Great win against the Pears. Bethell and Mousley are such exciting players. The way Bethell treated Brown with such disdain was top drawer. He needs to stay in the team.
Good to see Lintott back to somewhere near his best and Benjamin desperately needed a knock to find a bit of form.
Not sure we need Moeen and Woakes going forward but I would be tempted to give OHD a go instead of Brookes.

GerryShedd wrote:

I enjoyed my day at Trent Bridge today though maybe it wasn't the best day to be in the city of Nottingham.
Does anyone know about Sam Hain's absence from the field? Looked as though it was a leg injury.
According to Richard Wilford of the BBC, Hain has a hamstring problem. He can bat if necessary in this game, but the focus is on getting him fit for the Pears on Friday night.

Well played the spin quartet. Surely the groundsman would give a clue to how it would play and perhaps we may have selected Lintott instead of Miles, but in the end it didn't matter.
What a talent Mousley is, by the way.
And big shout out to Rhodes on Bears TV commentary who called it as a low scoring thriller and is a natural broadcaster. Career in the media awaits when he hangs up his whites.

130 after winning the toss is terrible.

Highveld wrote:

Looked a good decision, pitched around middle and leg, from a left arm wrist spinner and turned to be hitting middle.

You can't blame the umpire for a bad decision by the batsman.
Not even hitting an extra leg stump.

We should be able to defend that total. Absolute garbage. Benjamin, Miles and Brookes need to be sent back to the seconds. OHD must play.
Maxwell has to find form and Robinson needs to find a formula and fast.

Hassan still out with ankle injury. OHD, Bethell and Maxwell added to the squad.
Possibly one change Maxwell in for Mousley? Or perhaps Lintott makes way?

Burgess is joining Sussex on loan for the T20. Suggestion that he may be open to offers being out of contract at the end of the season.
I really rate Burgess and I hope the club does everything possible to ensure he stays at Edgbaston.

G-Max has arrived in Birmingham and is available for Friday's match. I guess they will probably rest Hassan Ali for Monday and play both Stirling and Maxwell.

Does anyone know exactly when Maxwell and Moeen will be arriving from the IPL?

A great win in under 3 days. I must admit I was underwhelmed by the signing of Chris Rushworth but he has been absolutely brilliant. I was more enthused with Ed Barnard and he has showed already the balance the team needed as a genuine all-rounder.

Sounds like tough batting conditions on the radio commentary. Though I wish they would take Clive Eakin off air, his heavy breathing is getting worse. It's like listening to Darth Vadar having an asthma attack at times.

Paul Farbrace has ended up at Sussex as head coach. I guess that was the type of move he was looking for. Good luck to him.

https://edgbaston.com/news/boom-explosive-pace-bowler-hassan-ali-sign-for-bears/

Pakistan fast bowler signing for next season according the the Telegraph cricket correspondent.
21 tests, 77 wickets. Did well for Lancs last season with 25 wickets at 20 runs a piece.
He is the quality we desperately need.

Bizarre signing and what's even more bizarre is awarding a 36 year old a two year contract. Having said that, I hope he does well and takes loads of wickets for the Bears

Is a 36 year old who couldn't get in the Durham team really the best bowler we can recruit? We need two bowlers: one left arm seamer and a genuine quick. Rushworth is neither.

No great loss. Hopefully the batting coach will also get "a better offer".

Good luck to him at Derby but we must move on.

What a relief to save ourselves by the skin of our teeth. We'll bowled Norwell and OHD. The less said about Brookes the better.
Now for the inquest. We have got good players but something went badly wrong with our season. We need some quality recruitment in the batting and bowling departments and Robinson needs to be given the chance to put things right. You don't become a bad coach overnight.
As for people going on about Lamb being some kind of panacea to our batting failures, get real. He is and always has been an average player at best and I'd rather we invested in players like Yates, Mousley and Bethall who have talent in abundance.
A busy winter ahead for the club.