A great way to end the day, it was good being able to hang around afterwards for the presentation to see the joy on the players faces. There really does seem to be a good spirits amongst the squad….Bresnan in particular seems very popular!

Sun with some cloud at the ground. I hope doesn’t rain in Streetly….I left the washing out to get here before close of play!

Well whatever they decided to do, it has backfired spectacularly. What a terrible start to the days play.

Yates out early, he really struggles to get going early in the innings. Something they need to work on over the winter, hopefully with a batting coach who has a track record of improving players

I hope he is snapped up soon by another media outlet. I really enjoy his viewpoint.

It’s not exactly a surprise though is it, it’s being happening for years.

Over the winter something needs to be done to work on the mental aspect to try and stop these collapses.

It’s unfortunate that so many of our batsmen appear to be so out of form all at the same time.

I believe Sibley sought the help of an outside coach after struggling when he first came here and it was only then that he started to score on the county circuit.

Has Rhodes improved or has he just had more opportunity? I don’t think he has had a particularly strong season (cue a match winning performance today and tomorrow).

In recent years can anyone name a batsmen who has improved consistently?

In my time as a member, around 8 years, our batting unit has always been the weak link.

It is a real shame that after the good work from our bowlers that as usual the batsmen cannot capitalise. It’s an ongoing concern that has been the case for years.

Some of the players seem to be hitting a bad run of form just at the wrong time.

He has struggled to find the consistency required, a good score every 5 games or so so it’s no surprise.

That being said I was surprised he wasn’t picked for the quarter final, especially as Yates hadn’t a great record.

To be honest though I don’t see much difference between himself and Hose.

They started a lot better than we have though. For 14 wickets (and counting) to fall within the first three hours of play suggests very difficult batting conditions.

The BBC are reporting a COViD related issue. Play due to start at 11.30am….rather annoying

The batting line up didn’t look balanced to me. It doesn’t excuse the awfulness of some of those wickets. Hose yet again failed to justify selection. Yates struggled to get the ball away and with that we were behind.

Well this is pretty abject batting.

I’m glad he has signed, it will be interesting to see how he gets on with the red ball. So far he has adjusted very quickly to each format. We seem to be putting together a highly promising young squad which if given time could develop into a competitive unit.

I would slightly disagree that he owes us anything, we haven’t exactly spent money developing him through the ranks.

I certainly enjoyed the game yesterday, the match ebbed and flowed as a good game of cricket should. That's the beauty of the 50 over format, there is time for the match to swing between both sides.

When we needed 100 with Lamb and Bethell at the crease I have to admit I wasn't confident but they played the situation brilliantly. Such a shame they were unable to see it over the line.

As has been said the youngsters will certainly have benefitted from the experience and some of the more established lads have been able to gain some form and confidence.

I'd also like to point out that there was a good number of youngsters at the ground, it's almost as if dad's (and mums) want to take their kids to games of cricket in the summer, if only the ECB would sort the schedule out and invest in proper advertisement then the 16.4 nonsense would not have been needed.

Whilst Bresnan may not be the player he once was, his experience around the squad will be invaluable to what is a very inexperienced group.

It should also be remembered that without him we would not have beaten Nottingham earlier in the season which you could argue turned around our season in the red ball format.

I would say he has been a successful signing, however standards do need to be maintained so I hope the can make a few more important knocks for us.

Bizarrely I haven’t actually seen any popcorn or Hula Hoops for that matter.

I've been in the Tom Dollery Lounge for two of the 16.4 games, and I've not seen any bad behaviour. I would say that there were non members in the lounge as well as it was not a Warwickshire match. In fact the atmosphere was very good with all ages enjoying the matches.

I wonder whether the Wyatt lounge gets more 'rowdy' due to the more easily accessed bar from the sewing in front?

An interesting email nonetheless.

I thought our opening bowlers did a great job even with their lack of experience. Bullpit looked a handful with his left arm and Johal seemed to have a good action.

It was good sensible batting too from the four with half centuries. It actually felt like a good old fashioned game of cricket without any of the histrionics currently being seen with the 16.4 competition.

It’s not really a surprise that spectators have been low in number, it’s been a weird season to get into and the team has been struggling at various times. With this being seen as a development competition not everyone is interested in watching reserve team players.

However, looking around there was a good mix of people in attendance who enjoyed a comprehensive Bears victory.