Shaikh looks like a nice player to watch
Really enjoying the competition this year, shame it's not a 12 game tournament and have 6 home games in the month of August.
18 counties plus Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland and could have three groups of seven
Shame it's all shoehorned into a 3 week window. I'd be far happier with one of these at home each fortnight spread through the season
For those who like the 50-over format most, having to wait 49 weeks every season just to see 3 weeks of it played must be infuriating. Isn't cricket season supposed to encompass April, May, June, July, August and September?
Should be a decent mix of the 3 formats throughout the season like we had throughout the 1990's and the 2000's.
Something for every taste in each month 2 leagues and 2 cups would sort it
I watched four overs of this at lunch and Yates and Barnard must have scored about 30 runs. Said then to myself, 330-340 would be a good score and should win us the game - which is where we are. Should we have got more? I see from the card both Kai Smith and Hamza were scoring at over 200 for 33 runs. Will they be dissapointed? Is it in their objectives to get more runs than that? It's definitely something to work on though I'm being too critical for now as they should be able to defend this. Rhodes' 44 off 44 I strangely am ambivalent about...
Hamza certainly did his job for the team. Overs running out get on with things. Not an easy surface to just play through the line.
Really should win from here been pleased by how well we take games by the scruff of the neck in this format so far this season.
You'd expect sterner tests to come but you just never know perhaps there aren't many strong sides in this format. Durham, perhaps Kent? Worcestershire?
Looks like the cynics being proved wrong about the outground.
Looks like its working on every level!
Yep good effort from Glamorgan this.
Club ground near a town centre (okay not exactly a honeypot - but within easy reach of the railway and local pubs and cafes)
Unfortunately the infrastucture at similar venues within our shire don't appear to be up to the same level so would involve some upgrades - should not rule the idea out though should be thoroughly explored. Stratford like I said in the other thread was superb I thought nearly 20 years ago now. 2 of these games there next season and then a Champo game the season after would be an idea
Game slipping away from us. Need some wickets and need them soon. Booth certainly got a hammering
Poor from us last 15 overs with the bat I thought
Instead of just playing normally we decided to go mad which ended up counter productive. I thought there was 350 plus on the cards had we just kept our nerve and had a go in the last 10.
Our seam bowling has been very 'samey' with only OHD being economical. Miles despite taking 2 wickets has bowled loosely for me once again.
I don’t think that was a catch by Brookes whatever commentators say.
Can understand why Glamorgan supporters annoyed.
The player always knows!
Terrific win and game.
That was like the heated exchanges in the 1990's towards the end there was a big rivalry between Dermot's sides and them lot
Looked a terrific catch by Ethan and a fabulous all round fielding display - Hamza shone magnificently you can see why they rate him as an all round cricketer
OHD & the improving Barnard with an excellent finish there.........Kellaway played well for them.
That did not look out to me with E Brookes catch on the boundary, definitely touched the rope prior to throwing it back in play but we will take that.
Good win and excellent to hold their nerve, that doesn't always happen. Is Hamza good in the field then? Excellent if so, so much potential if he's only 17.
Such a calm fielder but fielding unflustered at pace on a small ground. Perhaps the benefit of so much experience playing at Portland Road and that postage stamp of a ground at K&D
The fielding won us that. The fielding in the early part of the season (slips especially) in the championship was excellent and again now - these are all good signs for the club going forwards.
Can we win this sure we can. Batted first this time in the trickiest pitch conditions
A great advert for 50 over cricket and - dare I say it - out-ground cricket. A really good win, though I agree that the Brookes catch looked slightly doubtful.
Very borderline some you get take it when you do some you wouldn't
His foot is inside the rope its a good enough decision for me certainly nothing clear and obvious to overturn it
I thought he was fine. He was tremendous in the field again today and a good little cameo with the bat.
Didn't think much of Booth, is Garrett injured?
I'll say it again, great format of the game this is.
Remember when people wanted Ed Barnard dropped?!
Great crowd at Worcester today too. Should be a decent crowd Sunday if the weather plays ball
As mentioned in the other thread, the ground at Stratford is not fit for county cricket, after several major floods the outfield resembles a ploughed field.
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