I'm not gonna begrudge a lad celebrating his 5fer!

Streetly_Bear wrote:

Agreed, Surrey simply have a better squad than us.

We are missing some key bowlers for various reasons and our 5 for bowler in the match got injured.

I do think it’s a big season for Bethall and Mousley, we really need them to step up and contribute more regularly.

Yeah was thinking when he got out Mousley could be under a little bit of pressure if he doesn't get a score in the next 2 games.

Really good bowler, he's overpowered us here, what a signing. Not a lot to say about this other than that fact that there are levels and Surrey are a good few levels above us.

We badly, badly need a few of our injured bowlers back. At 11.30am this morning we're right in the game, no Miles at first change killed us though and the runs Smith and Abbott added put us right under pressure.

Big session coming up now...

The Miles injury really hurt us in that session.

Surrey do this time and again, such a strong lower order. Jamie Smith is a tremendous player.

BristolBear wrote:

The completely independent stream commentators are always the worst.
The ones that just use the BBC commentators at least try to be balanced. They’re still biased but can’t be so overt.
The Lancashire and Surrey stream commentaries are horrendously one eyed.

Somerset are the worst for this, total disgrace, this Surrey stream is nowhere near that bad.

People seem to like/rate Norcross, I've never been keen, he is chocolate. And is Charlie Reynolds a geezer or a bird? I can't tell. Needs to show us where they piss from. Dan Whiting was good as ever though, great lad.

Anyway, glad to see us get a few at the end, we fought hard but it still looked like getting away from us. Miles was good, 5 good wickets, some great deliveries, he swung the ball. Bethell was probably a little better than the figures suggest, needs a bit more guile though. Will come the more he bowls. Jamal bowled some decent deliveries, really need a tune out of yer overseas when the chips are down though.

The wicket of Roach was surreal, absolute stunner from Yates, great celebrations with blokes running everywhere and then Miles rolling his ankle. Hope he's OK.

Chris Woakes is at the IPL until next week, he's been there since March. He hasn't played at all though thus far.

April/May last season he was playing for us to be fair.

Fought hard today on a tricky pitch up against a very good attack, Surrey weren't loose, it was high quality cricket. Just shows if one guy can get in and everyone else can chip in a side can still get up to decent totals. Does anybody know what Ed Barnard's red ball average for Warwickshire is? He don't get 'daddy hundreds but he very rarely misses out or has a sustained bad run of form as far as I can tell. Bet he's in the high 30's.

Pretty good crowd today, members end was busy and vibrant.

Not selected in the 1st t20 v Ireland.

Yes Burgess got a shocking LBW in the same innings. Thought Mousley decision today was a bit iffy too, looked high in real time.

Not unreasonable to expect a tune out of Jamal, particularlyunder the circumstances. Here as an overseas, probably on decent dough, we're short on bowlers, give us a performance.

Might come in for Briggs...

Absolutely horrific. Nothing sadder than a young person dying.

We've 3 4day games between the expected end of his IPL stint and the 1st Test, surely he'll feature for us in at least 1?

He looked good yesterday and today, compact and tighter, not as loose as he's done in the past. Just shows what a run of games can do I guess.

Yes he's pretty much said himself he won't be involved in overseas Tests anymore. Not making the T20 squad is pretty big though, if that transpires his IPL assignment will end on May 19th as its looking unlikely that his team will make the eliminator phase and fingers crossed he'll be back with us, needing games, and with a point to prove. Right? Right?!

Very interesting days cricket, really ebbed and flowed, enjoyed it. Really good cricket wicket, better carry than previous home games and a little bit in it for the bowlers if they could bowl well for long periods. Bethell dropping Slater on 0 was significant I thought, had he held that it would have been 19 for 2 and we'd have had a crack at the middle order early. OHD was terrific, seems to be at his most threatening when he's getting that bit of nip off the pitch, he barely bowled a bad delivery. Rhodes is in decent rhythm right now and is swinging the ball. Aamer Jamal looks like one for the quicker delivery as opposed to the quick spell, he seems to hit the pitch hard but when he went full he looked hittable. Need more of a look at him though. Great to get 8 wickets, particularly as it looked like it had almost gotten away from us at one stage, but I'm not sure we bowled well enough for long enough as a unit from both ends today to really put Notts in proper trouble. 2nd new ball boost was clearly huge for us.

A word on Duckett, that's the best ton we'll see by an opponent this season. Stunning knock. You see him on TV for England and he is clearly a good player but its not til you sit in the stands and watch him that you appreciate what a good player he is technically. Weight distribution and footwork were excellent, never out of position, great hands through the ball, he seemed to have so much more time than any other batter. Always finds gaps. Just really knows his own game these days.

Don't think anybody is suggesting otherwise. There's definitely lots of people who seem to not realise he's at the IPL though, been a few times he's been mentioned on the live stream and the commentary team have assumed him to be resting or injured. Pretty poor really.