Selection

I was devastated as it dawned on me that I was going to be treated this season in much the same way that I was treated last season. It seems that my place in our first team is for my fielding only as I watched my name go 7 on the list with a batsman who struggled in the 2nd XI last year was given the opening berth.

Did my efforts over the weekend count for nothing? Am I not one of the in-form batsmen?

Clearly not, as when the opener who had just been generously given a start phoned in to say that he would be unavailable, another batsman was brought up from the 2nd team and drafted straight into the number 1 slot, whilst I remained lingering at 7! I was livid, especially given that this second usurper had only manged single figures against a weak attack on Sunday.
If this is coming over as a rant against the players picked in favour of me then I want to make it clear that I hold no grudge against them. They can only play where they are asked to. Some of them may well be better players than me and I wont dispute that but in my eyes form is key and a week watching others bat will do nothing to keep me in the good touch that I felt last weekend.
I bit my tongue and vowed to let the skipper know my displeasure if indeed I was number 7 on Saturday.