172* today

The day he scored that very slow ton against Lancs and Jimmy Anderson etc was the same day we announced Will Rhodes had signed from Yorkshire. Rhodes has been superb overall to be fair but a sliding doors moment perhaps...

Imagine Umeed now with 4 years first class experience under his belt and the right age to go on to vice captain or even captain

Andy wrote:

Kent and Lancashire both declined to use their Hundred players when they became available for last year's final. I think?

I think anyone who hasn't played in the groups shouldn't play the knockouts.

Kent made a big thing of it. Lancs said they'd pick their strongest available side. From.the Cricinfo report of the 2022 Final

Kent omitted their septet as a deliberate show of faith to those who had taken them to the final. Lancashire had no such compunction, but lost three to England, Liam Livingstone to injury and omitted their spinners Matt Parkinson and Tom Hartley.

A good win. Final versus Somerset at Kibworth in a couple of weeks the same Sunday the first team resume their Championship season at Surrey.

Kibworth appears to have two pitches so hosting the final and the 3rd versus 4th game simultaneously

What a great format they've landed on too. A fortnight of this and put the rest of the season back together again properly would suit down to a tee and definitely piss all over the 'variant format' the ECB came up with

At minimal cost Warwickshire could set something up at one or two grounds that would provide the basis for such an event being staged at some point in the future. Much as Portland Road works for me as it means I can get to see 2nds, age group and women's games it just isn't suitable for spectating. It is a training facility. That's where Edgbaston rightly or wrongly have ploughed much of that extraneous investment into over the last 6-7 years. It will take a complete change of approach and direction (alongside a recognition that Portland Road will never be able to stage a professional match, and neither will Moseley with its short boundaries despite having lots of space for parking/marquee's and two hybrid pitches and improved drainage) from the club and will need a staff member on the admin side tasked with facilitating this/work with a couple of candidate grounds to help bring them up to speed/overcome any challenges or barriers like the ones mentioned above. Then opt for one ground to stage perhaps two of these 50 over matches in 2024 and using anything learned from that experience try to stage a Championship match in 2025

Good to see the under 18's complete a 50-overs double over Ireland under 19's yesterday and today. Theo Wylie stood out today on a spinning track taking seven wickets as the Irish slumped after a strong start against the seamers Rory Haydon and Sam Atkinson. Earlier Daniyal Khan had top scored with 70 for the Bears.

They have a semi final up at Chester-le-Street this coming Sunday after winning their quarter final hosted by Barnt Green last Sunday in unusual circumstances (owing to damage to the pitch caused by a stray cricket ball in the warm up slipping beneath the heavy roller in operation one end was deemed unfit for left handers so it was decided after a quick phone call to Lord's that all overs had to be bowled from a single end in order to complete the tie)

Warks under 18's next home 3-day game is versus Northants starting next Tuesday

Point is they can't be bothered to;
a) Work with the host club or host league put some seating out and encourage folks to bring their own fold up chairs
b) encourage people to use public transport and set aside some space for mobility impaired to park their cars
c) the club pays lip service to but clearly does not see a future for a county cricket club in all but the name - increasing reliance on Portland Road for the 2nds games demonstrates this

And yet for two seasons running now we've had Warwickshire send teams to club grounds to play a Warwickshire or Birmingham League select XI in a warm up game of sorts for the T20 and/or 50 overs comp.

Not all that difficult to transition from that to a full first class or List A fixture surely

Thought he did a good job and actually offered up fewer hit me balls than Lintott. His figures punctured by the wides that slipped past the keeper for four and being tucked off the pads that went to the boundary but still not too bad going at fives. He got his wicket after several deliveries tying the batter down and dragging him across in front of his stumps where he was plum in front perhaps a touch high but batter can't have too many complaints he missed the ball and he's got done. I'd say he's in with at least an outside chance of a first class game now particularly at home if the pitches are going to be like this. They'd probably go Lintott first but if Danny Briggs or Jacob pull up you wouldn't rule out Tazeem playing some role in one of these end of season (with very little riding on them) matches as opposed to going out and loaning someone in an emergency. Can actually see him being loaned out to a division two county next season a bit like Bethell was last year

I assume that pitch on the Pershore Rd side of the ground that was being prepared at tea time is for Friday/Sunday. I think it'll reduce Tazeem's chances of playing with that short boundary so maybe Johal comes in or Milo or is Norwell anywhere close?

Colchester is a public park. Hosted festival cricket for decades. Relative paupers in the county game Leicestershire have managed to host games at Oakham school and now Kibworth.

