even though he has been impressed with skill ‘’he has got a lot to offer as a player. he is not It is all about being given a role and fulfi lling it,
levels Maynard is the fi rst to admit that there as sharp as he was in the fi eld, but his skill level according to maynard, who uses the glory of
are big improvements to make in all three with the ball is still up there.’’ 1997 to illustrate his demands.
disciplines of batting, bowling and fi elding.
and it is also with the ball where maynard is ‘’it was a collective effort when we won the
The search for better fi elding has meant looking for improvement from his bowlers, championship. four players got more than
maynard taking the controversial decision to especially the seam battery. 1,000 runs and four bowlers got 50 or more
omit robert croft from the one-day team wickets. It’s all about defi ning goals which are
for the early friends provident trophy games ideally, he wants his bowlers hitting the top achievable but clearly taxing as well.’’
because the feeling is that, even though of off stump fi ve out of six balls in every over.
he has 50 england caps under his belt, the that is was happening as the cricket manager as far as goals for the season go maynard
off spinner, who is on the cusp of his 38th would have liked in pre-season. believes the twenty20 cup is the most likely
birthday, is a little sluggish in the fi eld. glamorgan will succeed. ‘’it’s the competition
‘’at the moment we are hitting two out of you can turnaround the easiest.’’
maynard knows the croft selection issue six, so that is something we are striving to
will raise an eyebrow or two but has always improve.’’ but with gillespie, Wood and dalrymple on
backed his own hunches and decisions to the board maynard obviously sees the Welsh
hilt. but too stringent goals are not what county as having more of a rigid backbone
maynard is about. he is not demanding a in four-day cricket, strengthened even more
‘’robert is an absolute key man in our squad. mark ramprakash-style season from one that david harrison (out for the whole of
that’s why he was offered an extension to of his batsman, asking them to score 2,000 2007 with a back injury) and michael powell,
his contract at the end of last season,’’ said championship runs or insisting someone like who missed the last two thirds of last season
maynard. david harrison present him with 80 four-day following a freak blood clot complaint, are
wickets. back and raring to go.
it could be an interesting summer.
sportingwales
maytwothousand&eight
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