last night Joyce batted through those ten overs and hit two boundaries (Nash and Finch also managed two between them). The score at the end of the power play was 39. Now I appreaciate 50 overs is a long innings and you need to keep wickets intact (especially at Sussex with a tail that starts at seven). But there were just two men patrolling the entire outfield - and Sussex still only managed one boundary every 15 balls? You'd back Wright to find the boundary at least once if not twice per over in those first ten... As for missing Wright's contribuition in the middle overs, well hopefully on a good day he'd still be in and well on his way to a very big hundred! If not, we need more from Taylor. He's done OK (six half centuries in all competitions, I think, a sequence which we would be in raptures about if it was Finch or Machan or Cachopa). But am I being unfair in saying you need something a bit more commanding from your overseas gun batsman to justify the bank-busting salary? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 10:23:03 GMT
It's the morning after and the disappointment has faded. A couple of points. During an interview with Mark Davis back in December he highlighted two major points from his future vision. 1. Playing without fear 2. Improving the club's fielding. Sadly, neither of which happened last night. As Bm points out, Sussex have not won a 50 over game for 13 matches. How deep does this malaise go? The club's approach to the RLC Powerplays this season have been, quite frankly, embarrassing. unofficialsussexccc.freeforums.net/post/14936/threadSurely, in such situations, the only way to break out from this trough is to do what England did after their World Cup 50 over debacle. Attack! It was a resounding success for England; led to the phrase 'New Cricket'; and due to an unexpected side-effect even reached the Finals of the T20 World Cup. Question: Why don't Sussex emulate England. What have they got to lose? I thought we batted very fearfully against Essex. Fearful of the fact that we have so few batsmen and so many overs to get through. Batting second against Glamorgan realistically we needed 225 from our best four batsmen and that's a lot to ask. If we bat without fear, we could be all out for 75 inside ten overs, but what the hell? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 10:29:56 GMT
The club's approach to the RLC Powerplays this season have been, quite frankly, embarrassing. One obvious solution is to have Wright open, as he does in T20. In the first ten overs there are only two fielders outside the circle. Last night Joyce batted through the ten overs and hit two boundaries (Nash and Finch also managed two between them). The score at the end of the power play was 39. Now I appreaciate 50 overs is a long innings and you need to keep wickets intact (especially at Sussex with a tale that starts at seven). But there were only two men in the entire outfield - and Sussex still only managed one boundary every 15 balls? You'd back Wright to find the boundary at least once if not twice per over in those first ten... As for missing Wright's contribuition in the middle overs, well hopefully on a good day he'd still be in andf well on his way to a very big hundred! If not, we need more from Taylor. He's done OK (six half centuries in all competitions, I think, a sequence which we would be in raptures about if it was Finch or Machan or Cachopa). But I am being unfair in saying you need something a bit more commanding from your overseas gun batsman to justify the bank-busting salary? I agree about Luke opening. I think you are being unfair on Taylor, or at least I don't see him as the problem. We have to be more aggressive in the early overs, precisely because we can't rely on anyone beyond our top five to contribute. |
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Post by jonboy on Jun 9, 2016 10:57:55 GMT
Or another option, would be to open with Nash and Machan, and leave Wright at three. I know he's not in great form at the moment, but he generally goes for it from the off, and him and Nash could be an aggressive left/right opening combination. If it doesn't come off, we have Wright and Taylor to follow, with Joyce at five to use up the overs if we've lost wickets We need some out of the box thinking
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jun 9, 2016 12:34:50 GMT
Certainly, Joyce should not be opening and must drop to 4 or 5 where he can play the anchor role as Did Goodwin and rebuild an innings
if the wheels fall off early on.
It's a tricky one with Wright. Do you gamble with your best batsman at the start? I agree with jonboy someone like Machan or even Salt
to open with Nash. If he gets lucky, then a quick 50 might follow, but if he gets out early, the big guns are still there to follow.
Imho, Sussex's whole attitude to the 50 over format must change. We need to attack from the off and really use the Powerplay to our advantage. It
is the only way we are going to drag ourselves out of the present abyss. It worked for England, so why shouldn't it work for Sussex?
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Post by fraudster on Jun 11, 2016 8:02:51 GMT
"Certainly, Joyce should not be opening and must drop to 4 or 5 where he can play the anchor role as Did Goodwin and rebuild an innings
if the wheels fall off early on."
Negative mindset. You bat there in case we fail. You're right about the PPs at the start though and they are down to Nash and Wright at one and three. The trouble is they are scared of failing due to balance and batting depth. Nash has been off since his T20 ton for some reason, he's the man who has to exploit the early PP and get us moving.
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