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Looks like Hain got a bit of a shocker
If it's that silly then the Glamorgan game really ought to be switched either to a nearby ground or to Cardiff and play the September 8th game here at Rugby School or Stratford upon Avon
Yorkshire game isn't meant to be quite so silly but that Glamorgan game if the pitch they're on about is only 45 yards from the Hollies it'll be ridiculous and spectators will be having to bring their hard hats due to the ricochets off the stanchions. There was one a couple of years back that hit one of those stanchions and dropped like a bullet. Would have killed someone for sure
The pitches over towards the Hollies side can often be more sporting (relatively speaking given it is still after all an Edgbaston pitch) than the central strips or the slower straw coloured ones over Pershore Road side. And those are what we will likely be using especially the next 2 games while the piling is ongoing at the building site. Glamorgan is on a strip way way over to the hollies side making for a very short boundary that side and an extremely long boundary the other way
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Mikkyk wrote:
Got there in the end! It seems all our victories the last couple of seasons are very tight games.
It's a great knack to have to win the close games but it would also be nice to get a convincing win on the cards.
Was about as convincing as you can get in what was a low scoring contest against a peer county at this level. Good signs there. Webster bringing his decent 2026 Sheffield Shield bowling form to the party
Think he still had his bowling boots on. Now off to change them and for a well deserved lie down
I've never seen a Warks side so furious with some of the umpiring decisions by the way (ostensibly at any rate). After some of the decisions that went against us last two days to not get a couple of them go our way today....
Bw nice if they could tap that and become a side with a bit of dog in them like the Aussies always say - really help them narrow that gap with Surrey/Notts then
Whatever they settle on has to be made Australia proof so tightened up significantly.
At county level if it is to continue one way to stop all the tactical substitutions might be to impose points penalties on the use of substitutes. At the finish of the season or just before the very last game a panel could convene to review each instance to determine if it was a genuine injury or if it was made for tactical reasons and apply a penalty of 1 or 2 points per tactical substitution
Hopefully nothing too serious just went for some physio on his back
9-42 in the past hour and a bit is a bit of a clatter there.
Shame Barker broke down after first 45 mins
Think Hain got a bad one here
I know he's left it but the ball pitches well short yes it jags back a fair bit but the umpire has to be guessing. To the eye it looks like it's going over
Costly drop there by Lintott one he should've taken he owes Thompson a Tetley or three
By which time Test20 will have supplanted the abominable 100,
I was rather hoping Three-way Cricket would be all the rage by now lol
Congrats everyone hopefully some proper cricket in the summer months to look forward to at some stage over the next 4 years if there is a god - Cheltenham & Scarbados preserved and hopefully there'll be moves afoot to facilitate a resumption of weeks at Colwyn Bay and Southport - though sadly no Swansea any more
That equates to on average an extra day or two's rest the players were after. So now all sorted and hopefully everyone's happy
Bit of a wishy washy argument full stop, that
Let's just hope the following from Surrey is true. What the game needs now more than anything is three or four years where nothing much changes or is likely to change. Just allow the game to ebb and flow like it used to. Just allow people to play and watch it when they are able to. OHD and whoever is paying him to spout such garbage should just allow somebody else to play if he or they are too tired to play - and that's kinda my main point. The structure should not be dislocated by the handful of mercenaries who jet off here and there in the winter spring and autumn.
For what it is worth, what I am hearing from someone who ought to know is that there is absolutely no way that the 14 match structure is going to be revisited in the next 3-4 years. So while we have to remain vigilant, the implication is that this year's mighty efforts are not just a one year sticking plaster
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Durham folding, I do like the look of Thompson but I think Yorkshire might be up the top end next season
83-9 FFS
GerryShedd wrote:
With their win yesterday, Sussex draw level with Warwickshire on points but go above because of winning one more game.
And Warks stay above Essex on fewest losses, both having won 3 games each
Glamorgan apparently were the county that switched last minute to a no vote. I think the ECB team that put the barmy 13 games idea together probably assumed Notts would go along with them but I presume they didn't. Lancs did of course as did our lot. They probably offered the extra couple of ODC games as a tempter to counties like Somerset and Essex but obvs they didn't bite either
It is suggested Glammy are playing the long game and have a board who would have waved through 12 or even 10 games and they reckon that prospect may crop up in another year or two. The schedule needs organising better without the cuts - Somerset should be demanding now that more July and August days of cricket are scheduled
104-8 Warks on strike already
Mikkyk wrote:
PCA not ruling out strike action after county vote
Professional Cricketers' Association chief executive Daryl Mitchell has not ruled out the possibility of players taking strike action after proposals to reform the County Championship were rejected.
Full story here: https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/c4g961134g2o
They won't strike
A good chunk of their membership doesn't even want fewer games let alone the silly 13 games idea
That includes all 31 Surrey players, the Derbyshire playing staff. Plus there's bound to be a fair few other counties playing staff's and players at counties that voted for a cut. Just let those that want to play play
Mitchell has failed in his scheme I'd say his days in that role are numbered
I think the point is it simply has to remain at 14 BARE MINIMUM or else you end up with situations like in 2020 COVID season April and May were blooming lovely and the rest of the year wasn't so much. You can often get dry ISH springs followed by wet summer's. So we'd have missed out of some nice cricket weather early doors only to have to trudge through the rain to games in June and July
Temperature and warmth of summer is crucial for course but IMHO in rainy temperate climates like England you have to have 3 proper games of cricket per month right through what constitutes our summer.
Sure if they lopped off the first April game and the very last September game that'd suit many. But that would've ended up this year finishing last week in the rain and look how nice this week has been!!!
So no, 13 was a complete joke and 10 in the UK is taking the ****ing piss.
What they need to do is unblock the schedule
Play a proper mix of proper cricket and limited inferior versions of it right though the summer