GerryShedd wrote:

Andy wrote:

GerryShedd wrote:

I don't think that George likes putting the boot in to the Bears. He is, as well as a professional journalist, a Warwickshire fan; and like many on here, he gets frustrated if things don't go well and he can see how they need to change.

Somerset fan.

Yes, I've heard him say that; but having sat with him in the press box in 2021 when Warwickshire beat Somerset to win the Championship, I am pretty clear where his chief loyalties lie.

He's definitely a Somerset fan. But clearly that day (and also Norwell's heroics 12 months later) was just a great day for championship cricket. I think the only county that would begrudge Warks the title that year was Notts and they can have no real complaints as we did the double over them that season. He's lived and worked up here for a while so naturally has an affinity with Bears and Pears but he's very definitely a Somerset fan

Why did we not sign Rory Haydon?

It's good news. Pleased how Sunday went given I'd had to miss the last couple of years visits there. It was certainly well attended and looked better than 2015 when I last visited. Pity we can't have one of the championship games there

If counties are finding 4 day cricket difficult to justify surely 3 day cricket must be back on the table

For 2 reasons..

They can save on the expense of operations for the 4th day

They can fit more of the games into the middle of the season in-between all the other stuff rather than having so many of them in early April and late September

Where's all the money gone Tom?

Today's missive from HQ reminds me of the Ken Wheldon days down the Blues

If only Warwickshire played 5 days cricket per fortnight (a balanced diet of 4 and 1 day cricket) through the summer months of May June July and August - they might have held onto a decent figure for their membership right now. Bound to be lower than Worcestershire this year

Three 3-day home matches upcoming for the U18s over the school hols.

2 home games this week and next at Portland road and the last one at end of August at Stratford

It's not particularly cold today wind isn't so strong nor so northerly but the hour by hour forecast has put a few of us off no doubt

I mean it looks like they might get an hour or so in now which is annoying as I've decided to sidestep and see what it's like about 3 at which point no doubt it'll be persistent rain.

Edgbaston has so few options right close by which is one of its drawbacks compared to most of the other TMGs. Have to plonk oneself in Stirchley Harborne or Moseley on an on/off day like today or settle on the limited fayre in the park at the Mac

Yes saw him bowl a few times 2023 and 2024 at Portland Road for the u18s mainly. Think he's from Stoke. Looked decent for his age

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