Game is on at Cheltenham College. Must be 25 years since we last went and contemplating a visit. Can anyone tell me whether you can take your own chairs in? I know I can phone Glos but I suspect there's real life experience to be drawn on here! 😉

I think it might be best to ask them because I think what has and hasn't been allowed has been affected by COVID. It certainly used to be the case that you could take your own chairs.

Is this game sold out?

The Gloucestershire site isn't particularly user-friendly but I did eventually find an option to buy tickets so I assume it isn't sold out.

Yeah eventually found it, cheers. Is there a way of getting a ticket without having to give my mobile number and home address...

I guess you could ring the ticketing office on 0117 910 8000, whilst blocking your number, and see what they will do over the phone. Or take the chance of turning up on the day and handing your cash over.

I'll ring em tomorrow. Its transpired I ain't working Tuesday so I'm gonna hopefully get a ticket and go.

Here's my colleague Graham Smith's preview of the match:
https://deepextracover.com/2022/08/royal-london-one-day-cup-group-a-gloucestershire-v-warwickshire-at-cheltenham/

Interesting that OHD played no part against Cheshire, I thought he might want a white ball run out after being part of the T20 outcast group.

I hope he gets to play a bit and they rotate him, Miles and Norwell, so the likes of Garrett, Simmons and Johal get plenty of overs, and the senior players are managed for September.

Also, I know it was only Cheshire, but watching Burgess’ innings highlights on Twitter today and knowing his championship form, it makes his exclusion from the T20 side even more confusing.

Confusing, that sums up a lot of the team selection this season.

Preview from the Gloucestershire perspective here:
https://www.gloscricket.co.uk/news/match-preview-glos-v-warwickshire-royal-london-cup-1/

https://www.gloscricket.co.uk/news/match-preview-glos-v-warwickshire-royal-london-cup/

Spectator information from Gloucestershire

Also Warwickshires previes

https://edgbaston.com/fixtures/first-xi/gloucestershire-vs-warwickshire-2-august-2022/

Cheers

Live Scores link

https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#m9d803164-f557-4b7e-8712-37d5ef97f0ce

I'm disappointed that Sibley has been picked. He's leaving at the end of the season anyway and we know his white ball game isn't the best. Commentator just said one century in 22 games and no other scores above fifty.

What's the point when we have so many potential younger options? Really feel we've wasted a lot of the young talent this season.

Edit - didn't realise Mousley had been picked for The Hundred and thought we had just not selected him so maybe not as many options as I thought! But I'd have probably still picked another young bowler (Johal) as there are enough batsmen in this lineup.

Perhaps Sibley is being picked to try and get some form for later in the season in a bid to avoid relegation?

It’s good to see Yates make a score, I hope this competition does likewise and helps him recover from his struggles earlier on.

Perhaps! And he's just got his second fifty in 22 so maybe i'll be made to eat my words.

Would love Yates to go on and get a hundred.

The third player who you would probably put in the same category is Lamb who can hopefully also recover earlier season form.

Mikkyk - we will blame you for Tates getting the Australian Unlucky number!!! Great opening partnership though and should be used when the CC resumes

Yates has certainly struggled this season and was rightly dropped. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing if players who are struggling are backed and shown belief in.

Eventually a decision was made to take him out of the firing line, perhaps a game or two too late but there we are. If he can rediscover the form shown last year then that would definitely be beneficial in our battle to stay in the division.

I don’t believe jumping on the back of a player, certainly a youngster, constantly is productive. You never know…he may even read this forum. Lots of our players have been poor this year, lots of questions get raised because of that. However I won’t stop hoping that the change in fortune is just around the corner.

Just watched the last hour, great win, glad we are putting out a strong side unlike last year and what a lovely ground to watch cricket. Hope those that went had a good day.