Immense

Ethan Brookes that is outstanding.

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?

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

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...

First place the late night final would get delivered too was the paper shop at Sir Harry's.

Haven't said we shouldn't be using outgrounds, if you look back through my posts I've been very consistent on this for quite a while. Just think 3 out of the 4 ODC games at Rugby School was too much. Mark Robinson even alluded to it himself before the Surrey game when he admitted we were conceding some home advantage. I feel 1 ODC game during the school holidays at Rugby School would be agreeable and then maybe a 4day game in May/June at a club ground would be better. Nuneaton or Cov would be great, we've played there before, would be a nod to our history.

Terrible anti Birmingham rhetoric in here though (I'm not Birmingham based anymore by the way, Lichfield now), must have been exhausting for you for so long. The Birmingham based members are the ones who attend the games regularly, yes they have the advantages of locality, but they are the ones attending through thick and thin. To them call them entitled is out of order.

To reiterate, very much in favour of outgrounds, also hugely in favour of Edgbaston Cricket Ground. Its a brilliant place and we've witnessed many incredible moments, tremendous support from Birmingham City Council added in, which makes the anti Birmingham vibe in here such a shame.

BosworthBear wrote:

Well at the very least the Brummie contingent now appreciate the trek the rest of us have to make every time to get to Edgbaston (on the western edge of the county) to support our county now!

It was always very much appreciated, keep up the good work and dont be late Friday, i trust you'll be there...

Hope you've enjoyed the County Championship wins, Sunday League title wins, record breaking innings/partnerships, memorable victories, iconic Test matches, incredible World Cup matches and T20 Finals Days we've had at Edgbaston down the years. The home of Warwickshire County Cricket Club.

I'm sorry Edgbaston Cricket Ground and Birmingham is such a chore for you.

Roll on Friday. You Bears!

mad wrote:

Pleased with the home tie on a personal level but it doesn't half sum up the absolute state the ECB has led the game to. Worcestershire one of those counties that last few seasons are shorn of and therefore need multiple days cricket to host in summer and a Lions v Sri Lanka game will have attracted maybe a couple of hundred to go and watch it. A plum semi-final against their local rivals will have had a fair few hundred more and they've been denied this. The game has and continues to be driven into the gutter by ECB shortsightedness

Yep farce isn't it.

We're very lucky to be at home. Robbo said at the start of the comp it was great to have these games at Rugby but we are conceding some home advantage...and so it transpired. I must stress, I was all in favour of using an outground and I still am, some outgrounds are good, but 3 out of the 4 ODC home games all at Rugby School was just too much. People may complain about the pitches at Edgbaston but these pitches haven't exactly been great have they? Having said this I feel it would have been better and fairer to have had 2 of the games away from Edgbaston, 1 at Rugby School and another elsewhere at Nuneaton or Leamington or wherever. Rugby School is closer to Grace Road than it is Edgbaston, to be expected to trek over there 3 times in the space of 2 weeks was ridiculous.

The once a yearers and the casuals all had a great day though...

puts and helmet and body armour

Really, is that confirmed?

Could get bundled out here

Umpires at it again I see...

Batting first on what feels like a bowl first day on a pitch where nobody seems to know what a good score is. And we have a particularly weakened batting line up. Wish we'd have won this toss.

I think this is a decent move. He did well against the odds, some of the comment about him was a bit mean (Dobell criticised the signing without ever having seen him play), he showed good pace and gave us something a bit different. Absolute unit.

I said back in June I was slightly surprised he didn't get a go in the Blast as he showed some good one day skills in the game up at Lancs when we had them on the ropes before the rain shafted us.

BosworthBear wrote:

Andy wrote:

I'm desperate for us to finish 1st or 2nd (ideally 1st, of course) so we get another game at Edgbaston to make up a bit for having to have 3 games at Rugby School. It's like having extra away games.

Really fed up of these utterly predictable comments! So annoying!

Fed up at me wanting us to play at home in the knockouts?

I'm desperate for us to finish 1st or 2nd (ideally 1st, of course) so we get another game at Edgbaston to make up a bit for having to have 3 games at Rugby School. It's like having extra away games.

BristolBear wrote:

They did bowl well. But just looking at the wickets and when they fall, for both teams. It’s definitely a case of you can’t trust the pace of the wicket. Mostly when batsmen seem to try and play a more aggressive shot or try force the ball into a gap, they get the timing slightly wrong.
And that’s exactly what you’d expect for a wicket used twice, a bit tired, not as much pace, a bit dry too.

No I agree, this is a pudding pitch.

And whilst praising the opposition isn't necessarily the done thing on here, they did bowl very well.

I think Yorkshire chose to field first because they had no idea what a good score would be.

Not a lot of bounce in this pitch...