GerryShedd wrote:

It would appear that the PCA are not planning strike action but Daryl Mitchell, their CEO, informed a meeting of county chairs at Lord's that three county CEOs had suggested the players should strike in a bid to push through change. So it's those CEOs who are the real villains. Who could they be? Obviously not those of Surrey, Middlesex, Yorkshire, Somerset, Kent, Derbyshire Gloucestershire or Essex, which narrows it down a bit.

I have little, if any, trust in McAfferty (appreciate Stuart Cain is our CEO) but given McAfferty's position as chair of the review group, the clubs stated desire to reduce the number of red ball games and Olly's position as chair of the PCA I would have real concerns regarding the ethics here if McAfferty/Stuart Cain were involved in this. I said as much in response to a George Dobell post on twitter, George had the good grace to respond and say 'he didn't believe Warwickshire were one of the three'.

Andy wrote:

The irony of OHD playing this game as he campaigns for less county championship matches being played shouldnt be lost on anyone...

He has played 6 games for his club side this year! He could have had his much needed rest those days

Thank you!

Reabank wrote:

kevandmac wrote:

Hi, I was at the ground yesterday but can't make today or tomorrow- presumably you already have my signature from an earlier response in this thread?
Thank you for making the effort to do this.
Hi, yes I have the details and I'm counting them towards the 250. If it's a tight squeeze to make 250 & the club is tough on applying the letter of the rules I may have to ask those who expressed support on this forum to also send a signature to the club, which is the actual requirement in the rules - but we can cross that bridge if and when we get to it.

Hi, I was at the ground yesterday but can't make today or tomorrow- presumably you already have my signature from an earlier response in this thread?
Thank you for making the effort to do this.

The Cricketer is suggesting he will be made available for CC game starting Sunday- no mention of Friday's T20

Now that the favoured investors are being announced for the franchises does anyone know what the position is regarding the 8 week exclusivity period to finalise the deals? Say in our example at the end of 8 weeks Knighthead are still not being offered anymore than the 49% stake in Birmingham Phoenix they could presumably just walk away- Bearing in mind the three hosts so far to have been announced have all expressed the desire to retain their own 51% entitlement where does that leave us?
Presumably it would be open to fresh bids- this seems to be taking forever.

c2aw wrote:

https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4171567/vitality-blast-mens-competition-fixtures-2025

Am I the only one saddened by the fact that the name that appears on the list doesn't include our proper name, but only by a nickname which isn't unique to us as it's shared by others including Chicago, Bristol etc?

Agreed I think it is an awful look- I picked up on it yesterday with the women's knockout fixtures being announced.
It's also clear from that schedule with the 100 to follow in August that there will hardly be any county championship cricket in the summer again!

How nice to see us wearing traditional cable knit sweaters in the club colours.

Who would have thought that after three games of the season (almost a quarter of the season) our top three would all be averaging over 100!

Malc wrote:

Have you seen recent photos of him?

Stocky build as described but now has very short hair- you mentioned he was wearing a cap.

Although he has played for a number of teams in Australia a Google search does show him playing for Melbourne Renegades Academy Team

Barnt Green have signed Lloyd Pope for the season- he plays for Melbourne Renegades.

He once took 7-30ish in an Under 19 World Cup game against England- victims included Tom Banton, Will Jacks and Harry Brook (1st ball)

Mikkyk wrote:

Game 3, at Neath.

Can we keep our 100% record going? Or will Glamorgan or the rain end it?

The forecast looks ok but then it's looked okay other days recently, and turned out not to be. Glamorgan's game at Neath today was abandoned without a ball bowled.

I think if Bethell is available having not played the last two Hundred games, I would bring him in to replace Brookes, with the news he is going to Worcestershire.

He didn't play the last game but game before was abandoned without ball being bowled- so not certain if that classifies as 'not playing the last two games?' He did play in the first match

ExiledBrummie wrote:

Mikkyk wrote:

Ah I didn't realise that was a rule but makes sense.

Also worth noting that Lawrence, who got 58 off 33 in their final group game win, is in the England squad for Thursday. Don't think him or Woakes will be in England line up so presumably him and Woakes play on Thursday, or neither?

Hmmm, you just know Lawrence will be released but not our man!

I can't see Pope being fit for England- is there any other batting cover in the squad other than Lawrence?

I think it is time he retired from test cricket- always poorly handled. Time to come back and enjoy the remainder of his career with Warwickshire

196 good effort- Whether it's enough remains to be seen but I really believe Mousley & Bethell are the future. I can't believe that we have been picking Chris Benjamin ahead of Jacob Bethell all season

GerryShedd wrote:

Matt isn't making much of an impact at Derbyshire so far - a shame!
Hoping things pick up for him- he's just coming back from a spell out with a back injury. I saw him bat for Barnt Green (49) in Birmingham League on Saturday and he still looked in a bit of discomfort to me- was surprised to see him playing in Championship game.

Another very good day. Pleasing that all the batters in the team, with the exception of Rhodes have now scored strongly at some stage this season. Shame about the forecast for tomorrow.

Excellent day hopefully the openers can carry on where they left off this evening. That is weather permitting, I haven't seen the forecast for down south.

This is good news!