Surrey 2.30pm start

[DT]

I don’t get the anti Zampa attitude. I agree we desperately need hitting power but AZ has done his job. If we could get a big hitter that would do a similarly good job then perhaps yes, but I doubt we would - and the absence of Zaidi, the misuse of him and Coles reflects muddled thinking all around the side this season.

Not a slant on Zampa, just as you say the muddled thinking - we knew we had spinners in Harmer and Zaidi and picking Zampa has seemingly meant Zaidi has been the one to mostly miss out which is not a good thing!  We already had Wagner before we signed Zampa so yeah muddled thinking!

[Blocky]

Westleys issues are his own making. He changed his technique (tweaked in winter his words) to make him  more consistent at the highest level.

Its had the opposite effect and what talent he eventually showed in the last couple of seasons has gone and hes looked awful in all formats all season.

He needs to undo those changes and revert to waht made him a success in the first place as he aint gonna get back in the england side.

a few criticesed the signing of zampa on the clubs twitter feed when his signing was announced, and said a batter was needed. they were shouted down by the moronic noisy brigade, some who frequent this forum, that its was a masterstroke as stats say bowlers win t20s and leggoes inparticular...rollseyes...absolute garbage. stats can prove anything. if you have a team of weak hitters its clear you need at least one big hitter. likewise leggies on postage stamp grounds that you get a lot over here (not least our own ground) benefits are negated. they may prosper on the big grounds of the big bash, but not here. especially when the club had 4 ok t20 spinners...harmer, zaidi, lawrence, westley. zampa was a pointless luxury signing, but i assume he was cheap.

it was basic common sense that he wouldnt be very useful for us (i accept hes done well at times, but 4 overs doesn't make much difference to a t20 if you have no run getters) and that the aforementioned big hitters were needed.

we should have gone with 2 o/s batsmen, or at the very least 1 and a batting allrounder.

Spot on.