GerryShedd wrote:

Highveld wrote:

Also Charlie Taylor, and they are continuing with the experiemnt of Lintott as an opening batsman!

Lintott as opening batter and captain -surely he couldn't replace another opening batter and captain?!

The Captain has got a ton - so, yes, he could be on the rise! A Trophy winning Captain, an opening bat and a cunning left arm spinner - who could ask for more?!

Highveld wrote:

Can the team continue their winning streak?

https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#maaf759a7-331f-4368-bd2b-7ddb250c3311

Kent 2nd XI
1 H Fulton
2 OH Morgan†
3 OMB Curtiss
34 JA Leaning*
22 CL Flintoff
15 MS Rizvi
7 A Venugopalan
8 TS Birdi
45 MAR Cohen
10 BE Street
11 JA Trodd
64 MR Quinn

Warwickshire 2nd XI
1 OM Burle
23 JB Lintott*
21 TO Wylie
4 AS Nahal
5 OG Dandy†
6 LS Gekis
77 BSM Blakemore
44 AR Sylvester
9 O Khan
27 MG Booth
11 C Taylor
32 TN Walallawita

Kent won the toss and put us in.
Thilan Walallawita is in the bowling side.

We won by 97 runs, mainly thanks to 6 for 53 (off 16 overs) from the Captain. Jake L has had a good couple of weeks for the Seconds and also made a bit of a comeback for the First team in the Blast. Perhaps we shouldn't write him off yet.

Thilan Walallawita also had another run out for us (against his old club) and his 7 overs, 2 for 28 of left arm spin, helped Lintott bowl out Middlesex for 203. I hope he get some more chances.

https://edgbaston.com/news/warwickshire-2nd-xi-triumph-in-ecb-2nd-xi-t20-finals/

FINALLY! Apparently, we have a 2nd Team and they won a Trophy!!

GerryShedd wrote:

I don't thinkthe Club has got round to reporting on the win; but here is the Notts report:
https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/news/2025/july/t20-runners-up-spot-for-seconds.html

The first Trophy we've won for a while - and no report on the Club website (yet), says so much about how us supporters are valued. I know there's no Media chief at Edgbaston at the moment, but surely someone there knows how to post an article!

Yep, Warwickshire have finally won a T20 Final in the 'modern age'! We were really looking dead and buried at 110 for 7, needing 38 more runs in just over 4 overs. But Ethan B and Taz did it. Bamber hit 28 in 16 balls, with 2x4's and 2x6's, Taz helped out with 13 in 10 balls ands we got there with TA hitting a 4, with 4 balls left.

Great, given how Notts had posted a decent score and our specialist batters didn't really shine (with the possible exception of Vaansh Jani, who hit 3x6's in his 28 off 19 - though he tried that once too often), I never imagined we'd do it. A great performance.

I do think we've got to give some praise to our Captain, Jake L. More for his batting (in both the Semi and the Final), than his bowling, but mainly for the way he directed his field settings in both matches, changed bowlers when needed and more importantly, for the way he constantly gee'd up the players, encouraging and cajoling, as required. If only we had a First team Captain like that?! Let's hope we, as a Club, learn from this.

But for now, rejoice, Bears can hold their heads up high tonight.

C'mon you ......... !

Well, that was quite a recovery. Notts were sailing along on 95 for 2 off 9 overs, when we pegged them back. They finished on 148 all out (in 16 overs). The star of the bowling was OHD, taking 4 for 17 in 2.5 overs, but he was ably assisted by Taz Ali, with 3 for 24 in his 4 overs. A wicket apiece for Lintott & Sylvester - though both were expensive (above 10 an over). Surprisingly, Bamber didn't bowl more - he had 2 overs for just 13 runs. That is a reasonable target to cahse - though we are talking Bears batting fragility here!

Unchanged for the Final. Again, we lose the toss and again, the opposition choose to bat. I'm not confident! Notts always seem to get one over on us and they have got a strong (though, mainly young) lineup.

