GerryShedd
Super Moderator
Yes I think that is the best option, both for him and the Club.
The Hain Train is in the station.
Looks like Sam Hain is at least in the squad despite his injury:
https://edgbaston.com/fixtures/first-xi/worcestershire-rapids-vs-bears-16-june-2023/#match-match-previews
Worcestershire's new Chief Executive:
https://wccc.co.uk/worcestershire-announce-appointment-of-ashley-giles-as-chief-executive/
Ex-Bear (1979/80) has a go at ex-pupils of his school:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-eton-tories-rees-mogg-b2357278.html
Update from Robinson on Sam Hain:
"He’s sore and he’ll have a scan (hamstring) tomorrow. We won’t know anymore until that happens. He’ll be no more than 50/50 for Friday at this stage.”
I would say that if he has a sore hamstring on Wednesday, he's extremely unlikely to be fully fit by Friday.
I presume that our ex, Dom Sibley, is not expecting a Test recall any time soon - 140 not out off 415 balls is not exactly Baz-ball.
But he got the job done.
This looks like pretty good news:
https://edgbaston.com/news/biggest-ever-allocation-of-international-cricket-from-2025-31-announced-for-edgbaston/
Thanks to both of you for the update. Let's hope that it really is very mild. From painful personal experience, a minor hamstring can become major if not rested.
I enjoyed my day at Trent Bridge today though maybe it wasn't the best day to be in the city of Nottingham.
Does anyone know about Sam Hain's absence from the field? Looked as though it was a leg injury.
Matt isn't making much of an impact at Derbyshire so far - a shame!
4-73 for Miles v Glamorgan.
Looks as if it might be.
Craig Miles goes on loan to Durham - probably a good move for him:
https://edgbaston.com/news/craig-miles-agrees-short-term-red-ball-loan-to-durham/
The pitch had been played on at least twice before and it showed.
Maybe it was such a well worn pitch (albeit a hybrid) that the correct tactics would have been to graft for 150 or so rather than aim for 200 and fail.
Oh ye of little faith!
(Well, me too if I'm honest!)
Yes indeed:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Savage_(cricketer)
Married to Caroline Lucas who is stepping down as the only Green MP.
Here's a quiz question for the weekend:
Who is the former Bear whose wife is currently in the news, not so much for what she has done as for what she is not going to do in the future?
If it feels bad to be a Bears supporter when they have lost three games in a row, consider what it would be like to support Middlesex (difficult, I know) who have lost their last 12 (that's TWELVE) Blast matches, including one tonight off the last ball.
Anyway, for the benefit of Mr Robinson, who no doubt avidly reads Bearsfans, I can sum up who has been identified on this thread as being responsible for the losses:
- Robinson himself - unable to admit his mistakes
- Moeen - doesn't know enough about the players and hasn't scored runs
- Maxwell - how much are we paying him? How much a run does that work out at?
- Woakes - bowled badly against Derby
- Benjamin - hasn't scored many runs
- Brookes - too expensive with the ball
- Miles - also too expensive
- Mousley - has got out to bad shots when set
- Davies - hasn't kept wicket well recently and hasn't scored enough runs
- Lintott - hadn't bowled too well and so was dropped
- Gary Barwell and the ground staff - putting the pitches in the wrong place
We might as well add in Norwell and Hasan for getting injured.
Apart from that, everyone is doing just fine (though Briggs didn't bowl as well as usual against Derby).
So all we have to do is drop all those listed above, bring in Rhodes and Barnard plus one or two others from the second team, maybe recall Burgess from Sussex and possibly see if we could get some of our ex-players back on loan - Laurie Evans scored a hundred last night and Adam Hose seems to be doing quite well - and what about Keith Barker?
There we are Mr Robinson - problem solved, though you may have to hand in your notice yourself so we can have a complete fresh start.