Remember when people on here wanted him dropped from the 4day side

Has a broken hand im hearing?

Also, Test series away in Zimbabwe confirmed to start on July 30th and end on Aug 11th. 2 Tests.

Would say this rules Latham out of Worcestershire at home and Essex away in the Championship and the first 4 or so games in the ODC.

The pitches at Edgbaston have been low and slow for years now. I said it on here a couple of years ago and a few people got very emotional over it, its not a knock of Barwell (he is a bit sensitive though), it's just a very tired square.

Any talk on his availability during the early stages of this season? Hasn't played any competitive cricket since January. Wasn't on pre season tour, hasn't taken part in either game v Northants.

Yeah lovely action, reminds me of Woakes, saw him last season and was shocked how young he was/is.

The Bears team of the early/mid 90s absolutely LOVED the packet.

Exiled Bear wrote:

We established at the end of last season that our opening partnership is actually statistically one of the best of any county

Yes, 2nd best after Surrey.

Highveld wrote:

First wicket falls on the 8th ball of the innings, 6-1, and the second on the last ball of the 7th over, 34-2.

Yet another example of the openers failing and putting presure on the middle order.

For the second game in a row the only dismissal not available as a video clip is Davies, are his dismissals so bad that they have to be censored?

Your commitment to driving this narrative is incredible. Fair play.

Unless I'm missing something (I probably am), I see no reason why Woakes won't be available April/May. He'll bat 8 and strengthen the tail.

Good news

Who had heard of him before this announcement?

Performance Director.

No I don't know either.

Terrible journalist and a rather unpleasant person.

BosworthBear wrote:

Always enjoy my trips to Edgbaston but I’m not too optimistic this year. Seems to be no sense of direction. Such a shame when Farbrace was here there seemed to be a clear future!

I felt Farbrace was doing good things with the pathway and academy and also strengthened links with the game at club level (his predecessor, Ashley Giles did none of this), however during that 2022 season, his final season, I felt the wheels came off with regards to our first team.

To be fair Kent have been decimated by injuries for a few seasons now. They've had some decent home grown batters come through though, Walker is an experienced batting coach and probably taking over at a good time as our batting group is pretty young but has a decent amount of experience already.

Great interview with Westwood that. Nice to have somebody in charge who appreciates the role as opposed to somebody who was increasingly seeming to find coaching us a chore. Which reflected on the field, the guys just didn't look like they were enjoying it.

Bald_Reynard wrote:

Andy wrote:

Ian Westwood in charge.

Temporary or he is the new Head Coach?

No idea, all sorts going it seems. Tony Frost replacing Keith Cook apparently.

Ian Westwood in charge.

7 weeks before the start of the new season. As reported by Dobell.

No DoC, no head coach now.

Cameron Green got injured then Mitch Marsh lost form (he looks done as a red ball player) hence Webster now in the side.

Yes he took a wicket with his off spin today.