Exiled Bear wrote:

Always gave 100% when he played for us, it’s just a shame that a variety of factors outside our control meant he wasn’t able to play for us more.

Agreed!

New this year - the ability to substitute players suffering injury, illness or significant personal reasons.during the game.
It's already been used seven times in the first two Championship rounds. Having seen two players from opponents Yorkshire substituted because of food poisoning, Hampshire coach Russell Domingo has suggested (maybe not entirely seriously) that he could give a couple of players laxatives if they bowled badly in the first innings and then say they were feeling sick in the second innings and take them out of the game.
So maybe we missed a trick when our bowlers were under-performing against Sussex.

The report in The Cricketer agrees with posters on here:
"For Warwickshire, this feels like an opportunity missed. The Championship dark horses, boasting an embarrassment of riches in the seam department, looked a little toothless. It might well be a case, for all their quality, that they have a bit too much of the same thing."

Agree a disappointing result but not panic stations yet.
Bearing in mind Sussex's financial woes and the fact that they will have to offload a lot of players at the end of the season, is there anyone that we should consider signing who would add something different to the squad?

KingofSpain wrote:

Garton pretending to be a red ball cricketer for one game a season so he can go home for the weekend is an absolute joke.

Maybe his mum insisted it was in his contract.

Preview from Sussex here:
https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/sussex-vs-warwickshire-0

Tayls79 wrote:

It could have been worse. According to BBC, we're second with 16 points, big haul for a draw against a strong side. Interestingly I see BBC has Sussex on 10pts despite their win. Are they carrying a points deduction from last season? I didn't see enough to conclusively assess it but thought the bowlers all brought something different, despite the fact it was six right arm seamers below express pace. I too think there will be one change for Sussex, though I guess they assess pitch before deciding if it's a spinner or not.

Sussex in deep financial woe and 12 point penalty. Farbrace to leave at the end of the season.

Great report from George Dobell in The Cricketer on yesterday’s play and Dan Mousley’s commitment to 4 day cricket and The Bears. Worth paying to get behind the paywall.

Perhaps a good move for him.

A belated answer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7e46g9ddo

George Dobell has an interview with Chris that covers much the same ground as the Cricinfo interview. He does say something about how Rob Key ended his international career:
He admits he was, at the time, underwhelmed by Rob Key's comments in a press conference where he somewhat bluntly said Woakes was no longer in the thoughts of the England selectors "at all". But there are big smiles when he talks about it now.
"That's the way Keysey is," he says benevolently. "Sometimes things slip out, and probably not quite the way he means it. I spoke to him. He said, 'I didn't mean it to come out the way it came out'
"Look, I'm not fussed. I'm not going to kick off about it. But yeah, it probably didn't come across the way I'd have put it across."

That's a great interview, in which Chris says everything we could have wanted him to say.
When I said, a few posts ago, that money talks, I was (not for the first time) talking nonsense.

From BBC Sport:
"Pakistan's T20 league will start without crowds and take place at only two venues because of the fuel crisis that has resulted from the US and Israel's war with Iran.
"The [Pakistan] Prime Minister [Shehbaz Sharif] has requested restricted movements of people because of the fuel crisis so we have decided that the PSL (Pakistan Super League) would continue as per the original schedule but without crowds," said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi.
"All PSL matches will now take place in Lahore and Karachi and we hope the league could be held with crowds but that would be contingent on the crisis in Iran ending."
The opening ceremony on Thursday has also been cancelled,"

There's plenty on Facebook about him having signed for Peshawar Zalmi for 2026; but I agree that he doesn't appear to be in their squad.

He’s certainly signed up. Money talks.

Ed Barnard takes over - Davies steps down:
https://edgbaston.com/news/davies-steps-down-as-bears-captain/

Bamber was definitely playing v Essex.

Report on the match and the bizarre scoreline:
https://www.wisden.com/cricket-news/128-16-english-domestic-side-produce-bizarre-scorecard-as-wickets-tumble-in-county-championship-warm-up

As the new season looms, we can be pretty sure that there will soon be some injury scares, especially amongst the large squad of pace bowlers.
It would seem that our coaches are missing a trick - Adam Hollioake at Kent is ahead of the game:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cwyk0el7jz2o
""We got a faith healer in over the winter, or a spirit healer," Hollioake told The Cricketer. "I'm not sure what the exact title was, but we got someone to warden off the evil spirits."
If he is interested, I can put Ian Westwood in touch with a couple of my friends who would be happy to help since they are male witches. "Warlocks!" I hear you all say - but I swear it's true.

You need to be careful about criticising Gary Barwell. When it comes to accepting negative comments, he is (allegedly) as thin-skinned as Donald Trump - though, fortunately and unlike the Donald, without access to Tomahawk missiles.