Don't tell me Hain is injured, or is it "unavailable" ??
I feel this will be a draw resulting in relegation. The bowling attack lacks sufficient potency to take another 14 wickets with time running out. Would've been useful to have Stone, Woakes, and what happened to Siraj? Yadav recalled to international duty. What a poor deal to sign these two Indian bowlers, Siraj & Yadav, which is too heavily weighted in India's favour. Supposedly they signed for these last 3 crucial matches and ended up missing the majority, particularly Siraj who's absence at Gloucs has most likely relegated the Bears.
Bethell should be dropped. How stupid to not pick Burgess and Lamb for Gloucs. They should certainly return for this last game. Siraj should return, or will he be "unavailable" again? I'm sure he'd have made the difference at Gloucs and we'd most likely have won. Woakes not playing a single red ball game is annoying, and Olly Stone the same. Even Norwell has barely played and is injured yet again.
A real pity that Siraj didn't play in this game, for whatever strange reason. Still a couple more wickets and there's still hope......
Chris Benjamin was undefeated for Durham with 82. Of course, he hits form under proper management and coaching! The decision making at Warwickshire is a joke. Sack the lot!
67/7, pathetic. Bethell was deemed a better pick than Lamb and Burgess? He was like a rabbit in the headlights.
Bethell looks out of his depth. Played and missed several times....
36/4, Rhodes gone cheaply for 5. This is abysmal against the bottom team in the Division. They'll get their first win of the season.......now 36/5! Yadav gone for zero. The team is just swinging the bat....why?? Just no need.
17/3. Pathetic. Sibley, Yates and Hain all gone for very little. Absolute shambles. Division 2 beckons.....
Great, Sibley gone for a duck! 4/1. Lead by 23. This just gets worse.....
Brookes was reckless, why oh why??
However, Dom Sibley has just got his ton to take it to 251/8. A second valuable batting point.
We're going to miss Dom Sibley next season.....
Hain gone cheaply! It goes from bad to worse.....!
Pathetic from Davies, again! How is he playing in every game? Totally useless. To think, in an ideal world, it could've been a bowling attack of Woakes, Stone, Siraj and Norwell.....!
Hope he's not heading for the exit door....
I see Woakes and Stone are both in Pakistan with England. Just got themselves fit to play in the T20! A massive loss for the Bears, particularly Woakes who hasn't played a single game for Warwickshire's first team. Stone hasn't bowled a single ball in red ball cricket either. Norwell is also out of these crucial last two games with an elbow injury. He's barely featured in another injury hit campaign.
I'd like to see Ashley Giles return to sort out the mess the club is in. He rebuilt the team before after another DoC disaster, Mark Greatbatch wrecked things.
Just no sensible patience from Sibley and Davies. Literally given their wickets away. Somerset could still win this....
Somerset 51/2 with a lead of 74. Unless something dramatic happens, the best Warwickshire can hope for now is a draw. So slow now, 34 overs to score 53!
147/6. Yadav & Burgess (duck) both gone to Brooks. Looks bleak now......only Sam Hain showing any real class with his batting.
Yes, this team is unrecognisable from 12 months ago. Serious questions need to be asked of the management and selection of players. Davies is hopeless and has been most of the season. Why is Matt Lamb not playing given his respectable average this year? A shambles...