Cain is on TMS shortly during the tea break ro discuss the ticket price rip-off amongst other things.

Better second spell. Two wickets and a run out. Cry more Somerset.

Brainless shot from Mousley.

Are Somerset still crying about Gilchrist being involved

Early lunch at 12.

I'm not totally sure how the injury sub rule works but I think if a player is replaced he has to sit out the next game. Is that right?

Unfortunately Davies is in the squad despite another double failure in the last match. Hain for Malik is a no brainer.

Malik plays. No Thompson.

I should have been clear: £165 for Edgbaston. For comparison it's £155 at Trent Bridge.

We definitely need a quality opening batsman. He has been really poor for the Aussies and is being dropped for the second test against Bangladesh due to form. Unlikely he will be called upon for them next summer.
I still want Big Beau to return but I suspect he will be part of the Ashes squad.

ajones1328 wrote:

If its £165 for the Hollies, you're looking at £200 for top tier seats.

Where did you see this ?

It was in a corporate mail out. Trent Bridge published their prices today. Most seats are £155.

At last! It's not that difficult, is it.

A 2027 Ashes test ticket in the Hollies = £165!

A made up job courtesy of the data guru himself, James Thomas. These data people are stealing a living. Sport has metics, yes, but it is not a computer game. This is what American sport has given us with that whole Moneyball nonsense. They would be better served investing in proper coaches.

I didn't even realise they had filled the media vacancy given how poor the output is. Its like everything produced by the club is AI slop. Symptomatic of the club's attitude to communicating with supporters. You only have to look around at what other counties do to see how poor Warwickshire are at providing content.

What a load of word soup. Who writes this absolute nonsense? Does the club even have a media manager these days or is it just churned out by A.I.?

Sad but inevitable news. The management didn't learn the lesson from the Chris Rushworth episode. Two games was all he lasted. That's what happens with 39-year-old pace bowlers.
Anyway, thanks for the memories Ronnie and happy retirement.

It's about time someone shone a light on the failings at Warwickshire. The data guru Thomas has been getting away with it for nearly two years. We need a proper cricket man as Director of Cricket. They have appointed a guy from England ladies but I sincerely doubt he has the credibility or the contacts to recruit the quality we desperately need to compete in all formats. It only serves to deflect from where the responsibility lies for continued failure, and that is squarely on Thomas.

I agree, Malik has had one outstanding knock this season, as he did last season, and that isn't good enough. He is lucky to get another shot.
Garton... unbelievable he has got another deal "playing all formats". If he was a footballer with his injury record he would be released. I hope he proves me wrong but based on the last three years he has been a highly paid passenger.
Yates and Jani deserve new deals and should be the mainstay of our batting in the coming years.

So Barker was available for league cricket yet as his contracted county we couldn't call upon him for the ODC? His misery left arm varation would have been invaluable, against Leicester for instance. We need some transparency from the club here!