This one is being shown on Sky.

Bears won the toss and elected to bat.

Barnard comes in for injured Hain.

Hain is “a little sore” so hopefully not too serious.

Strong start by the Bears openers much to the annoyance of bearsfans.org.uk

This is the Moeen we thought we were getting. Where’s he been all this time?

Andy wrote:

Strong start by the Bears openers much to the annoyance of bearsfans.org.uk
Don't be ridiculous.

And there goes Benjamin. Rubbish again.

Opportunity for Benjamin

Not only was it a poor innings from Benjamin, it's really stalled momentum in our innings

3 from 7 balls when we were going along at more than 10 RPO before that is quite impressive

It's clear for all to see that Benjamin has no confidence whatsoever, why on earth are they putting the poor bloke through it every week? It's become embarrassing. And how do they justify putting him ahead of Bethell & Barnard in the order?

He's there for such a short time it makes no difference where he bats

Moeen's innings has been superb, now that was a good decision to have him open the batting!

100 (54) for Mo but no one else seems to be able to time it like he has tonight.

He looks so much better opening the batting than coming in in the middle order, I seem to recall that he used to open for Worcestershire as well.

He definitely opened for Worcestershire.
I remember him hitting a tonne in a quarter final against Sussex I think it was.

Gloucestershire at home in the quarter final, then.

Man for man we’re definitely stronger.
But De Lange is a top bowler when on form.
They’ve also got a couple of very dangerous batsmen who can score heavily.

If we play our best team, and if our players play to their ability, I’d be confident of beating Gloucs.

Should be a good atmosphere too, Bristol isn’t far down the M5, the top of Gloucestershire is no more than an hour away. So expect they’ll bring some fans.

Best outcome from the evening possible for Warwickshire. If we had to play Essex I'm convinced they would lose to them.

Interesting to note Lancs now have to travel after losing to Northants and Durham snuck in, so little harsh for Leics.

I was interested to see those proposed XIs on the Northants feed. Agree with the ones without OHD and Burgess in them. The former I don't think is a T20 player anymore, too predictable, and Burgess just hasn't played T20 for so long now I don't think he could make an instant impact. Which he would need to do in a quarter final.
BristolBear wrote:

Man for man we’re definitely stronger.
But De Lange is a top bowler when on form.
They’ve also got a couple of very dangerous batsmen who can score heavily.

If we play our best team, and if our players play to their ability, I’d be confident of beating Gloucs.

Should be a good atmosphere too, Bristol isn’t far down the M5, the top of Gloucestershire is no more than an hour away. So expect they’ll bring some fans.

We won more games than any other team in the comp and also have the top run scorer and top wicket taker.