GerryShedd
Super Moderator
Yes, good luck to him.
UrsaMinor wrote:
Wouldn't disagree with any of that Mr Shedd. Just one question: as the photo of Ed Barnard at Taunton must have been taken during the first match of the season, had you already made your mind up or did you take everybody's photo?
I'd like to say that I had the foresight to know what would happen; but the truth is that my colleague Harry Everett (who also does some of the Somerset on-line commentary) took the picture and allowed me to use it.
George has signed for Kent:
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/sport/seam-bowler-signs-for-kent-294626/
Here's my season review:
https://deepextracover.com/2023/10/season-review-warwickshire/
As usual, happy to accept (constructive!) criticism.
I'm not sure what proportion of players have agents these days; but if a player has an agent and if he is marketable, I assume that the agent will have negotiated a new contract either with the existing club or a new one well before the existing contract ends.
I see that Richard Gleeson is leaving Lancashire and Alex Blake leaving Kent.
Update from the Club says:
"We’re also discussing the implications of the Birmingham City Council Section 114 announcement. Whilst it doesn’t impact on any historic arrangements, it does mean they can’t support us with the stand and hotel redevelopment, which is in the next phase of work, so we’re having to look at alternative funding options. "
So if anyone has £20-30 million to spare, do let the Club know.
Update from BBC:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66613767
Looks like Chris Wright is staying at Leicestershire, though a few others are leaving:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66982348
My mind is made up. Don't confuse me with facts.
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/