GerryShedd wrote:

Even Ed Barnard sometimes slips up - a poor last over, showing how difficult it is to bowl yorkers under pressure.

Hard to put any blame on Barney, given the position he was put in. Some credit to Notts though, no matter how well they play, they really are the club it's impossible not to hate. That really takes some doing!

KingofSpain wrote:

I think we are getting closer to a team that could do well in the competition. Barnard batting at 5 is a good move and dropping Moeen down to 8 is probably where he is at these days. Replace Smith with Malik to bat at 6 a with Garton at 7 and we should be well stocked with lower order hitters. Gleeson comes in for Lintott.

These are all excellent suggestions...

I thought tonight was actually a pretty decent performance, given the players available. Latham is doing what he's there to do, and unless there is someone better waiting in the wings, he should stay where he is.

Mo is a concern though, and I'm not sure if his heart is really still in it. I also wonder whether Smith is wasted at 7/8, as we don't need to ruin someone else in the Chris Benjamin role.

My main gripe is with the Sky commentators, who did everything they could to big up the Northants players, and mentally try and will them over the line to victory. Conversely, everything the Bears did was assessed critically and with a negative spin. Just really, really poor.

Hello

Thanks for having me. New member, long time Warwickshire fan. Leamington born, but now South West based, and doesn't get to Edgbaston nearly enough.

Future plans involving attempting to engineer cricket into my career, so I can essentially semi-retire, and perform a dramatic return to the motherland.

Many thanks
Ian