County Championship Preview: Gloucestershire
Gloucs came straight back down from Division 1 and how will they shape up this year?
Gloucestershire finally took their place in Division 1 from 2019 but the team that had got them there had all fallen off in the intervening years and they sank without a trace back to Division 2.
They will have to hope that Wicketkeeper James Bracey rediscovers the form that got him an England Cap in 2021 but a full refresh hasn’t taken place with only Ryan Higgins of the Red Ball team leaving with Marchant De Lange coming in from Somerset.
Marcus Harris returns as an Overseas after averaging 42 last year. Chris Dent will have to continue his good form to prevent the ship sinking.
With the bowling also having been light the emergence of Tom Price is very valuable as well as Overseas Zafar Gohar returning and other than David Payne they still look light with the Ball so it could be very tough especially if they have some flat wickets rolled out over the course of the season.
Predicted Line-Up:
Ben Charlesworth
Chris Dent
James Bracey (WK)
Marcus Harris
Miles Hammond
Graeme Van Buuren
Zafar Gohar
Tom Price
Ajeet Dale
Matt Taylor
David Payne
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