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Highveld wrote:
Even worse than the poor record of the overseas players was probably the largest signing made by Robinson, and the fact that all 3 full county caps given out this season were to players whos contribution to the club did not deserve the honour.
Ed Barnard deserved to be capped, but wasn't.
You don’t think that Rushworth deserved to be capped?
Is there any prize money up for grabs for third place?
Edit: Last season it was £290k for second place and £145k for third, so I guess it’ll be something similar this season
50 wickets for Rushworth this season, what a great signing he’s been.
Mikkyk wrote:
Highveld wrote:
white-lightning wrote:
28/2. Ridiculous decision by the umpire to give Mousley out stumped! His foot never left the ground! Albeit by a toe.
Actually an excelent decision from the umpire, and Mousley is very lucky he isn't facing a level 1 charge of dissent.
Would he have been charged already if he was going to be? Because I agree he should be charged based on his reaction, whether he was out or not.
And incidentally he was out and it's nice to see an umpire have the cajones to give a tight stumping without any third umpire available - even if it was against us.
Seemed like he was reacting as much to what was said by Simpson as the umpires decision to me.
Super win. A shame that we weren’t able to force the win against Notts or Somerset as we might still have a sniff at the title if we did, but I suppose there are always lots of these “what ifs” in a season
Highveld wrote:
If the council had signed a contract to loan the money, they are legally obliged to honour the contract, or face legal action, and extensive costs, for breach of contract.
We can only hope that the voters of Birmingham remeber which party caused the severe financial mismanagement at the next local elections.
We can also hope that voters remember which party are the reason that local authorities across the country have no money to spend in the first place.
10 overs remaining!
I’m hopeful that that’s it for the rain, now it’s all about how quickly they can get it dry and if the light holds. Lord’s does drain quickly at least.
Unfortunately rain is not too far away…
Craig Miles that was horrible.
Admittedly I haven’t seen much of this game but from what I have seen it seems to be more movement in the air with a little bit of nip off the pitch? This is one reason why the championship shouldn’t be confined to the start and end of the season.
Happy birthday Terry!
I think a lot depends on how we do in these last three games. If we can win one or two and get ourselves in the top three, I’d say that’s a decent improvement on last season. However if we don’t win any or struggle in them then that’s more of a concern given that all three opponents are currently below us in the table.
Just checked my emails - Rhodes signed a new contract in January this year to take him until the end of 2024, so I assume this was a one year extension.
If I remember correctly some of our other players have also signed one year extensions this season? Can’t remember who though
Great news. Puts that particular rumour to bed.
I’m not sure rumours about the dressing room or individual personalities are particularly helpful, especially as I have never seen any evidence provided for these. If anyone has a source for them, please do share.
I think we just need to stop losing the toss to be honest.
According to the playing regulations “one reserve day is allocated to the playoffs, semi-finals and final”. The minimum length of the second innings also increases to 20 overs for the knockout games.