Given the Hampshire position we need 350 minimum here it seems to me.

At least this will waste a bit of time before we bat tomorrow.

Solbear wrote:

24-4, looks like a good toss to lose!

I did say I'd bowl.

No doubt we will get the usual suspects saying what great carry and what a good pitch but it looks the usual surface for Edgbaston this season.

well 1030 start now becoming academic but I think I would still bowl as the challenge will be to get 20 wickets to win in a weather affected match.

I looked out of the window this morning at the dew and mist and its unbelievable cricket matches are taking place at this time of year.

Add to that there's a storm on the way on Wednesday.

So another crucial toss coming up and if we win it I have every confidence weather permitting.

Screen says start at 1715 and we have 10 overs.

I think I would open with Barnard and Mousley

Who can we open with to knock this off v quickly?

1030 tomorrow is key!

A shame the ball is a bit older now but that half hour first thing will decide the game!

no further play today might suit us!

It's a difficult balance but I think we missed a trick here not declaring overnight.

Batting getting easier now and we look good.

very difficult and I suppose they took what was the logical decision to get runs on the board first innings.

They won’t do it but there’s a strong case to be made for declaring overnight so Middlesex have to bat at 1030 against a new ball in late September!

Oh dear no breakthrough so far after winning what seemed a crucial toss at this stage of the season.

Hopefully batting on a better track than those we've played on recently at Edgbaston may yet help.

Unfortunately we went down the road of calling it a stadium when its really the county ground.

So its functional and concrete rather than stylish and aesthetic.

The outside of the pitch outfield looks horrendous with the green artificial ring round it but that gets covered over during test matches.

Edgbaston is still a pretty ground though and has far more greenery around it than most grounds. Its still more attractive than the Oval even though we've ruined the pavilion End.

Until we get back to being Warwickshire rather than Edgbaston and have people in charge who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing we will struggle. But the ground and the history are wonderful despite the modern monstrosities!

Poor docile pitch. Certainly not a seamer or a batting track.

Another example that Edgbaston has been heavily utilised and WCCC need a better plan involving outgrounds.

We got home and credit to Burgess but not much beyond that.

Not really sure Robinson has much to crow about other than the outcome. Northants captain admitted they had no leg to stand on in the deal and we could have been more ruthless with that but cricket shouldnt be about deals anyway really.

Pretty unsatisfactory all round. Even Burgess played two horrendous shots late on.

Fair comment - having gone on day 1 I always thought their first innings score slightly above par

More about the pressure of accumulating runs because of turgid nature of the pitch be it City End or Pavillion End.

Unfortunately I think we are currently the worst team in the division.

Anyway fingers crossed!

Warwickshire chasing 170 on that pitch was never a good deal whatever the circumstances.

As I say perhaps Northants were generous from their perspective but we were always likely to not succeed.

Still be happy to be surprised by these two!

Maybe "generous terms" from Northants but not a "good deal" for Warwickshire?

I think it was more people claiming "good deal" when really the only beneficiaries of any deal were Northamptonshire.

I'd understand it more if they'd said at least we will get some competitive cricket rather than petering out with a draw which was probably in Warwickshire's best interest.

Every ball on my stream has movement (unless I've got a dodgy screen ???)

The stats of the match don't lie. Its another overused turgid Edgbaston pitch as has been the case for the last two months,

Its not that its a bad deal per se its more that it was never particularly attractive for us batting last, batting poorly and on this wicket.

Perhaps i have a different view to everyone else but I always thought (knew) we would struggle.

I'll still be v happy if Barnard and Burgess put on a century partnership now.