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Post by hhsussex on Feb 9, 2017 12:44:49 GMT
It was a lovely idea for a nickname, but it has been Trumped, and I think much too highly of Delray to run any risk of him being confused with the catchprases of this vicious fascist clown.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 13:00:52 GMT
He sounds like Sussex's answer to Ben Stokes. Someone had better warn the locker doors in the Hove dressing room.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Feb 14, 2017 15:31:52 GMT
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Post by tigertiger on Feb 14, 2017 17:34:45 GMT
He sounds like Sussex's answer to Ben Stokes. Someone had better warn the locker doors in the Hove dressing room. Who is going to play the Matt Coles role? |
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Post by hhsussex on Feb 21, 2017 7:22:40 GMT
Rawlins continues his impressive entry into internationals. At lunch England were 80-3 with Rawlins 41 not out and Pope 35 not out , but after 2.2 overs the score was 1-3 with Brookes, and Holden and Bartlett, the heroes of the 1st U-19 Test, back in the pavilion. Although slow by his standards, with a strike rate of 53, his innings contains his trademark 2 6s and 5 4s, meaning he has otherwise scored 9 runs off 70 balls. It is going to be very interesting to see what Sussex do if he continues his present rate of progress. At the moment he would seem to be an obvious choice whenever available for the one-day teams, and continued runscoring and tidy bowling in these 4 day games would make him an extremely attractive prospect for the Championship side, provoking the question of what place Briggs can expect at any time this year?
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Post by jonboy on Feb 21, 2017 8:17:04 GMT
His progress has been spectacular, showing it's worth counties looking further afield for young talent. Out of interest, I wonder why George Garton wasn't selected for this tour, he seems head and shoulders above the ones who are out there
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Post by hhsussex on Feb 21, 2017 8:49:13 GMT
His progress has been spectacular, showing it's worth counties looking further afield for young talent. Out of interest, I wonder why George Garton wasn't selected for this tour, he seems head and shoulders above the ones who are out there I'm not too sure of the age rules, but Garton was 19 last April, so it would have been stretching things a bit for him to be still playing U-19 at 20 minus a few weeks.Rawlins was 19 in mid September last year. Garton is part of the England performance stream, and spent his winter in training camps at Loughborough first, then at Potchefstroom. I don't think there was any match play involved but he is very much on the selectors' radar. Next year will be important for him to make the next big step forward - let's hope that Sussex play him often and he takes the opportunity. |
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Post by joe on Feb 21, 2017 8:49:42 GMT
Garton is too old for U19's selection. Rawlins is one of the oldest players out there but isn't 20 till Sept which is within the school year ( i.e August to August ) Garton is 20 in April.
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Post by philh on Feb 21, 2017 8:59:40 GMT
Rawlins 78 not out at tea. It would be good if he could go on and get a ton, but I know you shouldn't say things like that.
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Post by joe on Feb 21, 2017 9:58:40 GMT
100 for Rawlins coming off 194 balls with 14x4's and 2x6's.
A very mature innings considering he came in at 1 for 3!
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Post by hhsussex on Feb 21, 2017 14:58:47 GMT
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Post by coverpoint on Feb 22, 2017 4:10:28 GMT
From cricinfo:
Once upon a time the shortest player on the field coming up through U-15 and U-19 cricket in his native Bermuda, Delray Rawlins now looms large at over 6ft tall. What has never changed though are his innate athletic skills, which have propelled him from a burgeoning amateur career on one tiny island to a professional pathway on a much bigger one more than 3000 miles away.
Rawlins initially came through the Bermuda system as a talented left-arm orthodox spinner. He made his senior team debut aged 15 in May 2013, taking 1 for 39 in ten overs against USA at the National Stadium in Hamilton during WCL Division Three to help break Bermuda's eight-match losing streak to America in ICC tournaments dating back to 2006. Two months later, he took 5 for 51 on his Bermuda U-19 debut against USA in Canada.
He had by then landed a scholarship to attend St Bede's School in Sussex, starting him on the road to an academy contract with the county. After turning in a string of impressive all-round performances for Sussex's 2nd XI in the summer of 2016, the club announced in the first week of November that Rawlins had been signed to a full professional contract for the following season. He played possibly his final games for Bermuda that same weekend in Los Angeles at WCL Division Four. In January 2017, he launched his England U-19 career by scoring 107 not out off 88 balls and taking 2 for 46 on debut in Mumbai.
When he first played for Bermuda's senior side, a short and scrawny Rawlins relied on flight and turn for both economy and wickets, while his first innings with the bat produced nine runs at No. 11. By the time he stepped out for England U-19s four years later, a growth spurt added more than a foot to his frame. It transformed his bowling style into mainly a flat trajectory from a much higher angle. By contrast with the bat, his days as a tailender are a distant memory. Rawlins has developed into a muscular six-hitting force and his future prospects may be tilted more towards bat than ball.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 16:34:35 GMT
He is a very exciting prospect. Let's, all hope!
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Post by leedsmartlet on Feb 22, 2017 23:10:13 GMT
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Post by hhsussex on Mar 30, 2017 12:23:25 GMT
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