cjav1874
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Hain and Simmons added to the same squad as last week.
Big gripe of mine, it’s been a whole day - why do we not have an interview with Westwood or a player on the website?!
COME ON!!
Not checked the score all afternoon, come back to my phone and we’ve lost 3 in 15 minutes. Brilliant.
Interesting there's no spinner in the squad considering the dryness of the summer. The club also included a "rallying call" to fans asking for as many as possible on the Hollies side of the ground to tally up with the pitch location.
Sussex squad looks relatively weak so this feels in the realm of must-win if we're serious about winning the Championship.
Unless we're hoping he gets himself dropped beforehand. Which it looks like he has.
Mikkyk wrote:
Interesting that the three strands of under 30 memberships now include Birmingham Phoenix games
A benefit that I will not be using. At all.
Squad named:
Ed Barnard, Alex Davies, Nathan Gilchrist, Chris Woakes, Zen Malik, Dan Mousley, Vansh Jani, Rob Yates, Olly Hannon-Dalby, Jordan Thompson, Ethan Bamber, Michael Booth, Will Young
The club has announced that Jake Weatherald will be joining for the 2027 County Championship.
Good signing it feels like.
https://www.edgbaston.com/media-article/bears-sign-australian-opener-weatherald-for-2027-season
Just out if interest, where are you seeing these prices?
£165 is an absolute push for me to justify for a single day of test cricket. That’s absurd.
Pretty special way to sign off with that 3 wicket and utimately match winning over against Essex.
No Hain for at least the Sussex match as per the latest edition of “The Bear”.
Might open up a spot for Michael Booth to play.
Young
Yates
Mousley
Hain
Barnard
Davies
Jani
Thompson
Booth
Bamber
OHD
https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#md563c9e1-6111-444b-aa6e-20c7a0e851d3
Omaris Khan also there, representing the North side.
https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#m02329b83-15aa-43ba-8de2-8ecac9db9506
Arjun Nahal, Eddie Miller, Ayan Khan and Jack Pidgeon all representing the Midlands side at the ECB U18 Super 4s. Nahal is captaining the side and Khan has already picked up a wicket.
Andy wrote:
Been keeping an eye on Eddie Miller and Jack Pidgeon. Miller has good control but is short and doesn't really get above the eyeline, its interesting he's been given the chance to open as he probably does need to develop his batting in order to succeed in the pro game. Pidgeon has a good action and is tall which always helps, hes had a good couple of weeks. Both very young, great if they can both come through and be part of the first team squad. Are we as a club good enough to develop these two excellent prospects and give them the requisite opportunities?
Pidgeon looks like he’s already got a skillset which should be quote valuable. Noticed a couple of wickets taken with a well disguised and quicker arm ball. Height and comes over his action nicely. Promising.
A pretty resounding performnce, all things considered and barring those late murmurs. Just goes to show that Davies can be effective, but it's taken such a while for that to be shown. Jani impressive and Mousley looking at home at the top of the order. He should continue to be available as there's no clash with a 100 game.
A small shame we couldn't race over the line just that little bit more to help boost the NRR but our small chances of qualification are alive.
No Ali again. Davies plays again.
What is going on?
Scathing, accurate and concerning.
As a sidenote, the management of the women’s team has been atrocious in comparison to that of other clubs. It screams of unprofessionalism that they become one of the inaugural tier one counties and fail to employ the staff that a proper professional setup deserves to the point where players leave as a result. It gives the impression of being treated as a side hustle rather than elite sport.
As for the men’s game, it’s been on a spiral for a while. The turning of heads to our own Academy talent in favour of repeated external recruitment without return. The “footbalisation” of the club with the arrival of James Thomas, picking and choosing which players we want from other conties, has undermined the plethora of blooming talent we had on our hands. Shaikh gone, Ali will end up the same way. Theo Wylie, Ben Blakemore, Isaac Mohammed. It’s no way to sell a pathway to players if countless example of talent moving on after the county missed the opportunity to see it shine.
Thomas should be praying that we win the Championship.