Well we'll be in this scenario indefinitely for the 4 or 5 year or so then until we see zero Covid. Loads of people over the next few years are going to be in hospital with Covid, it's another virus that's come along. What happened in previous years when 10's of thousands died of the flu every winter? Nothing. Make it make sense.

Rename this the Covid Thread!

Praying for Scarborough away. If the season is still going...

Yates and Malan pumping their averages here.

OK 3 or 4 positive cases. Still daft. Don't happen in the workplace. Should be treated like any other virus now, we've been vaccinating since December. Enough.

Why, at this point, are squads having to all isolate if they have a positive case?!

BristolBear wrote:

I think he and Rashid are similar in regards to being more effective in white ball, but for different reasons.
Rashid lacks patience, he can’t bowl 3 or 4 overs on the same spot with his stock ball. He wants to try things.
I think Lintott lacks the control to do so, which is just part of being a wrist spinner, but you can get away with it more in whit ball because as you say, players can’t wait, they just go at everything.

This is spot on.

Re. Yates and Lamb. Them both getting a good bowl is great for their development. Yates has good control and bowls a really tight line. Lamb has less control but gets good dip and looked threatening enough to keep the batsmen on their toes.

The New Road pitch is strange, can be docile for hour after hour and then out of nowhere things can happen.

Re. the umpiring, there was a couple of odd decisions, Lamb's was iffy, looked like it may have been sliding down.

Nice to see us put up a total batting first, Malan and Sibley have been due and we had good contributions from Rhodes and Lamb, that was a good partnership this morning and allowed us to take control of the game.

I remember Matt Lamb making a ton for the 2's when he was about 14/15. Can't remember anyone that young doing it since until now. I could very well be wrong.

He's a medium pace swing bowler with a decent First Class record but hasn't bowled too much in limited overs. In CPL he'd often open the bowling but would rarely bowl his 4 overs, maybe just 2.

I feel Yates or Lamb miss out here. Maybe Pollock or Hose.

It's also game 10!!!

I think Bethell plays.

Reads to me like he's an addition as opposed to a replacement.

I just don't think England are very keen on Warwickshire players. Remember when they originally picked Rob Key etc over Bell initially. Look how long it took Woakes to get a proper go. Further back 1994 treble winning side, not one Warwickshire player made the Ashes tour that winter.

Now here we are again!

Hain's strike rate in T20 the past couple of years in around 140, thats elite.

Grafted against a good attack for 4/5 hours then lose 6 for 16. I'm more annoyed about this than i was Friday!

Them shots from Rhodes and particularly Lamb were so bad it was scarcely believable.

Inspection at half 4

Yes appears we're gonna look to go with Bethell, Mousley, Lamb and Yates as the spin options. It's a great opportunity for them.

Agreed, however he may well of being released at the end of the season anyway so it would have felt cruel to stand in his way of getting a new deal elsewhere now.

He did get his chances, however he was a touch limited with both bat and particularly ball. Despite this he could very well go on to have a decent county career still.

Game 9! Change the title, it will mess with my ocd otherwise!

Big game this. 4day games during the Blast group stage can throw up some wild passages of play and outcomes.

We owe Durham one. Agree that If we can win, or even just draw well, we have a real good chance of finishing in the top 2.

Yes Stokes available you'd think. Sibley available, Yates back.

Sibley
Rhodes
Yates
Malan
Hain
Burgess
Bresnan
Briggs
Miles
Norwell
OHD

Case for Malan missing out?! Lamb could well come in for Malan or a bowler (Brez?).

Joins Derbyshire permanently. Good luck Alex.