t20: Hampshire 205-5 beat Gloucestershire 177 by 28 runs
Gloucestershire lost again at the Rose Bowl and constant defeat is now becoming an extremely painful monotony.
Unfortunately once again, Gloucestershire were left searching for positives from a poor display, having been outplayed by simply a much better cricket club.
The gulfs between these two counties were bluntly exposed in the pro40 fixture last season and again, Gloucestershire seemed world's apart from the glitzy Rose Bowl evening.
Their last six wickets went down for just 13 runs as Gloucestershire failed again in pursuit of a very stiff chase but again, the visitors fell far too easily; the horrendous lack of depth in their batting was exposed.
There is simply no power down the order. James Franklin and now Aaron Redmond at the top are the only batsmen capable of striking any ball off a cricket ground and that is simply too few players to win t20 matches.
Balls have to disappear for large totals to be chased. t20 is a batsman's game but Gloucestershire simply do not posses enough batting to be competitive in the format.
Chris Dent is the one player keeping many going at Bristol. He is the one reposte to accusations that Gloucestershire add nothing to the English game. A great knock of 63 from 44 balls again showed Dent's ability.
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ReplyDeleteGloucestershire have some brilliant young players coming through, in Payne, Dent, Gegg etc, and that is their main redeeming point at the moment. Their form is so inconsistent that they're not currently a coherent first class force.
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