Andy wrote:

Blimey, Gloucestershire won quickly...
Yes, I was at Bristol to see Gloucestershire romp home. Ben Wells in particular batted brilliantly; but Durham were very poor. They looked as if they were mentally driving back home up the M5 long before the end.

Highveld wrote:

l- R Steve Perryman, Unknown (possibly KD Smith), Unknown, NMK Smith, Dennis Amiss, Unknown

Hope that helps
Yes, thanks.

Details have been published:
https://edgbaston.com/warwickshire-ccc/membership/?utm_campaign=14073418_WCCC%20-%202024%20Full%20Club%20Launch&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=DotDigital&dm_i=1AFS,8DN4A,8II8VY,YJTQA,1
I haven't had chance to compare prices with 2023, but I'm sure someone will do that.

Can anyone identify the players in this photograph:
https://edgbaston.com/news/former-players-back-at-edgbaston-for-legends-reunion/?fbclid=IwAR1u1vQpgykb3q4ZWA4K5LlUuQne9TQPmEYo_J-2PU5Jhhy8uY1yfoVeRDY
I'm hopeless at names and faces.

I certainly sense your annoyance, which I understand.
As I said, I don't particularly warm to him. I was at the media day in 2022 when he was asked about his historical tweets and he didn't deal with it particularly well. All he needed to say was: "I was very young then. I've grown up a lot since then and changed my views. I regret what I said." in fact, he didn't say any of that, just made some very general and vague remarks.
Anyway, as for Davies as a player, let's see what he achieves in the rest of the season and onwards.

Sussex preview with team news:
https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/sussex-sharks-vs-warwickshire-match-preview

Well I can't comment on whatever inside information you claim to have from the dressing room. But in the Blast, Davies scored more runs than Burgess and, behind the stumps, claimed 9 victims to Burgess's 5; so I think you are being selective in your statistics.
Anyway, I'm happy to leave it at that.

Poor old Davies can't do right for doing wrong. If he's strutting about taking charge of everything, he's bossy and arrogant. If he's more passive, he can't be fussed.
I don't particularly warm to him but to say that he doesn't perform is a bit harsh. He did well both in front of the stumps and behind in the T20 and (I thought) captained pretty well. In the Championship, he's scored a hundred and a fifty.
Let's see what he does tomorrow.

Preview here:
https://edgbaston.com/fixtures/first-xi/sussex-sharks-vs-warwickshire-22-august-2023/#match-match-previews
Briggs back, Burgess rested.

My colleague Graham Smith has done a good summary of the current state of play in the competition:
https://deepextracover.com/2023/08/top-three-places-becoming-clearer-in-both-groups-of-the-metro-bank-one-day-cup/

Interesting article on Sam Hain here, making the case for him playing for England:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66187241

One outground where Warwickshire have played is Clifton Park in York. Chris Waters was there yesterday and describes the scene:
"...the venue looked as pretty as a picture, with spectators filling the blue seats of the temporary stand opposite the pavilion and lining the boundary with their deckchairs and picnics."
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cricket/respite-from-the-hundred-but-yorkshire-ccc-are-hammered-at-york-4259719

13 man squad:
https://edgbaston.com/fixtures/first-xi/warwickshire-vs-northamptonshire-steelbacks-18-august-2023/
If the forecast is right, a reduced overs game is the best to be hoped for.

I agree that another Cheltenham is not what we are discussing. But the suggestion that the cost of marquees and staff to cater for them is a drag on the viability of Cheltenham is far from the mark. The organisations that have marquees at Cheltenham pay through the nose for the privilege. If you don't believe me, contact Gloucestershire CCC and say that you would like to hire a marquee at Cheltenham next year and see what price they quote you.

I see that Surrey are playing at Guildford - capacity just 2,000 and no parking:
https://www.kiaoval.com/metro-bank-one-day-cup-surrey-v-lancashire-match-day-info-for-guildford-cc/
PS - Bosworth Bear, I'm glad I'm not the only one who confuses our groundsman with the lead singer of Take That.

If it's any consolation to the ECB network reporter who got Tazeem's action wrong, when Fred Trueman made his debut in 1949, the Wisden report of the match described him as an off spinner.

My report on the match:
https://deepextracover.com/2023/08/warwickshire-vs-derbyshire-metro-bank-cup-report/

I suggested that Tazeem might be the youngest player to take a wicket for Warwickshire; but I have remembered someone younger.
R.G. (Roly) Thompson was a lively fast medium bowler who made his debut when only 16. He was born on 26 September 1932 and took his first wicket on 13 May 1949. Not just any wicket - it was Worcestershire's Don Kenyon for 2.
So he was definitely younger than Tazeem.

I see that the report on the Club website describes Tazeem Ali as an off spinner. As far as I could see, he is a wrist spinner bowling leg breaks, though probably with a lot of top spin because he wasn't turning the ball much. But definitely not an orthodox off-spinner.
Maybe Highveld who has umpired him and say what he has seen from close quarters.

Has anyone taken a wicket for Warwickshire at a younger age than Tazeem?