Away at Yorkshire. Any changes? Brez in? Holder out? Woakes in?!

Good luck to him. He may very well end up doing great for them. He was never gonna be anymore than a t20 opener for us though, and he was hanging onto that by a thread. Davies will be opening next year and Yates has so much more upside all round than him.

Worcestershire might use him down the order to replace the departing Ross Whiteley.

Hi Phil,

A) Skyline and Tom Dollery have good views of the pitch. There's a bar in the Dollery that's open every match. The Dollery is accessible for all members for all domestic games.

B) Priority window should be enough I'd have thought, I don't go international fixtures. Shouldn't be an issue.

C) Sit pretty much wherever you like anywhere in the ground for virtually all domestic fixtures. If there is a dress code I'm not aware of it. I'm normally cutting about the place in t-shirt and shorts. Occasionally a vest. Yeah drink wherever. I think there is an alcohol free stand (Family Stand), most grounds have them now I believe.

D) I'm not sure what you mean mate. If Bears get to the Quarter Finals of the Blast for example, members can purchase tickets for that game. In 2015 members got to attend that fixture for free.

E) Yeah you can bring guests into members areas. I've done it myself with 1 or 2 mates on various occasions.

Exiled Bear wrote:

The reaction of some of our "fans" (particularly on Facebook) when we lose is bizarre. They seem to expect us to win every game and think it's a failure otherwise. Sure, we probably should have won this game, and the batting at times was poor, but we've qualified for the first division and are going into the last two matches with a decent chance of winning the Championship, which is far above my expectations for the season!

The reaction on social media whenever we lose is always absolutely crazy.

2nd new ball is the game tomorrow.

Malc wrote:

Dear me Paul, cheer up a bit.

We could still win this game - I think we will. We qualified for the top group of the CC. Watching some of the young lads come through has been so exciting. Yes, the T20 QF was disappointing, but we did still re@ch the knockout stage. The injuries to key players has been devastating at times. The RLC was a brilliant tournament with some ‘development’ players.

Cheer up, pal. Come and sit in block 16/17 today and I’ll share a banana and a cuppa with you 👍.

PS There’s more to the departure of KB to Hampshire than you’ve suggested.

Yes plenty of positives.

Think Hose could also be struggling at some point. He's 29 in October and nowhere near the 4day side.

Focus very much on Hampshire here, they batted terribly but have bowled incredibly well, only Benjamin's dismissal looked avoidable.

Think we shaded that session...

Positive test within the Hampshire playing squad

Erm, why are we delayed?

I would say so

It's been a hard fought, attritional week. I think we can be satisfied with the teams efforts. Norwell bagging wickets, Briggs bowling long spells, Holder getting some overs in. Benjamin ton and positive intent, Hain spending good time at the crease, Lamb ticking over with time at the crease, Sibley getting back in the groove.

We move.

Looks like he's been forced out, shame as he's a lovely gloveman and still young.

Yeah nice little burst with the new ball.

I didn't see much of us bowling today, what was Holder like?

Yeah Lancs bowled much better this morning, made us play at everything, very few leave balls, nothing to really hit. I thought Burgess and Lamb grafted it out well.

Bald_Reynard wrote:

So pleased Benjamin made his ton. Can't believe we found this jewel - and no other County spotted his potential. Clearly a latish developer, but still years ahead of him - in red as well as white ball?!

How on earth he's made it to aged 22 and not been picked up until 6 weeks ago is truly amazing.

I'm at the ground, it definitely felt as though we rode our luck early on. And Benjamin chanced some ludicrously tight singles! Looking good now though...

Yeah I'd say so