After losing our opening T20 match, we went on to win five in a row under the leadership of new captain Josh Phillipe. Sadly the poor scheduling that allows the County Championship to interrupt the T20 Blast disrupted our rhythm. We crashed out of the knockout qualifying places following defeat in our last match. In truth our batting unit didn’t set the world on fire. Harry Brook (489 runs) performed superbly though and had a strong season across all formats. However it was our bowling attack who were to a man, excellent. Inexperienced Australian pacer Richard Hunt (28 wickets) led the way.
As normal, there was little to cheer in One-Day cricket. We did feature in a thrilling tie but it was the wooden spoon for us once again. Albert Boxall (234 runs) and Dom Leech (9 wickets) were the better performers but their low numbers confirm what a difficult campaign it was.
In four-day cricket we did okay but were always a little short of making a genuine promotion push. Josh Phillipe totalled 1089 runs but Matthew Fisher (63 wickets) was in phenomenal form throughout the campaign. Opener Matthew Revis continued his improvement and in the final match of the season, played his 100th First Class game. Curiously, he’s only ever played five limited overs games.
Spin-bowler James Logan has surprisingly retired and pace bowler Josh Rippenden has been released. Josh Phillipe will return as overseas player for a third season and Richard Hunt will rejoin us for some Twenty20 action. After a few years away from the professional game, we’ve resigned all-rounder Jordon Thompson, in particular to strengthen our limited bowling stocks.
In 2030 we’d dearly love to make the knockout stages of a white-ball competition or/and get promoted back to division one of the County Championship.
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