Leicestershire are having another great season (not).
One particular area of concern is the pace bowling attack. I never believed it was right for the club to release Malik who was performed reasonably ok in all three formats and I don't see how Buck, Ireland, Freckingham, Williams, Wyatt can be seen as any better. When your most experience pace bowler is coming to the end of his career - Hoggard it is stupid to then release a bowler with 235 first class wickets including 7 five wicket halls, with a strike rate of 60 and 361 wickets in all competitions. In the same context would the club release Naik, when Henderson will retire at the end of the season and promote Sykes......
What are the speeds and varieties of the attack bar Taylor (left arm) they all seem to be right arm med to med-fast at best?
There is also a lack of consistency in the batting especially in the first innings and in one day cricket. They go from great one game to totally collapse the next.
I don't see Leicestershire changing until there are significant changes to the coaching and management of the club. There was a time when the club used to produce promising players, but even that is on the decline as majority of the second II now seem to be imported from other county youth systems and already released players.
A step in the right direction would be for Phil Whitticase to offer to resign, as during his reign as head coach the clubs first team and second team has not improved - many of the players have stalled or gone backwards.
One particular area of concern is the pace bowling attack. I never believed it was right for the club to release Malik who was performed reasonably ok in all three formats and I don't see how Buck, Ireland, Freckingham, Williams, Wyatt can be seen as any better. When your most experience pace bowler is coming to the end of his career - Hoggard it is stupid to then release a bowler with 235 first class wickets including 7 five wicket halls, with a strike rate of 60 and 361 wickets in all competitions. In the same context would the club release Naik, when Henderson will retire at the end of the season and promote Sykes......
What are the speeds and varieties of the attack bar Taylor (left arm) they all seem to be right arm med to med-fast at best?
There is also a lack of consistency in the batting especially in the first innings and in one day cricket. They go from great one game to totally collapse the next.
I don't see Leicestershire changing until there are significant changes to the coaching and management of the club. There was a time when the club used to produce promising players, but even that is on the decline as majority of the second II now seem to be imported from other county youth systems and already released players.
A step in the right direction would be for Phil Whitticase to offer to resign, as during his reign as head coach the clubs first team and second team has not improved - many of the players have stalled or gone backwards.
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