Link to averages after 13 games

https://countycrickethub.net/team-averages.html?teamid=16&comp=1&year=2025

If Jacob is available I'd include him in the side, and also recall Kai Smith to keep wicket.

In most cases the players are at the stadium several hours before the game for fitness work, meetings and batting practise, so they are putting in a full days work.

In the USA Major League Baseball players play 162 games between April 1st and Sept 30th, including up to 4 games on successive days, with late night finishes and a long flight to the next city, often arriving c 3-4am and starting a game about 7pm the same day.

It makes the workload of cricketers seem very light indeed.

PCA letter to counties, and Worcestershires response

https://wccc.co.uk/news/worcestershire-shares-pca-letter-on-domestic-playing-programme/

Won toss and elected to bowl.

Kai and Taz left out from the 13.

The team curry night the day before a game was never a good idea :-)

It is possible that both were offered new contract terms, but decided to see if they could get better terms, and more opportunities elsewhere. There could also be personal reasons where they may want o be in a different part of the country to be closer to family, or their partner has career opportunities elsewhere.

Live scores link

https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m61645c36-b5af-4a16-9b3d-a794755bc359

Live stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aKA3of7SGA

We have a 13 man squad, in view of the conditions, I'd have Kain keeping wicket and omit Taz and Zen.

Averages after the Surrey game

https://countycrickethub.net/team-averages.html?teamid=16&comp=1&year=2025

Poor woman :-)

So much pain for a few moments of joy!

Which is worse Derbyshire or Glamorgan?

Having to play home games at Derby would be truly depressing.

I'd be more concerned about using someone who is much lighter and faster been used as the runner!

As the law says external equipment, so technically no laws were broken.

Surely Burns should be made to carry about 20kg of ballast to make him equal to Sibley's body mass?

:-)

The game situation and the time remaining.

As this game is heading to, an almost certain, draw, would it not be a good idea to let Kai keep wicket for the remainder of the Surrey innings and gain more experience of keeping in English conditions?

As painful as it is to say it, that was a wonderful catch by Ben Foakes. I remember when we had a wicket keeper that good.

He was at RGS, then moved to Malvern. Malvern have a higher budget for cricket scholarships, and have produced a number of players making their way into county cricket now, including JT Landridge, Archie Bailey, Rehan Edilaath and Harry Boorman.

Charlies home club is in Warwickshire, and he plays all his age group cricket for Warwickshire. Remember he was part of the side that played against the Warwickshire League last season when he was just 14.

The thing is to allow him to develop without putting too much strain on his body.

I think he'll play first team cricket at some point.

He's an excellent player, with tons of potential in all parts of the game.
He was opening the bowling for RGS Worcester as a 13 year old and the same for Malvern college, with JT Langridge of Somerset at Malvern College last season. He's made several appearances for the U18's and second team this season, as well as playing in the Worcestershire league for Barnards Green.
He is definately a player to watch, very nice kid too.