Chris Read v. Geraint Jones
ben the cricket mad fool!
performed manfully for England, but we now in this success orientated
game that cricket now is, having one 'string' to the bow is not always
enough.
Geraint Jones has done superbly as wicket keeper - batsmen at all
levels that he has performed on, and now is the chance, with England
chasing a Caribbean whitewash to get him in the team. Chris Read at
this moment in time is not a No.7 batsmen, which England currently
need their stumper to be, considering the bowling attack we currently
possess.
Chris Read is young, and his opportunity will come again. Get in the
nets lad and take a few tips from the Gaffer on getting some runs
under your belt!
Geoff Leonard
cricket mad fool! <ben.d...@virgin.net> writes
>I reckon now is the perfect time to blood mr.jones. Chris Read has
>performed manfully for England, but we now in this success orientated
>game that cricket now is, having one 'string' to the bow is not always
>enough.
>
>Geraint Jones has done superbly as wicket keeper - batsmen at all
>levels that he has performed on, and now is the chance, with England
>chasing a Caribbean whitewash to get him in the team. Chris Read at
>this moment in time is not a No.7 batsmen, which England currently
>need their stumper to be, considering the bowling attack we currently
>possess.
I'm not so sure he has performed *that* superbly as a keeper. This
according to some Kent supporters ...
>
>Chris Read is young, and his opportunity will come again. Get in the
>nets lad and take a few tips from the Gaffer on getting some runs
>under your belt!
Who is the Gaffer?
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Geoff
David North
> In article <8c6eb9c.04040...@posting.google.com>, ben the
> cricket mad fool! <ben.d...@virgin.net> writes
> >I reckon now is the perfect time to blood mr.jones. Chris Read has
> >performed manfully for England, but we now in this success orientated
> >game that cricket now is, having one 'string' to the bow is not always
> >enough.
> >
> >Geraint Jones has done superbly as wicket keeper - batsmen at all
> >levels that he has performed on, and now is the chance, with England
> >chasing a Caribbean whitewash to get him in the team. Chris Read at
> >this moment in time is not a No.7 batsmen, which England currently
> >need their stumper to be, considering the bowling attack we currently
> >possess.
>
> I'm not so sure he has performed *that* superbly as a keeper. This
> according to some Kent supporters ...
I have read very little that was complimentary about his keeping.
BTW, I guess that Jones will be the first Test cricketer to have been born in Papua New Guinea.
> >Chris Read is young, and his opportunity will come again. Get in the
> >nets lad and take a few tips from the Gaffer on getting some runs
> >under your belt!
>
> Who is the Gaffer?
Alec Stewart - I don't *think* this sobriquet had anything to do with gaffer tape ...
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<dno...@abbeymanor.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote:
>I have read very little that was complimentary about his keeping.
>
>BTW, I guess that Jones will be the first Test cricketer to have been born in Papua New Guinea.
passionate welshman!
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..Meanwhile, Jones, who averaged nearly 45 with the bat in first-class
cricket last summer, underlined his capabilities by hitting 66 in a
tour game before the third Test.
So Jones - who classes himself as a passionate Welshman despite being
born in Papua New Guinea and raised in Australia - will follow
Glamorgan paceman Simon Jones into a series that has marked England's
first win in the Caribbean for 36 years.
But Jones' career would probably never have got off the ground but for
the intervention of Glamorgan coach John Derrick.
Derrick was in charge of the 2nd XI at Sophia Gardens when Jones - via
club cricket in Lydney, Bristol and Abergavenny - turned up at
Glamorgan in the late 1990s.
The youngster's enthusiasm and talent was as obvious as his Australian
accent but with championship winner Adrian Shaw and the emerging Mark
Wallace guarding the Glamorgan gloves there was no way through for
Jones.
Taking up the story, Derrick said,
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