I think it's because you were injured, so Rusty took you out of the lineup, then when you came back in he just left Howe as opener because he was lazy.
Long enough for me to have forgotten what round was last completed. See a match thread in the index and thinking it had finally started again. God fucking damn it. >_>
I wasn't trying to bait anyone, I was reading a couple of CricSim Herald articles (which, incidentally were more out of date than CricSim itself) and then realised it was over a year since the last game.