Exiled Bear
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I also think that the stream is good, especially if you think what it was like even a couple of seasons ago. It's only recently that live streams have been available widely. I'd be surprised and a bit disappointed if the club started charging for it, even though I'm a member - county cricket needs as much coverage as possible, and the viewing figures so far have been pretty good so it would be a shame to lose that.
My only comment/suggestion is that it would be good if the number of balls faced by each batsman and the number of overs bowled by each bowler were displayed - I'm not sure if there is a way to suggest this to the club? This will be particularly important for the limited overs competitions.
189 all out. A pretty good effort overall, a shame about the 21 runs for the last wicket though.
Vihari now confirmed as joining for the "early rounds" of the championship. The club hope he will be available for the next match as he arrives in the UK this afternoon:
I think I'd leave out Miles and probably Lamb or Brookes, depending on conditions. Is Stone being prevented from playing by England, or is he injured?
BristolBear wrote:
Is Vihari in the UK. Because surely he’ll have to quarantine too if not.
No one seems to know! The Cricinfo article from yesterday says that he's not in the UK yet, but the BCCI say that he is already in England.
Really can’t wait for the start of the season. This has been such a long winter!
RandomBear wrote:
Glad to see the forum back! I have missed it...
Hope that all members and Bears fans here are fit and well; I am optimistic that we are approaching a time when we can enjoy the pleasures denied last year. I said in my last post on the old forum that I will enjoy my next visit to Edgbaston more than I have since I was a kid; that still holds true.
As an aside, has anybody considered sharing the news of the new forum on other cricket sites? (Thinking https://twitter.com/youbearsfans?lang=en etc.) It may get our message out to others who don't realise that there is a new bearsfans.org
I did tag that Twitter account in one of my tweets when we launched the forum a few weeks ago but they didn’t respond. It doesn’t seem that active at the moment, but maybe that’s because it’s the off-season. Feel free to try again though (as well as any other places you think it would be worth sharing), maybe you’ll have more luck now we’re nearer the start of the season!
Good to see that Ed Pollock scored 81 not out in the other match, from only 88 balls!
Yep, Rhodes has looked good so far from what I've seen. 95/1 at lunch.
Reynard wrote:
Exiled Bear wrote:
Great to see some familiar names from the old Bearsfans site signing up, as well as some new ones! Please keep spreading the word about the forum, the more the merrier!
Exactly EB, but as I say in my initial 'Welcome' post, the new settings don't allow spaces - so I can't be Bald Reynard any more and I'm sure a few other past friends, can't be 'the people they once were' !
NB I note Streetly and a couple of others have put an underscore after their first name, to allow a second. If only I'd thought of that ! Probably too late now - as (plain) 'Reynard' is registered ? Though you (EB) managed it - the privileges as Admin ?!
How strange! I can only think that I was able to do it as I registered in the process of setting up the forum, rather than in the usual way. I just tried adding a space to your username but it wouldn't let me. I've added an underscore instead though, if that's OK now?
Andy wrote:
Have 2nd XI fixtures been announced?
There's nothing on the Warwickshire website yet, as far as I can see, but other counties have released theirs. For example, I can see that we're due to play Notts from the 26th-29th April at Portland Road.
Great to see some familiar names from the old Bearsfans site signing up, as well as some new ones! Please keep spreading the word about the forum, the more the merrier!
I've been wondering about how the allocated seating is going to work this season. I guess the club are assuming that there will be some level of restrictions on numbers for part or possibly all of this season, hence the need to allocate seats for matches, which is fair enough. Allocated seating isn't a problem for international matches, as you know that the pitch will always be near the middle of the square. However, for county matches, the pitch can often be quite far over to one side or the other, so certain stands can sometimes be a long way from the pitch, in which case you'd choose where to sit accordingly. I'm not really sure what the club can do about this, unless they try and keep the pitches as close to the middle as possible, but I can see it being quite annoying arriving at the ground to find that your allocated seat is miles from the pitch. I guess if restrictons are lifted then moving around the ground may be possible, as in pre-Covid times, but I'm not sure what could be done otherwise?
According to the government roadmap, the potential date is 17th May, although whether that date stays the same remains to be seen. However the club are, quite reasonably, asking why things like theme parks can open on 12th April but fans can't go to outdoor sporting events, where distancing will be easy to maintain.
Pujara has been picked up in the IPL auction for the first time in seven years, which could complicate things...
The Telegraph are reporting that we are in discussions with Pujara about signing as our overseas player for the County Championship:
Great news that OHD has signed a two year contract extension!
https://edgbaston.com/news/bears-award-hannon-dalby-two-year-contract-extension-to-2023/
I also enjoyed the forum last night. Good news that the club are aiming to recruit overseas batsmen for both the championship and the T20.
Welcome to the new Warwickshire CCC fans forum! When the old forum disappeared rather suddenly last year, I soon found myself missing the discussion of all things Warwickshire County Cricket Club, particularly given the lack of cricket through the summer. I decided to try and get a new forum up and running, and, with the help of Terry, have eventually got round to sorting it out. Please let me know if you find any bugs, or have any suggestions for improvements.
Feel free to use this thread to introduce yourself, if you so wish. Otherwise, enjoy the new forum!
Exiled Bear