GerryShedd
Super Moderator
For those planning to go to Trent Bridge:
https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/news/2025/september/matchday-guide-2025-county-championship.html
I see the Club are advertising next year's membership by saying: "Prices are frozen, benefits are bigger, and you can be part of it. Be a Bear."
They don't mention that with the reduction in the number of Blast games and the possibility of reduced County Championship matches, there will be actually fewer days of watching the Bears.
If you went to buy a car and the salesman said "we don't know quite what next year's model will be like because the design boys are still working on it. It won't be quite as good as this year's but the price will be the same," you probably wouldn't buy.
Just a mention for our rivals and neighbours Worcestershire - relegated but winner of the One Day Cup with a star performance from Ethan Brookes.
This is obviously a bigger match for Notts than it is for Warwickshire.
In order to be sure of the Championship title, Notts need to score 11 points. So if the match is drawn, they would need at least three bonus points. They would therefore need to score over 350, or bowl Warwickshire) out inside 110 overs.
If they do this, it doesn't matter if Surrey win and get maximum bonus points.
ITE7376 wrote:
Andy wrote:
Can't say much more about the collapse than has already been said, can't defend that. Such a shame as we've batted so well lately in run chases. Thought Lenham bowled pretty well to be fair to the lad.
agreed, he varied his flight nicely, i though at least one of the wickets was as much due to that as it sticking in the pitch
Just looking back on this - announced today that Lenham's contract will not be renewed so we were dumped out of the One Day Cup by a discard.
And today Keith doing his OH-D impersonation by batting for 26 balls for 0 not out to ensure a draw.
Andy wrote:
Frisky eh?!
Interesting, he was never the most mobile or the best in the field, glad to see him still getting a few poles though in the first division.
I had tongue in cheek when I said "frisky".
I spent a couple of hours at Taunton yesterday and, aside from seeing a classy century from Tom Abell, was interested to see Keith Barker in action. He was pretty accurate and economical; but he looked as if he was carrying a fair bit of extra weight and there were some singles taken to him at mid-on without too much risk.
No doubt a winter's training will result in his being his old trim and frisky self come next April.
Play finally called off for the day.
Brian Halford says:
"So sorry to hear of the passing of the great John Jameson.
J.A.Jameson, D.L.Amiss, A.I.Kallicharran, R.B.Kanhai, M.J.K.Smith. Has a better quintet ever played together in county cricket?"
Ex-Bear Chris Wright to retire:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c5y568vegzvo
Right now, there is play in only one out of nine Championship matches. So some well-earned rest for those sadly over-worked players.
Wind stopped play is a new reason.
Preview from the Essex perspective:
https://essexcricket.org.uk/2025/09/14/mens-match-preview-warwickshire-v-essex/
LeicesterExile wrote:
Gerry X out of X for a perfect explanation for the state of the game!
Not sure if you're giving me 10 out of 10 or a kiss (hopefully the former!)
John was a regular attender at the Cricket Society meetings at Edgbaston so will be missed there.
It's a shame that, whilst I was able to post something about his passing yesterday, there is still nothing on the Club website about one of their all-time great players.
Interesting podcast.
We all know that the reason that the County Championship is so messy (everyone doesn't play everyone else; matches are pushed into the fringes of the summer) is that there are too many competitions and the competition that so many cricket lovers don't like (the one known by us Latin scholars as C) is untouchable so everything else has to fit around it.
Congratulations to Gary Barwell and his team for producing a great pitch for Finals Day.
Our quarter-final conquerors triumphed so congratulations to them.