Great to see three games at Rugby again and would love to see a Championship game taken around the County!

Surely they can see how ridiculous the Bears thing is now? I’m old enough to remember when we weren’t even nicknamed the Bears!

Well said all.

The only team in world sport not playing under its own name!

Not even clever from a branding perspective!

The toss is going to be absolutely crucial.

Yea they speak more and more on behalf of Edgbaston than Warwickshire and if you mention it to them don’t even know they are doing it because they think it’s their job.

Big toss to win!

GerryShedd wrote:

It looks as though Stuart Cain is on the case - he says:
"We have been unlucky with injuries and the weather but, ultimately, others have been through the same, and I can see why some will say these are just excuses," Stuart Cain, the Warwickshire CEO, told The Cricketer. "We need to develop a squad and level of resilience that can manage what the season throws at us. We've not performed to the standards we set ourselves."

Sounds like a load of waffle.

In the bear pit of AGMs in years gone by Cain might have been in some jeopardy as per whatever the Chairman is called!

These days they think they are above it all and not accountable.

They’ve done some good things like the games at Rugby School but I do wonder if we ever recovered from the loss of Farbrace!

Unfortunately the Members gave their power away when they voted through the rotten constitutional changes.

Previously the WCCC Committee was directly accountable to the Members.

Now the Board isn’t and the Members’ Committee is a pointless sop.

Thats why we’ve ended up with people who think they work for Edgbaston rather than WCCC.

If we don’t do something drastic we will really struggle next season especially with Rhodes leaving.

We may even struggle this season depending on Notts and Lancs results.

About time we produced our own players rather than signing more journeymen.

And change the T20 name and get a bit of pride back in the County!

Cunning ploy to not have to bat too early this morning. Going to have to go big now. Plenty of time left!

Now we are getting late wickets so we have to bat at 1030 tomorrow. great!

1030 start time is ridiculous.

They shouldn’t be playing this late in the year anyway but if they do so they need to reduce the number of overs in the day.

Everyone can remember when 1030 starts ruined every years Natwest Cup Finals. The year we should have won the quadruple we had to bat twice in two days in the final at 1030

I’ve called this out every game whether we win the toss or not, it’s ridiculous

Lost the toss with a ridiculous 1030 start!

Play abandoned so now we have the 1030 start again tomorrow and start still short of parity. Could really have done with a couple of hours more today!

BosworthBear wrote:

The biggest issue this morning was the 1030 start just as it’s been the last two days!

And the stand now rather proving my point.

Even through we benefited the first two days I don’t know why Counties aren’t complaining about this. Every county who wins the toss will field. Surely they remember what a farce the old Natwest Trohy finals used to be!

The biggest issue this morning was the 1030 start just as it’s been the last two days!

I supposed we couldn’t get away all game without batting at 1030!

And morons like Norcross and Collins were calling for it in the test series!

KingofSpain wrote:

The Moeen signing was purely a marketing thing. His availability is sketchy and he doesn't seem that invested. This is the problem with signing mercenaries just looking for their next gig.
I wish him well on the franchise cricket circuit and going into coaching. He would be a better batting coach than by that fraud Frost.

Yep his loyalty to Warwickshire is questionable. I hope he’s not involved going forward!

Well on the positive we’ve now not had to bat at the ridiculous 1030 start time on both days so far.

Although Yates has just committed hari kari

Yea fairs fair how did that happen?

Credit where it’s due!

Hope it includes the white stripe as per proper Warwickshire sweaters rather than those awful things some members are wearing!

Yes the name is stupid. What sort of Club alienates its supporters?

I’m not totally sure the consistent failure isn’t connected in some way either as a jinx or just pure lack of passion for such a Mickey Mouse operation.

I walked away think meh rather than gutted.