Somerset almost done
There was nothing very remarkable about Somerset’s loss to Diamond Eagles today, except perhaps the bowling of CJ de Villiers again. Trescothick had returned home, but his replacement Wes Durston top scored with 57 from 32 balls, the highest innings by an Englishman in the tournament so far. That was about it as far as the Sabres were concerned, as they subsided pretty comprehensively.
This one knock aside, the English batting has been poor so far in the Champions League. The most memorable thing about Owais Shah’s performance for Delhi Daredevils so far in this tournament is the fact that he has his nickname, Ace, on his shirt rather than his actual name. Somerset likely have only one innings left, and that against New South Wales.
As I write this, NSW are making the Trinidad & Tobago bowling, so feisty against Somerset and Deccan, look like a pub team. Their own bowling attack consists entirely of international bowlers, and it would be no surprise if they won the entire thing at a canter.
This is where county cricket is at a disadvantage to Australian teams in particular – the spread of talent of far thinner than it is down under because there are three times the number of teams, or so goes the percieved wisdom. We’ll forget for the minute that we also have more than double the population of Australia on the assumption that it’s not that simple.
Somerset will need to win that match by a big margin and hope that other results are in their favour. It is about as likely as an informed opinion appearing in the Daily Mail.
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