This is why we can't have nice things.

Carlos has covid

I see Hain's been roped into this rubbish now. Replacement player for somebody.

Same squad, we go again.

Can we do the quadruple over Notts?!

Agreed. Terrific news that he's signed an extension, bad news about the injury. He'll be back though, so much potential and he has an insatiable will to win.

We'd be crazy to give up on Kelley at aged 18, wouldn't hurt to give him another year or 2 to see how he develops. He's not been playing or keeping because he's been injured.

Bit of a let down? Na, always good to give Yorkshire a doing.

That was so easy it was scarcely believable. All done and dusted in under 2 hours!

Pleased to see us go back of a length up front and nick a couple off with them fending off the back foot. It's aggressive tactics and they work on pitches like this, other sides have been doing it to us. Good in the field again, Lamb's catch was particularly good, it was always going away from him, his fielding has really improved. Couldn't imagine anybody but Michael Burgess behind the stumps for us these days. Pleased for Hose, he needed that, he kept his shape better tonight.

Back on track, we're good again, crisis over!

Big game this, hoping for a performance.

Yeah that's fair. I think we've had moments go against us in both games, we've also created our own problems at times. I maintain that Ben Raine catch was a total 1 in a million catch though. And at a really crucial time.

It's all subjective but I think we bowled so poorly up front against Derby that realistically the game was gone before the PP was even over. We had a glimmer when we got them 5 down but it was all too brief.

Against Durham we bowled really well up front, bowled to a plan of having a man out on the hook and it worked. I liked our aggression. However at the death we were appalling, I haven't tried to defend that at all in my post further up or call it unlucky. To ship 20 runs when bowling at numbers 9 and 10 is unforgivable.

Good info, thanks. Fingers crossed its not as bad as rumoured.

OK I'll spell it out...Im referring to the overseas players we sign specifically for the T20 comp.

Alex Thomson would be no use, it would be like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Lintott will come straight back in. However I'm not sure he's necessarily the answer on these hybrid pitches at Edgbaston. It's clear from the games against Derby and Durham that extra pace is key on that deck right now. Scrimshaw, McKerr, van Beek, Stokes, Potts are all sharp enough and it's showed up to good effect. Pace on, back of length, hurry the batsmen. Look at Hain's 2 most recent dismissals, forcing off the back foot.

Miles was our quickest the past 2 games I'd say, and he ain't as quick as any of those I've listed.

Spinners have generally bowled from the City End. If Lintott bowls from that end his stock delivery will be turning it in to the right handed batsmen, into the short boundary.

Yorks and Notts are stacked with right handers, Kohler Cadmore, Brook (in form), Root, Hales, Joe Clarke, Mullaney, Patel etc.

We've got match up problems.

We are absolutely crying out for H. Brookes here. Is he close to being available yet?

Stone and Woakes would be ideal but they'd be ideal for any team anywhere!

Everyone's talking about dropping batsmen etc but how the hell did Durham get up to 164?! Example, Miles (I don't mean to pick on him this is just an isolated example) had 3 blokes on the leg side boundary for that last ball with mid off up, Eckersly on strike. Has to be a short ball, field is set for it. Bowls a slot ball, batsman goes over long off for 6. I mean come on, we've stopped doing the basics. 20 off that last over.

We're not having any luck either. That Ben Raine catch was outrageous just as Lamb looked like he was on the move for us after hitting Stokes, and previously Raine, for 6. He won't catch one like that again.

I still think we'll qualify for the quarters.

There is a case for moving Hose down the order, I'm keeping Lamb in though.

Re. Brathwaite. He's been a pretty average cricketer for a while now.

Conway, Glenn Phillips, Finn Allen etc were all available at the time when we signed him.

I maintain we haven't had a properly good overseas in T20 since Shoaib Malik in 2014.

Didn't realise Curran had so few wickets.

To be fair to Jordan that's probably not a bad economy rate considering he bowls exclusively in the PP and in the death overs.

Cheers Malc.

Hello,

Is anyone able to settle a debate...

Are visiting members entitled to access into the Lords Pavilion area during County Championship matches?

I believe as a Warwickshire member you would be able to do this in a Middlesex v Warwickshire 4 day match as long you adhere to all the relevant dress codes.

Can anybody clarify?

OHD throughout 2014 to 2017 was quite a big part of the white ball sides.

Hope H Brookes is back soon.

That was all just bizarre regarding them students. Heard a couple of people (genuine cricket fans) got hurt from things being thrown too which is terrible.

If the club are gonna continue to peddle this 'FORTRESS EDGBASTON' moniker though and show videos on social media of beer snakes and people all dressed up getting lairy at Test matches, other people are gonna wanna come down and do the same as they think it's fair game...they've created a bit of a monster.

The game, it's incredible we even got 167. Literally only Pollock, Lamb, Burgess and Brez got any runs. Derbyshire's extra pace was a key difference, they fielded very well. So did we though. I do worry about Brez with the ball in this format, he's hittable these days. I said this at the start of the comp. Don't think we'll see Norwell again in this format, bowls both sides of the wicket. We're missing H. Brookes on those type of pitches.

Thought we'd pulled it out the fire when we got them 5 down!

I still enjoyed it.

Some great info on here, thanks all.