Westwood’s an obvious step up on Robinson, we've atleast shown a bit of fight in a lot more games and taken some games a lot deeper. He's also a bit more open to giving younger players some game time. Deserves a full pre season. Like Highveld has said, he wasn't til 7 or 8 weeks before the first game.

Big picture we haven't had the bowling attack to compete game in game out. Next season with Thompson, more Gilchrist, some Keith Barker and maybe a bit of Woakes hopefully that improves.

Lewis McManus is captaining/keeping/opening for Northants, it's becoming the latest 'thing'!

Highveld wrote:

Young is an opener, Mousley and Malik have opened at 2nd team Level, Bethel has opened in International cricket (U19), I think Kai may have too when he played for UAE.

Also, were we not told when Davies originally signed his hands had long term injuries that prevented him keeping in red ball games?

This is what Alex Davies and Glen Chapple fell out over apparently. England wanted to call up AD to it's white ball squads as keeper/batter in 2021, GC informed Eng that AD's fingers were knackered and he couldn't keep. AD disagreed. John Simpson got the call up instead. AD signed with us for 2022.

I don't understand why Will Young didn't open in this game and Davies, if he must keep, not drop down to 5/6.

GerryShedd wrote:

Andy wrote:

OHD so broken by it all he can't even bring himself to play today!

I don't want to pile in on OHD too strongly because I know he has to represent the views of his members. But his own season's workload has hardly been burdensome. He has played ten four day games plus six one dayers and one t20 (max 47 days). He has bowled 334 overs in the season. Taking a year from the past at random - say, 1951 when Warwickshire won the Championship - Derek Shackleton of Hampshire, a bowler of fairly similar pace to OH-D, played 31 three day matches (max 93 days) and bowled 1171 overs.
Quite a difference!

Thing is OHD has played for Harborne CC about 6 times this season on Saturdays, but yet he's out here saying he and his members are playing too much county cricket and they need more rest and recovery time? He's give himself 6 extra days of cricket this year. Lovely lad but he might not be the brightest...

That last little mini session was all a bit predictable. Notts rampant.

Yes, good team. They only won 2 games last season, quite the turnaround. Feel like Hameed always scores big runs against us.

LeicesterExile wrote:

Plus Woakes comes across as someone who does not think they play too much cricket which might be an example to young ones coming through.

I love the lad but he literally did an interview early this season backing the calls for a reduced county cricket schedule.

Jack Haynes didn't like that decision then...

GerryShedd wrote:

Considering his heroism in batting with his shoulder dislocated and his arm in a sling plus his overall record for England, I think that Chris Woakes deserved better than to be on the receiving end of Rob Key's dismissive remarks. As I understand it, he really needed an operation on his shoulder in order to have a permanent solution; but he opted for physio and other treatment specifically to try to be fit for the Ashes. If he hasn't recovered enough to be fit for the Ashes, that's a shame. But I don't think Rob Key needed to say publicly that he wasn't in England's future plans. He could have said it privately and Chris might then have opted to announce his retirement from international cricket and gone with dignity.

By the way, George Dobell says that Chris might go back to county cricket or go down the franchise route; but he says that: "it is, perhaps, more likely that he moves into coaching and the media."

Yes he's obviously losing his central contract and I think he's out of contract with us so this may see him retire completely. I hope not though, I'd love to see him do another season with us.

When watching/listening to Rob Key doing this interview I don't think he came across very well at all, almost laughing at one point. Crass.

Irrespective of the conditions (they were tough to be fair) you can't be 240/5 with half hour to go in the day and end up getting bundled out for 256 in 20mins, new ball or not. Did all the hard work, Yates and Young initially, then Barnard and Mousley (deserved a ton), then the tail come in and bat like that. Infuriating!

Rob Key has essentially said today he won't be playing for England again.

Gutted for Mousley :(

CC being played during the Hundred will happen at some point.

OHD so broken by it all he can't even bring himself to play today!

Jimmy White's grandson making his FC debut for Surrey today...

Batting at 10.30am against a rampant Notts side gunning for the title? I'm normally pretty positive but this is gonna be tough.

Yes they've released 5 today. Sussex supporters seem particularly disappointed about the release of Lenham. Farbrace is ruthless, but he doesn't always get this sort of right. I suppose the emergence of James Coles as a genuine spin option who bats in the top 5 has harmed the prospects of both Lenham and Foreman (also released).

Hi,

A friend of mine, Warwickshire member, has been to trying to join this forum for a while but whenever he tries to register he gets kicked out which the message "not a member yet?"

How can I help/advise him?