GerryShedd
Super Moderator
Three Bears in the top 25, though I don't know why they are identified as Birmingham Bears when the rest are identified by county:
https://www.thepca.co.uk/mvp-domestic/
Anyway, well done to Ed Barnard for making the top ten.
I see that, for personal reasons, Chris Wright is no longer moving to Sussex next year.
Yes, I thought it was only players for teams where something was at stake so don't know how Hartley crept in.
Here's my take on yesterday's play:
https://deepextracover.com/2023/09/waiting-for-agnes/
As for today - it's a bit chilly!
Play to resume at 5.15 - 18 overs left.
45 runs in 6 innings is a dreadful record.
The problem is - how can you judge in advance if someone is going to succeed? Brathwaite’s track record would have suggested that he would have scored runs.
Chris Rushworth got his county cap before the start of play today - well deserved, i would say.
I know that we criticise our ground staff from time to time; but I'm not sure that they have ever been guilty of anything like what happened in Bristol today when the match had to be abandoned.
From Cricinfo:
".. an issue with the covers being caught in the wind left the pitch exposed, before the three mobile covers came on from Ashley Down Road End. The tractor dragging the covers ended up driving down what would have been just outside the off stump of a right-hander batting from the Pavilion End. There was also a delay in closing the gaps between the covers allowing the rain to get onto the playing surface. Groundstaff then had to squeeze under the covers where they were passed mats to towel down the damaged areas at both ends."
He may not have done much on his return to Edgbaston today; but congratulations on this:
https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/sport/23814493.somerset-ccc-extend-andy-umeed-contract-2025/
Starting off with a backwards look at the away fixture - it's a pity that this work wasn't done in the last close season:
https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/sport/23810059.somerset-ccc-undergo-outfield-renovation-county-ground/
Seeing Sam’s innings has revived me.
Yes, a great day.
Sorry, agreeing with you again.
I'll vote for that!
I think he was just saying:
"Brilliant work, John! Enjoy your retirement, Tim!"
Mikkyk wrote:
Does this mean we can expect Lord Buckethead to stand in Birmingham Edgbaston for 2025 GE with a heavy Warwickshire CCC based manifesto?
Yes, suggestions for the manifesto are welcome.
So far, we have:
- a life peerage for Olly Hannon-Dalby
- compulsory membership of WCCC for all citizens over 18
- compulsory membership of Bearsfans for all citizens who can think of at least three items to complain about each week
- immediate transportation to Worcestershire of all illegal immigrants, unless they can bowl like OH-D, bat like Sam Hain or keep wicket like Michael Burgess
- capital punishment for all Alex Davies lookalikes
- anyone rejecting the manifesto to be sent on an endless search for a suitable outground
Seems like a winner to me!
I guess we can now put to bed the statistic about how long it is since Warwickshire won a Championship match without Sam Hain in the side.
Let's hope that he gets to make his England debut tomorrow at Trent Bridge.
I agree with Highveld that if a contract has been signed, it may well have to be honoured. But I am not at all sure that matters have reached that stage.
As for who is to blame for the mess that BCC are in, I plead not guilty as a life member of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
I agree - an excellent win. Winning the toss was a big help but overcoming the weather and an increasingly easy batting pitch in the Middlesex second innings took a lot of doing.