Same squad as the last game so no 100 rejects.

I'd expect OHD to start.

Winners play Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens on Sunday.
If Glamorgan win, they’ll be dancing in the streets of Splott.

We will do well to win with the batting resources we have left. Maybe Zen Malik will announce himself on the big stage.
The whole farce with the franchise cricket continues. We cannot get Hain back from Team Trent yet they allow Hampshire to field John Turner in their quarter final.

I'm not sure what's up with Hain. He hasn't played the last couple of games and I heard a rumour he did a hammy. But I can't source said rumour now.

KingofSpain wrote:

We will do well to win with the batting resources we have left. Maybe Zen Malik will announce himself on the big stage.
The whole farce with the franchise cricket continues. We cannot get Hain back from Team Trent yet they allow Hampshire to field John Turner in their quarter final.

Davies, Ali, Mousely, Bethel, Gleeson, Briggs, Hain, Woakes (Would have been in Phoenix squad if not for Tests) are players we have not had a chance to pick and take away 2 more from the Lions side (Don't get me started on players who we have missed because of this stupid fixture) and you can see why a lot of us are not confident about a win tomorrow. No wonder Glamorgan have done so well, no one really wants to pick from their player pool. The ECB really do not like 50 overs games or county cricket for that matter.

paulbear wrote:

Davies, Ali, Mousely, Bethel, Gleeson, Briggs, Hain, Woakes (Would have been in Phoenix squad if not for Tests) are players we have not had a chance to pick and take away 2 more from the Lions side (Don't get me started on players who we have missed because of this stupid fixture) and you can see why a lot of us are not confident about a win tomorrow. No wonder Glamorgan have done so well, no one really wants to pick from their player pool. The ECB really do not like 50 overs games or county cricket for that matter.

And Garton too.

KingofSpain wrote:

We will do well to win with the batting resources we have left. Maybe Zen Malik will announce himself on the big stage.
The whole farce with the franchise cricket continues. We cannot get Hain back from Team Trent yet they allow Hampshire to field John Turner in their quarter final.

Zen Malik got a shocking decision in the last game, hopefully today he gets going. Wonder who OHD comes in for...

It just seems unfair that an already depleted line up has had another 2 batsmen taken out of it, Yates handy as another spin option as well.

The most key game of the tournament as well, it stinks.

Won the toss and bowling first

Barnard*
Rhodes
Burgess+
Benjamin
Smith
Malik
Lintott
Booth
Wylie
OHD
Rae

It's farcical that Worcestershire can play Hose who has been in the 100 this week and yet we can't or maybe have chosen not to use Hain (or Garton, Gleeson).

Sam Hain and Garton are injured aren't they? Think Gleeson is on a T20 only deal.

Worcestershire top 6/7 looks fairly strong even with the players missing through injury. Although it's mainly bowlers they have injured. They've done really well to get this far. The 2 youngsters, Home and Darley have been impressive, Home is pacy. Once I again I find myself asking why can't we bring them through like that?

9 gone, lots of balls skimming past the bat but also not lots of runs conceded so pretty even.

We could do with a wicket though before the RR starts going up

And there we go.........a bit high?

Need Taylor out else we might be chasing 300

We are going to struggle to chase this down

All depends how Barnard Rhodes Burgess and Benjamin bat really. The rest are kids or bowlers.

Let's try and avoid another white ball knockout stage collapse.

Bad news: I reckon that's 30 - 40 too many.
Good news: I'm a lousy judge.

Ha. I'm minded to agree at 14/2. With Wylie and Malik gone though, it does align with the sentiment that the two keepers Barnard and Rhodes need to do the work.