Highveld
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3 poor shots giving their wicket away and two good balls.
The commentators mentioned that Tom Banton was out of contract, he would be an excelelnt signing, both as a batsman & back up keeper. He's a local player, from Barnt Green, an England white ball international and someone capable of batting anywhere at the top of the order, who would strengthen the side a lot.
I would expect the side to be
Barnard
Bethell
Briggs
Burgess+
Davies*
OHD
Mousley
Rae
Rhodes
Rushworth/Booth
Yates
Although based on ODC performances Chris Benjamin has a good case for been included, especially as he scored more runs from less innings than Yates and Sheikh.
Have the club provided any explanation for the absence od Sam Hain? Or indeed on the continued absence of Hassan Ali?
The risk is if enough people will pay to cover the costs, and to provide an advert free stream' People will be a lot less tolerant of adverts if they are paying for the stream content.
One, possible, solution would be to make the stream only available to registered users, so you have to register, at no charge to use the stream. This would have the massive advantage of effectively blocking the numerous posts in the youtube chat from people whos main interest is gambling not cricket.
The key question is have the club and team become better over the season?
Have steps been taken to deal with the obvious areas of weakness?
What changes are been made so that any overseas players actually make a contribution on the field?
What steps are been taken to deal with the problems with the batting, especially at the top of the order?
Does the club have the right coaches and captain? Are there better options available, that would lead to better performances and results?
The key aim now is to ensure the club retains its place in D1 of the championship. Success in the white ball game would be good, but staying in D1 should be the priority.
Does Brnard have a free choice of who bowls and when? or is he given a pre determined plan, where the number of overs per bowler is already decided?
Nothing mentioned on the live stream, but the Glous commentators are very biased!
The live stream comentators were confused for a few overs,but they do look different.
A really good catch by Chris to get James Bracey. Overall a very promising start.
Chris Benjamin is keeping wicket today.
It was interesting to see that Charlie Taylor was included in the side, and got wickets.
He could develop into a top class player in time.
Was really pleased to see Chris Benjamin play a big innings. He's had a tough time this season, and hopefully will continue to do well for the rest of the season.
HAHA
However, is that comment really appropriate for a public forum?
These are the recent performances of one of the side, I fail to see how that gives an average of 30, or shows that the player is in form.
MATCH Bat Bowl Date Ground Format
Warwickshire vs Sussex
2 0/12 28-Jul-2024
Hove
List A
Warwickshire vs Essex
42 0/20 24-Jul-2024
Chelmsford
List A
Bears vs Worcs
0 -- 12-Jul-2024
Birmingham
T20
Bears vs Notts
35* -- 07-Jul-2024
Nottingham
T20
Warwickshire vs Somerset
15 & 57 0/2 & 0/18 30-Jun-2024
Taunton
FC
Bears vs Derbyshire
0 -- 16-Jun-2024
Derby
T20
Bears vs Yorkshire
4 -- 14-Jun-2024
Birmingham
T20
Bears vs Durham
0 -- 08-Jun-2024
Birmingham
T20
Bears vs Lancashire
7 -- 07-Jun-2024
Manchester
T20
Bears vs Notts
68 -- 01-Jun-2024
Birmingham
T20
An excellent innings by Kai Smith, he did enough to stay in the side for the rest of the competition.
The BBC comentary confirmed it is Booth not Rae, as also confirmed by the live scores page.
Burgess got a hand injury while keeping in the Essex game.
The first test of this series is now live on youtube.