Phew, well, we squeezed home, largely thanks to a patient 18NO by the Captain. Yates, Malik & Dandy were the only others to get into double figures. Yates did, what Yates' so often does these days - get in, score 23 in 16 balls (including 3x4's and a 6) and then promptly sky another! It hardly sets us up nicely for the Final though!

The_Lickey_Banker wrote:

Durham, 102 all out. 3 wickets for Bamber, 2 for OHD, Sylvester & Lintott, 1 for Taz.
We SHOULD be favourites now - hopefully the 2nds won't have the 1sts 'bottling problem'!

They're getting close to 'bottling' it - 75 for 5 off 12 overs! Dandy & Lintott trying to save it. Can't be the wicket, Notts got 180 and Hampshire, 160, with few problems.

Durham, 102 all out. 3 wickets for Bamber, 2 for OHD, Sylvester & Lintott, 1 for Taz.
We SHOULD be favourites now - hopefully the 2nds won't have the 1sts 'bottling problem'!

The_Lickey_Banker wrote:

Not too bad a start, Durham 64 for 4 off 9 overs. 2 wickets for OHD.
Notts beat Hampshire in the other Semi.

74 for 6 off 12 now. A wicket apiece for the 4 other bowlers - Sylvester, Lintott, Bamber and Taz.

Not too bad a start, Durham 64 for 4 off 9 overs. 2 wickets for OHD.
Notts beat Hampshire in the other Semi.

A strong team:-
Wylie
Yates
Malik
Jani
Smith
Dandy (Keeper)
Lintott (Captain)
Bamber
Taz Ali
Sylvester
OHD
However, we lost the toss and Durham chose to bat.

The_Lickey_Banker wrote:

It's confirmed, we've won the Central group (higher run rate than the Pears) and have qualified for the T20 Semi Finals.

The draw hasn't been made yet (the Semi's & Final are next week - Wednesday 16th - at Wormsley CC, Buckinghamshire), the other Counties in the mix, are Durham (North winners), Hampshire (South winners) & Notts (North runners up and highest of the 3 groups). Whoever we play, it could be tough - if we play Durham or Hampshire (who won their groups easily, with only one defeat), they will be favourites - Notts would be easier (3 defeats, like us), but it all depends on who puts out the better side and of course, the toss.

We play Durham in the second semi-final, starting at 1.45.

189 for 1 off 15 overs. We're obviously not going to win this! What is it about performances at home this season - we're rubbish?!

It's confirmed, we've won the Central group (higher run rate than the Pears) and have qualified for the T20 Semi Finals.

The draw hasn't been made yet (the Semi's & Final are next week - Wednesday 16th - at Wormsley CC, Buckinghamshire), the other Counties in the mix, are Durham (North winners), Hampshire (South winners) & Notts (North runners up and highest of the 3 groups). Whoever we play, it could be tough - if we play Durham or Hampshire (who won their groups easily, with only one defeat), they will be favourites - Notts would be easier (3 defeats, like us), but it all depends on who puts out the better side and of course, the toss.

We lost by 5 wickets. All our games played, still (just) top of the group (above the Pears), but only on run rate. If Glamorgan win their last 2 games (quite likely), us, Worcester and them will all be on 26 points, with only run rate deciding who wins the group - and only group winners are guaranteed a semi final place (the final place going to the best runner up in the 3 groups).

ExiledBrummie wrote:

white-lightning wrote:

Why aren't Hassan Ali, Dan Mousley and Jacob Bethell not playing?

Hassan because we're only allowed 2 overseas, Bethell with England, Dan M no idea although is he injured as didn't play in the T20 game today. Anyway a decent second innings so far.

Hasan played for the 2nds today in their T20 win over Gloucestershire (we're still top of the group with one game to go, so should be in the semi finals). He took 1 wicket, but was quite expensive.

Yes, we lost by just 1 run, getting 512 in the 2nd innings (and a total of over 1400 runs scored in the match)! Arjun was left high & dry on 125, when he ran out of partners!