KingofSpain
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The media output from the club has been absolutely dreadful for a few years now. They only seem interested in social media "bantz" these days.
We want decent previews and engaging content, not inane post match interviews and half hearted quotes. Many counties are offering so much more.
Brian Halford was excellent when he was at the club and his podcast is a great listen. The personnel in more recent times have gone through the motions.
Moody Moeen is just going through the motions. I thought his contract was until the end of July.
Talking about optimism, Bethell should have a chat with McCullum and request to play tonight. He could jump in a car at lunch and be at Edgbaston in good time to play.
On the Bears Podblast last week, Garton (who came across really well) said that he was available for red ball selection and hoped to get his chance at some stage.
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Same squad. No mention of Dicky Gleeson.
Lost by one wicket! Five wickets for Eddie Miller.
Opening the batting and going well. Imagine if this happens on Friday night. A complete embarrassment for everyone at Warwickshire.
He is a good cricketer and a good addition to the squad. I reckon this is our first signing based on data from James Thomas's laptop. I expect there will be more.
Everything wrong with our T20 campaign to date has already been highlighted. The captaincy is a major issue and we need something to galvanise this team. Qualifying for the quarter final is probably the best we can hope for again, which after the years of investment and prioritisation for this format is a massive underachievement.
Nice article on the BBC on our Woakesy.
A good move for Danny. He has been excellent for us for the past five years and he deserves to take this opportunity towards the end of his career.
This may explain the interest in Bashir but Briggs will be difficult to replace in the white ball cricket.
I wouldn't be happy if I was a Yorkshire supporter. They never do anything in T20 and are an extremely poor team again this year. Their only plan seems revolve around Malan batting through. Still, we can only beat what's in front of us. Let's see if we can back it up today.
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.
With respect, we are not producing first team ready players. The progress of both Wylie and Sheikh has seemingly stalled this year. The last bowler we produced was Chris Woakes about 15 years ago. Mouseley and Bethell have bucked the trend because they have something special. This shouldn't be allowed to mask the decades of failure of Warwickshire's youth system.
Called up by England under 19s. No young Bears in the squad, which is an indictment of our academy/pathway programme.
https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4283424/thomas-rew-to-captain-england-men-u19s-in-odis-against-india-u19s
Zen Malik playing himself into contention for a spot in the first team.
The lack of depth in the batting totally exposed tonight. Credit to Northants who bowled well and closed it out. Back to the drawing board.
It will be interesting to see how our strategy fares against a good in-form team.
Still lots of questions we will need to answer as the competition progresses.
Latham oozes class but can he get us off to a flyer if Davies gets out? Or does he continue to steadily accumulate while others look to smash it?
Good to see Garton delivering at the weekend. I am a critic but his fielding is exceptional and he batted and bowled well too. If he keeps up this standard he will be an asset to the team.
And how do we get Dicky Gleeson, when fit, into the line up?
When you look at how much the Bears spent on T20 mercenaries, we should have invested that in our own talent. Ethan is a far better cricketer than George Garton.
Anyway, a solid win against a dreadful Yorkshire team. Their recruitment has been even worse than ours.
We did well to pull it back after they were galloping along at 120 off 13 overs. The decision making of the captain left a lot to be desired before Lintott got the breakthrough.
It looks like we are getting towards a winning formula but I was concerned with Moeen's batting. He didn't time one of his 11 balls, but he will probably go and score a century next week.