BosworthBear
Member
Plenty of space and room at Nuneaton CC and Cov and North Warwick but I suspect the Club will look for a Birmingham ground to pacify the vocal people.
There seems a sudden shift away from County. Championship at Edgbaston. Our Chair led calls for reduction of matches. Our CEO told the members forum we lose 60k on every county game played at Edgbaston.
Looks like they will do everything they can to keep Edgbaston for internationals, Hundreds and subsidised womens games.
I’m normally passionate about playing games around the County but I’m suspicious about what’s going on here.
I love games at Edgbaston as much as anyone else I just want some games around the county and us to retain our identity.
Edgbaston is starting to get a life of its own separate to the Club.
I don’t need to build any straw men.
I’m from Warwickshire. I support Warwickshire as four previous generations did. I know the history of my County Club and I understand the value of heritage and branding professionally and personally.
Yep we’re getting really great crowds since we reverted to Birmingham Bears and now Bears.
And lots of people from Nuneaton, Coventry, Leamington, Kenilworth, Stratford, Rugby, et al etc feel really engaged and enthusiastic.
If you can’t see the PR value as playing as the name our Club is actually called and as the county it represents and the name is has had throughout its history since 1882 then I am absolutely amazed but it takes all sorts I suppose.
There was a leaked article on it here (from our Chair?)
Hope the counties stay strong and block this nonsense and we get our SGM!
paulbear wrote:
I always hated being called Birmingham Bears but Bears is better and I think eventually we will be called Warwickshire Bears which isn't too bad. As for the pavilion, it isn't really that popular, massively cold at times (It has been called the 'Icebox' for a while), which is why so many people (Mostly members), sit at the opposite end. It is functional but I would have preferred something a bit more aesthetically pleasing to the eye. When we won the title in 2021, there were not many in there and 80% of people were over the other side.
It didn’t replace one stand either it replaced several stands.
I am proud to be from Warwickshire and want to see my county play as Warwickshire. None of the other counties would put up with this nonsense.
We are the only team in world sport who don’t play under our own name. It’s ridiculous.
So no I won’t bother with T20 until we play as Warwickshire again and I’m far from alone in that. Its such an easy PR and marketing win for the Club I don’t know why we don’t just revert instead of looking so odd when listed with all the other counties!
Enjoying the posts!
Must confess I’m much more concerned about the Surrey match than the T20 quarterfinal.
Possibly because we are still playing under that Bears nonsense!
I was told McCafferty wants to be ECB Chair and that’s why he’s pushed the reduction so hard.
Goodness knows why we ever picked him.
Very disappointing. All seemed a bit flat. Slow used wicket and huge number of empty seats. After the Lord Mayor’s Show.
Credit for Barnard for this campaign!
I wonder where the wicket will be on the square?
Devon_Bear wrote:
Remaining fixtures:
Yorkshire: Sussex (A) Kent (A)
Somerset: Kent (A) Northants (H)
Bears: Durham (A) Sussex (A)
Middlesex: Northants (A) Lancashire (A)
Warwickshire
Has the future of county cricket thread disappeared? Its so important
It’s a great effort. Well done!
I hope the rule change goes through and will make sure I’m there. Above all I hope the members’ committee have the gumption to realise they are there to represent members and not to suck up to the Club Board. I hope they are embarrassed by this.
Somerset coverage is very different with pluses and minuses. They are very biased but loveable. The ads are intrusive, they don’t appear to be know much at all about us.
Well it certainly looks like we’ve got to know this pitch! Good effort this. Captaincy, bowling and fielding.
Another big crowd. Three in a row. Must be all the Middlesex supporters!
Yep leg spinners need flight and loop as well as turn.
Ali seemed to be bowling too quickly on Sunday but the results indicated otherwise.
He’ll need to be a lot more consistent and methodical to bowl in the Championship.
Given his background he’s unlikely to play in Sri Lanka but a winter in Pakistan would help his development especially if someone like Mushtaq or Yasir could have a look.
GerryShedd wrote:
I am devastated that we have had no update on the state of the toilets at Rugby.
Ha ha ha!
Don’t even jest. It may still come from him!
A bit snide TBH. It was more of a local game for us which is probably why there was another good crowd. I preferred Kai Smith’s opinion!
Wasn’t there today but crowd looked good today. As somebody just texted me championship crowds at Edgbaston are now lower than anybody but Derbyshire!
Looking forward to Friday!
285 is the par score
Definitely a pitch to take the pace off the ball. Presume Yates is on for a full stint!
Lancashire didn’t offer their members the 14 match option even though they brought in a rule last year that the members had to be given a vote. Now they are holding an SGM to sanction the CEO and to require the 14 match option be put to members.
Our Board did the same trick and didn’t put a 14 match option to the “supposed” members committee.