Exiled Bear
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paulbear wrote:
So the priority seems to be to not try and win this game then if we are allowing 3 in-form players to miss the game to play in a tour game. I agree that it is nice to see new faces in a side and hope they do well but this is stupid. I am glad I am not watching. If it looks as though a similar team will be out for Sunday's game then I might give it a miss. If you consider that I am a member like many others and didn't sign up for us to send out a 2nd XI, this would be nothing short of "taking the p***".
I think your anger should be directed at the ECB and The Hundred rather than Warwickshire CCC…
white-lightning wrote:
Good win again today. I noticed Woakes was missing again? Not sure of the reason, Covid isolation? It seems the ECB have done their utmost this season to keep Woakes from playing for the Bears!
According to the match preview on the official website Woakes has some sort of knee injury.
Thank you Leicestershire and better luck next time Worcestershire! 😉 Does anyone know if Brathwaite will be available for the quarter final? His batting in particular has been great these last couple of games.
Hopefully Lancashire will lose tomorrow and then we’ll know that a win will be enough, no matter what happens in the Worcestershire match
Do games which were rained off count as "completed matches"?
No squad announced for this yet, but in the interview with Briggs on the website it says that Briggs, Brathwaite and Mayers are available, with Woakes available for Sunday's game. We must win both to stand a chance of qualifying!
This is an interesting discussion but perhaps we should have a Covid thread in the Lounge section of the forum?
August was already looking pretty barren, with only four Warwickshire fixtures scheduled but maybe there won't be any? Such a shame. Cue a warm, sunny August.
Not selected for the T20 squad. I'd like to think that this means he'll be available for at least one of our T20 matches, but I won't get my hopes up.
Briggs wasn't selected again today. Fortunately it doesn't look like his absence will cost us a place in Division 1, but it could cost us a place in the T20 quarter finals. Hopefully he'll be available on Friday.
With the points that we have now accrued, I think it is mathematically certain that we will qualify for Division 1, assuming we draw.
My friend Annie is the editor of County Cricket Matters magazine, which aims to champion, promote and help protect county cricket. This season they've been doing a podcast for each round of the county championship which consists of a summary of the matches in each group, and they also have a guest or two from a featured county. This week was Warwickshire's turn, and the guests were Gladstone Small and Paul Smith.
You can listen to the podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1673419
I'd also recommend subscribing to County Cricket Matters magazine as well - details here: https://www.countycricketmatters.com/
Highveld wrote:
Leg stump wasn't visable at anytime on the clip of Sidebottoms dismissal.
He took a middle stump guard and the leg stump was not isable at any time. Te ball would probably have hit t both middle and leg stumps.If given an identical ball in the games i'm due to umpire this week, the batsman would be given out.
The Worcester wicket is slow and low, but the entire square looked very damp indeed both on Friday and yesterday.
The absense of Briggs could hurt us in this game, we are missing his ability to bowl long tight spells.
Cricinfo report on the day https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-2021-1244186/worcestershire-vs-warwickshire-group-1-1244298/match-report-2
I've drawn on the location of the stumps here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sJw1Dkhi8rCtGzUWA
I suspect that you'll have a lot of disgruntled batsmen if you give those out! The fact that only the bowler appealed says it all really.
Highveld wrote:
Exiled Bear wrote:
Shocker of a decision for the last LBW with the ball hitting outside leg stump and also going down, but fortunately it shouldn't matter.
Having watched the replay at actual speed and frame by Frame, It looks a sound decision.
Pitching on leg and turning enough to take leg.
I also watched it frame by frame and if you line up a piece of paper along leg stump (which you can see a few seconds before) then you can see that it hit Sidebottom comfortably outside the leg stump
Shocker of a decision for the last LBW with the ball hitting outside leg stump and also going down, but fortunately it shouldn't matter.
The forecast doesn't seem to be too bad now actually. There's not much rain on the radar either, but I guess there could be a bit of drizzle around.
Derbyshire v Essex has been abandoned due to a positive Covid case - I assume this means that Essex now can't qualify for Division 1?
This would be a great time for Malan and Sibley to find some form...
Whatever happened to Lamb's legspin?
Is he definitely just a replacement for Carlos? I would have thought that Carlos would be available for the last two group games as that'll be at least two weeks since he tested positive.