Both sides have their fair share of idiots in my opinion Paul. England at times have also acted incredibly entitled in this series, particularly Stokes, great player though he is. Woakes, heartbreaking to see him in pain like that. Like has been said previously, may well be the end for him in an England shirt, just hope it's not the end of him in a Bears shirt. Been an amazing, inspiring cricketer.

Yeah agreed

I remember the 40 over semi in 2010 at Scarborough. I have zero recall of us playing a T20 up there? Think 2009 we played up there in the CC.

Absolutely, I've been very consistent that. Not three out of the four home games though. 1 or 2 would have been agreeable.

Can't wait for tomorrow to watch us in a format I still really enjoy at one of my favourite away grounds to watch cricket, Scarborough.

Is to join Gloucestershire on loan for the One Day Cup.

If this the end of his Test career I desperately hope this isn't the end of him in a Bears shirt too.

Yep no more 4day cricket til September and like I said in the Worcestershire thread we'll have had no cricket at Edgbaston from July 25th til August 26th. That's just a disgrace.

This game. I've felt all season we've had different batters putting there hands up and contributing in different games at different times. Starting to show a bit of bench strength too with the the likes of Mousley and Jani coming in. Feels like we've got a decent bit of batting depth for the first time in a while.

Bizarre tactics from Essex on day 3 I thought, got us 7 down and then just let the game drift with the likes of Thain and Westley bowling. I was impressed with Jani's composure but goodness me there was a 30-45min period when he and Barnard were able to pick up some soft/easy runs and get us into safer waters. Was like Essex didn't truly believe they could win even if they got us following on.

Mousley, when you think back to when he did number 3 last season v Hampshire he did OK and now these last 2 games you'd say he's doing well and has responded well to the challenge. He should have atleast 1 ton to his name from the past 2 games though. When he hit Porter for them 2 straight drives when in the 60's you thought the ton was definitely on, i was aghast when he got out. But he has done well. If he continues to bat 3, he will get more opportunities naturally. What a shame he now goes to the Hundred as he always comes back looking totally out of sorts for the last month of the season.

Barnard an extremely solid, thoughtful and reliable cricketer who just doesn't make mistakes. Temptation to give him the captaincy next season must be huge. With the bat you just never feel like he's ever gonna be out of form for any kind of spell of more than 1 or 2 matches. Webster strikes as being the same.

Fair play to Bamber, struck me as a bit of a lower order hitter, i didn't think he had that sort of innings in him. That was a proper knock. Is batting coach Matt Walker starting to have a positive effect? Hmm maybe too early to tell.

The area to strengthen is very clearly the bowling. It's absolute cannon fodder. Said during the Sussex game that OHD is quietly having a pretty poor season, he's lost that bit of nip off the pitch that he used to get. Seems in his PCA role he's lobbying for less games, wouldn't mind seeing him lobby himself to get a few more wickets...

ODC time.

Yeah Davies didn't do too badly this afternoon. Is everyone OK?

Dan Mousley, please ton up tomorrow.

Jani is in

There's been a mistake, these averages include people's highest scores.

The younger lads here like Dandy, Nahal, Gekis and Taylor played for their clubs Saturday, for our u18's v Worcs yesterday and now this. Graft.

Is playing, and bowling, for Harborne CC against Berkswell CC in the Birmingham League today.

Probably the worst time wasn't it. You look back, the things you'd hear about him etc, he was a very flawed and unpleasant man. We had some exceptional cricketers too around that time, all very frustrating.

Well yes that is indeed the question, that's how discussions around team selections work id imagine.

Ah yes Greatbatch, who thought Ian Westwood had the greater potential than Ian Bell. Bad times.

Gus Atkinson was made available for Surrey last week Surrey but opted to put him in the 2's reasoning that as he'd not really played for much red ball cricket he'd be undercooked for County Championship level competition. Maybe we do the same with Bethell, he's hardly set the world alight in his Blast appearances nor when he played for us v Somerset this season?

Why are people talking as though there might be a chance Zen Malik or Kai Smith might be getting dropped? Since each player made their respective first class debuts this season they've missed 1 game each. They're both regularly part of our first XI even prior to last weeks exploits. Mousley was yer fill in guy for Hain. Wonder if he gets dropped? Like I said in the Worcestershire thread, the selection headache comes if Hain AND Bethell become available.

I'd say Mousley misses out as Zen got the nod over him for Sussex anyway. Or a bowler misses out. The conundrum comes if Hain plays and the ECB release Bethell to play!

Wow, wow, wow.

You know, i got there this morning, beautiful weather, Edgbaston looking amazing and thought "if we can get through the first hour unscathed you never know, why not..." but did I really believe it? Well teams were doing this sort of thing to us last season, Essex away then Somerset away for example, we did it away at Durham in April so it can be done...

Thought Worcestershire were good first up, quick and accurate, but Zen and Mousley stood up to it really well. Mousley didn't score a run for about half hour at one point whilst he nd Zen weathered a bit of a barrage but then he seemed to click into gear, I honestly thought he looked certain for his first Warwickshire ton so to get out so tamely, once again, felt so frustrating. He played the first over from the spinner really well, orthodox sweep for 4 to move the man, then reverse sweep for the single, next over from the spinner reverse sweep straight to the man on the 45, such poor cricket after a lovely innings that set us up.

Malik, played second fiddle to Mousley, then seemed to immediately click into gear once Dan got out and take charge dominating the partnership with Webster before and after lunch through til tea. Very much a front foot player he lacks a touch of power and timing off the back foot but its no biggie. Very solid in defence and a total chanceless knock until he got out. Loved it when he danced down the track to loft Foreman for 6, then next ball he anticipated the spinner darting the ball in faster to avoid a repeat so he hung back and cut him for 4. Great batting.

When we got to about 230 for 3 you saw the Worcestershire shoulders slumping.

Webster looks an excellent batter, extremely dependable, and you get the sense he's never really gonna be out of form for long if he has a bad score or 2. Gets squared up a touch but he ticks over as he milks the spinner and has power against the quicker bowlers, able to pull the short ball flat along the deck. I'd like to see more of him in a Bears shirt. Was delighted to see him get a deserved ton.

Lovely little cameos from Barnard and particularly Smith. Smith has proved he can make tough runs and is strong square of the wicket.

Someone on the Dollery balcony shouted at Taylor "Keep this up and you might get to play for us next season if yer lucky!" incredibly patronising and embarrassing I thought, next ball out, thought it was a fair enough reaction from Taylor, he hardly went over the top. Still 80 odd runs needed at the time, looked like game on.

Big picture we have different batters putting their hands up each game. If one guy fails another will perform. Yates, Latham, Davies, Barney and Hain made runs v Sussex for example, Smith, Zen (hugely), Webster and Mousley made them here. We've chased almost 400 without Hain and Latham for goodness sake. People slate our batting but for me they're bailing the bowlers out quite a bit this season...

I say it again, we were losing games like this under Robbo. Under Westwood we've actually done a few comebacks on teams and won a couple, he's got us fighting at least.

4th in the table, imagine if we got over the line v Worcestershire at New Rd?! Extra 8 points

A great day at Edgbaston and a famous, memorable win that nobody there will ever forget. Felt lucky to be there. What a shame it is that we don't play at Edgbaston again until August 26th. That's just not right :(

Webster, Mousley and Malik made their seasons highest scores today under pressure in a huge run chase, what a shame these scores won't count towards their season averages, or will they?! I can't tell...lol