Points deduction for a shocking pitch

This is proper Jamaica 1998 stuff, look at that ball Davies got, that ain't normal!

Needs better planning - but Nuneaton, Stratford, Kenilworth, Cov and North Warwicks, Rugby would all do the job and actually fulfil the function the Club is supposed to (its in the constitution) to take games around the County.

Unfortunately we've become too short sighted and obsessed with Edgbaston including branding.

And Stratford certainly didn't cost a fortune because controversially it was underwritten by the Warwickshire taxpayer.

In the days when Griff and Coton held an annual fixture it always had Warwickshire's highest attendance of the season - which used to be listed in the Annual Report.

Not good enough if all that you have to do is win the toss to win the game, for either team

If we bowl our way back into it we are likely to be docked points - Catch 22.

BosworthBear wrote:

If we bowl our way back into it we are likely to be docked points - Catch 22.

And I'd suggest we deserve it

Can't disagree.

What an opportunity this would have been to have played the game around the county with a decent crowd!

BosworthBear wrote:

Needs better planning - but Nuneaton, Stratford, Kenilworth, Cov and North Warwicks, Rugby would all do the job and actually fulfil the function the Club is supposed to (its in the constitution) to take games around the County.

Unfortunately we've become too short sighted and obsessed with Edgbaston including branding.

And Stratford certainly didn't cost a fortune because controversially it was underwritten by the Warwickshire taxpayer.

In the days when Griff and Coton held an annual fixture it always had Warwickshire's highest attendance of the season - which used to be listed in the Annual Report.

Completely agree either you BB. The Club has been shocking in its use of 'Out of Town' grounds in recent years. I think the odd Limited Overs game at Rugby School is all we've had.

I remember going to many matches in Cov (Courtaulds and Cov & N Warwicks) and Nuneaton - and as you say, Griff & Coton was a wonderfully well attended game. Happy days, but there is no reason not to have some matches around the COUNTY - even if it is just the 50 Over competition. Personally, I'd love at least one CC game out of Brum - Middlesex, Surrey, Lancashire and Yorkshire all seem to manage it.

This surely isn’t points deduction-worthy, given what some other grounds have got away with in the past. Not good though

Exiled Bear wrote:

This surely isn’t points deduction-worthy, given what some other grounds have got away with in the past. Not good though

Not at this stage. But say we bowl them out for 70 now with Hannon Dalby having a stormer. What would they do if 20 wickets fall in one day? That's why I think its Catch 22.

Is it only points deduction worthy if its considered dangerous? I'm not sure.

Andy wrote:

Is it only points deduction worthy if its considered dangerous? I'm not sure.

In 2019

Following an investigation Somerset were charged with a breach of the regulation which requires that: “Each county shall actively seek to prepare the best quality cricket pitch that it can for the match that it is staging.”

Somerset accepted a pitch rating of “poor” was correct but pleaded not guilty to a second element of the charge that the Taunton surface “was not the best quality pitch that Somerset was able to prepare for the match”.

A lot of pressure accommodating the wretched Hundred competition. This also caused the Ashes series being condensed into just over 6 weeks which is downright ridiculous. However, 60 all out is a disgrace.

That looks a bad one on their batsmen Davies...........nicked it down the leg side and went to walk off but the umpire never gave it so he stood. Poor from him and the umpire if as suspected he got something on that.

BBC live text said he was also clearly run out earlier and not given.

A fair few lives for him by the seems

Simpson looked hard done by there on the replay........seemed to be a clear gap between bat & ball. Makes up for Davies, there is some poor umpiring on the county circuit

It doesn't seem to matter who we play at the moment, or what the game context is, but we struggle to get out their lower-middle order!

Enjoying some quality batting

Shame it's the other side.

One the subject of outgrounds, Rugby School has zero facilities for spectators, Nuneaton has even less facilities, the outfield at Stratford is not fit for first class or list a cricket and facilities and Cov & NW are not good.

Sadly there isn't a club, or school ground in the county that would be suitable to host a first class or list a game.

Highveld wrote:

One the subject of outgrounds, Rugby School has zero facilities for spectators, Nuneaton has even less facilities, the outfield at Stratford is not fit for first class or list a cricket and facilities and Cov & NW are not good.

Sadly there isn't a club, or school ground in the county that would be suitable to host a first class or list a game.

Maybe the club should invest some money in bringing one of them up to scratch