Strong today. 4 guys making half centuries, can't be bad. We've batted well this tournament. Mousley looks a class above in those situations. Lamb's 6 over extra cover off Kerrigan was sublime (an 'Ian Bell'), professional rebuild from Rhodes and Burgess when the ball was nipping about early on. Nice to see Bulpitt and Johal weigh in with some top order wickets.

Potentially a very curious situation coming up here re. Benjamin, is it possible he could go 'freelance' and try and play in the T20 leagues around the world? He seems made for it.

Garrett out? Weather rubbish?

He might come in for Carver...

Yorkshire away on Tuesday at York Cricket Club.

Same team? I note Dan Mousley played for Berkswell this weekend...

Has anyone ever been York Cricket Club before? What's it like? I remember we won the 4 day game there in 2019.

GerryShedd wrote:

I agree that George has gone a bit over the top on this one.
I suppose that there is a case for saying that Warwickshire have been so hit by injuries that they are closer to fielding a second team than most other counties. It's worth speculating how many of the following would have been in the team if fit and available for the Leicestershire game:
Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Henry Brookes, Sam Hain, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Jake Lintott, Craig Miles, Liam Norwell, Dom Sibley, Olly Stone, Adam Hose - plus maybe Pieter Malan as an overseas star.

Sidey injured, Mousley injured, Woakes injured. We're doing incredibly well under the circumstances.

Highlighting Bulpitt and Carver like that felt a bit cruel. Cricketers have been signed on short term deals before. Hell, Surrey had Kyle Jamieson on a 3 week deal earlier this season, no one questioned that.

He's made a remark about Arron Lilley batting at 6...he was good enough to bat at 3 and make 99* against Yorkshire in the Blast a few weeks ago. Would suggest he isn't a bad batsman...

Compare George's article to Nick Friends write up in the The Cricketer on the Essex v Worcester game yesterday.

I really, really, really like and value George Dobell's work, he properly stands up for and champions county cricket, its much appreciated, which makes the most recent piece even more baffling.

Agreed. I've been pleasantly surprised by how strong the sides which many counties have put out in this comp. It's way, way higher standard than 2nd XI cricket. To even suggest it perhaps shouldn't have List A status is completely over the top. The crowds at Taunton and Cloud FM County ground have been fantastic, sell outs almost.

Article reads like Dobell has made his mind up on the RLC after seeing just one game. Disappointing.

Read that last night, thought it was harsh.

Fantastic win. Great character and heart, we hung on in there, took the game deep and Leicestershire wilted. Fantastic innings, match winning innings, from Matt Lamb, he took charge there and played the spin well. Enterprising little innings from E. Brookes too, that 6 over extra cover had to be seen to be believed.

Rhodes bowled 10 overs unchanged right through til the death, think the others were inspired by it and went with him.

They will take so much from today. So much belief.

Brilliant innings from Lamb particularly when you consider wickets fell all around him early on.

Same squad

We're off the mark.

Same team?

Yes they all bowled well in tandem.

We've used 27 overs of spin.

Might come in for Kiel vV?

Yes there was more to the Keith Barker situation than met the eye so to speak. Moving on...

Back at it tomorrow. Same XI? Weather worries?

Hain was a 'Wildcard' pick for the Hundred. I note he's not even featured for his Hundred ball team yet which just adds to the frustration.

Yes at the time I thought it was clean. That still shot of him on the rope is damning though. The match turned on that.

I think until we can get a couple of our injured guys back (Mousley must be close? He helps) we're just gonna have to put this down to experience. Very strong Notts team today even with the players they have missing due to the Blundred.

Yates excellent, he always looks booked in. Rhodes (straight) and Lamb (over extra cover) played some pleasing strokes. Johal showed some promise with the ball. Rhodes got his yorker in at the death.

What did we think to Slaters catch for Rhodes dismissal?!