The Bears media team said he had returned home to New Zealand. Fake News!

Good call to bowl first skipper. OHD is sadly on the decline and is no longer a wicket taking threat. He does a good job keeping it tight and certainly has a big role to play for us in the One Day Cup.

The last bloke, Someone Ford, was totally useless. Anyone would be an improvement on the poor quality or non existent content served up over the past 2 or 3 years.

You only have to look at other counties, Kent for example, on how to do a proper preview. It is comprehensive and has detailed availability/injury news: https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/match-preview-kent-vs-leicestershire/

We still don't know what happened to Moeen Ali. It has never been mentioned by the club!

Still no Hain or Bethell in the squad. Jani has been added as cover I assume. Likely to be an unchanged team.

Hopefully we can mop up the last two wickets early and get to work on a decent total.

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I've said a few times I like him but he has a long way to go with the gloves.

Ben Foakes doesn't drop many.

Brookes went off injured in a second eleven game a couple of weeks ago but he is not making the first team on form anyway.
A good ton from Gekis got us up to a decent score in the end.

Looking about, the only first division counties who may be in the market for a quality keeper/batsman are Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire. Usually when it a choice between the Bears and the Outlaws they end up at Trent Bridge because they pay more.

Rumours that Ben Foakes is leaving Surrey. He would be ideal to fill the gap left by Burgess. Smith is our long term prospect but it's unfair to expect him to continue learning his trade in the spotlight.

The lack of communication from the club is pathetic. No updates on player availability or even a preview piece these days. The coverage is sparse.
I would like to know why we aren't selecting Simmons and investing in him rather than sticking Miles in there. One is potentially the future while the other is a 30 year old with his foot out of the door.

No Hain in the squad. Big Beau is back. Corey and Taz included.

A bit of a gamble given his injury record but given that he has passed the data test of the Bears performance director I am expecting big things.

Zaman Akhtar is signing for Essex while Ajeet Singh Dale is choosing between Yorkshire and Lancashire.

I heard Booth was bowling again so maybe he will.be available for the One Day Cup.

The players peddle this myth that there is too much cricket. Of course they want to be paid more for doing less. As long as they have enough time to play golf.

Very impressive performance on Friday, and even though Derbyshire were poor we turned up and handed out a comprehensive defeat.
I would be interested to know what our plans are for the quarter final. Is Latham available? Has Hasan finished for the year? What is happening with Beau Webster? All these questions and more need to be answered by the club but I suspect they won't be given how poor the communications are right now.

Miles did quite well that one season but 122 wickets over six years in all formats is a poor return. I wish him well and he will be at his level in the second division.
Maybe we can get Singh Dale coming in the opposite direction as an upgrade.

Yesterday was a chastening experience. They seemed to give up after 5 overs. The so called captain was doing nothing to galvanise them in the field.
After two great wins last week it demonstrates how fragile the confidence of this team is under Davies. His habit of getting a start then getting himself out is putting pressure on the batting order.
Still, if we can make it to the knock outs then anything can happen in one off games and we do have some very good players.

Excellent news. He has been, and always will be, a second division bowler. Hopefully we can recruit better with his salary off the books.

Great news that Bethell is back for the Pears match. He is a big occasion player. Surely he comes in for Yates.