Here comes the collapse...Benjamin really needs to work on his patience.

Great start to the day!

A few things that I'd add:

A) As the name suggests, the Skyline is the stand that's at the very top of the pavilion. The view is very impressive but can also be a bit distant, and it can get cold up there (there isn't a lounge on the Skyline, Tom Dollery is the nearest one). I like going there sometimes - I'm not sure if the rules have changes or if I inadvertently broke them in the past but I've been up there for T20 and Championship games using my regular membership.

B) I haven't bought tickets to an England game for a while, but you'll definitely be able to get tickets to Finals Day with the members' priority window. The seats in the Tom Dollery area do sell quite quickly but no problems in the rest of the ground.

E) You get four guest passes per season to use for any Championship, One Day or T20 match which means you can bring a friend into the ground for free. I don't think there's anything to stop you bringing a paying guest into the members' areas though.

Confirmed as having signed for Worcestershire:

https://wccc.co.uk/big-hitting-ed-pollock-returns-to-worcestershire-on-two-year-contract/

coolerking wrote:

Exiled Bear wrote:

... 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!

It's only a couple of hours ago you were saying that umpiring had probably cost us any chance of the title.

It probably has, especially with Notts winning again. We're now relying on other results going our way, as well as winning both our matches, never mind getting lucky the weather as well. But it's down to two games, and to have a chance at that point is all we could ask for at the start of the season really. I think I'd downgrade it from "decent chance" to "chance" given the Notts result though.

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!

At least we got the T20 overseas signing right this season (apart from him not being available for the quarter-final, but that's often the case). Hopefully international travel will have opened up more by next season so it'll be easier to get a top quality international batsman for the Championship.

I agree about Bresnan, he should definitely come in for Holder next match.

But without the three iffy decisions we probably would have won the game, so I’d argue that they did…

What a joke. Yates, Briggs and Norwell all got shocking decisions that have cost us that game, and probably any chance of the title.

And that run out wasn't out either. We've been done over.

Briggs got an enormous inside edge onto that one. Shocking decision.

This is agonising.

Can't afford to lose another wicket before lunch.

That's a harsh call for Yates if the umpire has given that LBW, but we did have one or two good shouts go our way yesterday

Abbas is back on the field, which is a shame from our point of view!

I actually thought that Dawson looked quite threatening towards the end today, but that might have been because we were playing for the close a bit. Barker seems to be their only other threat now that Abbas is injured (and presumably won't bowl tomorrow).

296 to win, then. I'm not confident...

Rhodes under-bowling himself again - only five overs this innings. Has he forgotten that he took five wickets in the first innings?! Amazed he didn't have a go when that partnership was going, he has a knack of taking breaking partnerships.

Think we've got to keep the target under 250 if we're going to have a chance. A defeat would be very damaging to our title ambitions with Yorkshire winning and Notts likely to win, and a draw doesn't seem likely so we really could do with winning this one.