Continuing our half-term report on the ten players we nominated to watch in 2011 at the start of the season, we move to numbers 7-5 (as ranked in order of ascending performance):
See also Part 1 - Adam Lyth, Jos Buttler and Danny Briggs
7. Jade Dernbach (Surrey) (Championship: 13 wickets at 36.61, CB40: 8 wickets at 17.12, ER 4.56)
Despite a stop-start season and fairly mediocre returns in the Championship, Dernbach was called into the England squad for the Lord’s Test with Sri Lanka. A nine-wicket haul for the Lions and a fiery performance against Leicestershire at The Oval probably sealed his elevation. The adopted South African will likely make his international bow in the forthcoming ODI series.
Verdict: C – must show more consistency for Surrey.
6. Adil Rashid (Yorkshire) (Championship: 262 runs at 20.15; 28 wickets at 33.78. CB40: 64 runs at 64.00, SR 95.52; 10 wickets at 17.90, ER 4.71)
The leggie started the season like a train with 11 wickets at Worcester. But like Yorkshire, has flattered to deceive since - even if he has still got his fair share of wickets. Reached a season nadir with 0/88 (in just 10 overs) and 0/187 in successive innings last week against Somerset and Sussex. Batting has also been disappointing. Has performed better in the CB40 where he has a current strike rate of a wicket every 22.8 balls.
Verdict: C+ – Expect him to get better on later season wickets in the Championship and watch out for a possible call-up to the England ODI squad.
5. Rory Hamilton-Brown (Surrey) (Championship: 587 runs at 48.91, CB40: 117 runs at 23.40, SR 101.73)
Despite many people being eager for public school educated Hamilton-Brown to fail, he is Surrey’s top run scorer in the Championship thus far despite also bravely volunteering to open. RHB isn’t doing too badly as captain either with Surrey handily placed for a promotion bid in the Championship and proud holders of a 100% record in the CB40.
Verdict: B – Could this be the season when a young captain leads Surrey out of the doldrums?
Where next?
Ten to watch in 2011: Adam Lyth, Jade Dernbach, Rory Hamilton-Brown, Samit Patel, Alex Hales, Danny Briggs, Ben Stokes, James Harris, Jos Buttler, Adil Rashid
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Posted by: Name badges | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 at 18:45
Continuing our half-term report on the ten players we nominated to watch in 2011 at the start of the season, we move to numbers 7-5 (as ranked in order of ascending performance):
Posted by: dioxide | Thursday, September 01, 2011 at 11:40