Tell spectators to bring their own deckchairs/brollys and have a supply of chairs for those who don't. I just don't think all the issues are insurmountable or the 'scary' looking cost figure should mean that the county club continues to retreat into it's (almost quite literal) Poveydome sized Brummagem bunker

Today's crowd would have looked quite spectacular at Rugby School or Swans Nest Lane Stratford. And surely the club could work with Rugby School to have a county fixture on during or just prior to or just after the 2 week schools festival taking advantage of all the facilities that are in situ - bit of co-ordination would overcome that particular challenge.

They can and should work to make it happen and get a game on somewhere north south or east of the county

Yes Notts is quite a large county North to South. A few of us went there on the train a few years back massive crowd Alex Hales basically did to us what Barnard and Yates did to Worcester the other day. Nice journey up there but had to be careful with bus/rail connections on the return leg although we were fine once we were in Nottingham.

I see Leicestershire are playing at a club ground in a dot of a village called Kibworth today

If that's feasible then perhaps somewhere like Berkswell is feasible for Warwickshire

Not everyone at Notts is best pleased. I guess having three games at outgrounds is pushing things just a bit too far in this current climate when home games are at such a premium particularly at the height of summer - a situation which is itself ridiculous as we all know

> I have spouted my usual diatribe on another NOTTS View thread!
Basically ref the “ home” and “away” debate -
A- a coach should be provided from TB to Welbeck each time a “ home” game is played THERE. If only 10/20/30 Members decide to use the service then so be it - but ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO
2- Welbeck do their best and should be congratulated . But ONE LIMITED OVERS GAME a season is enough . It’s too much to expect NOTTS Members to struggle to Welbeck three times in as many weeks.
3 - The HINDRED is doing just that ! Hindering the whole season one way and another. It just cannot be allowed to shape future playing seasons .
4- Trent Bridge cricket ground is known throughout the world . It’s madness for loyal and faithful fans to be directed to watch cricket in the middle of nowhere.(
More to come tomorrow after some careful thought!

From August 2020.
Absolutely fantastic news that Attock’s young leg spinner Tazeem Ali has been selected in the squad to play for Warwickshire 2nd XI today at the age of just 14. Definitely a player to keep your eye on, we wish him all the best this week playing at Edgbaston.

I think he bowled and fielded in several days of what was then this 3-day second eleven Championship match and may have played more than one match that season pity it was behind closed doors

He's come through the age groups alongside Hamza, Amir, George Maddy etc... from at least the under 12's

GerryShedd wrote:

I have just been looking at a report of the Notts home match at Welbeck today, in which Jamie Ramage says: "The ground on the outskirts of Mansfield has the feel of a traditional outground with banks around the boundary for spectators to get the best views of the action. Marquees with home-made cakes and a low-rise pavilion, it is the perfect setting for county cricket."
Pity we haven't got a Welbeck.

Old Hill has this banking but is rather hemmed in by its surrounds and we'd be playing in Staffordshire/Worcestershire technically depending on how far you go back. I like what they've done with Smethwick's ground over last few seasons really needed a lick of paint and some TLC and it's bigger than Old Hill but perhaps too close to Edgbaston to be considered an outground

The grounds with adequate space for parking and setting up large marquees are probably too far out of the way to be viable unless any suggestions can be made. South Warwickshire near Edge Hill and the border with Banburyshire there must be a nice setting but I'm not familiar with the grounds down there. Banbury CC itself is excellent but obvs outside the county

Was it on here someone mentioned OHD was about to sign for them?

Feel for Worcestershire tbf they ought to have a schedule which gives them some red ball cricket this month too. All that tea and cake going to waste

Either way the whinging from the Glamorgan fans is ridiculously funny

Sure if it had been the other way there'd have been a fuss at the time from certain Bears fans over it but FGS it was fine margins it wasn't like it was clear or obvious at all - which we have seen down Edgbaston from time to time - including players claiming the catch with their leg planted well beyond the rope

This is too close to the line for all this whinging from Glamorgan

Watched the catch again as Glamorgan have tweeted 3 angles of it and am more convinced now that this flinch everyone is on about is Ethan hopping or sidestepping over the rope rather than onto it as he releases the ball back into the air very cleverly. An even more skilfull catch than I thought earlier

Good decision

There's also the inbetween. His foot was next to the rope but not on it. The blurry footage makes it look like his white boot is touching the rope when his foot might be lifted above the rope at that point.

Seen far worse than that over the years, players a yard over claiming catches in front of the Hollies stand

Bit snookered then on the outground front - as far as I'm aware there isn't anywhere suitable to host first class or 50 over matches within the county

The better pitches that I am aware of that have had a bit of investment are all tiny grounds or too close to Edgbaston to be considered an outground - Moseley, K&D, Portland Rd

North Warwickshire I'm less familiar with. Rugby School I thought was pretty decent when it was used

Great crowd at Worcester today too. Should be a decent crowd Sunday if the weather plays ball