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I’ve watched the video that Glamorgan tweeted a few times and you definitely can’t say for certain that he was touching the rope. Maybe, just maybe one of his spikes touched it but he wouldn’t have been able to tell that anyway. Calling him a cheat is a bit much.
Quite funny all the Glamorgan supporters replying to the tweet saying that it was clearly six. Even if it was given as six it probably doesn’t change the result of the match as they still would have needed 19 runs with only two wickets left.
How are the groups determined? Nice to play some teams that we don’t get to play very often in the T20 or Championship.
As others have pointed out, it’s bizarre that the England players are preparing for the World Cup by not playing that particular format in the build-up…
Anyone know if Barnard ever opened the batting for Worcestershire? Am I right in thinking that it’s the first time he’s done it for us? Seems to be working so far!
A lovely tribute to Woakes here:
Delighted that he’s finally getting the recognition that he deserves
There’s also the question of whether the club exists solely to make a profit.
Highveld wrote:
A lot of the problems this season have been caused by the poor starts from the opening batsmen, with very very few exceptions.
However their mediocraty was rewarded by giving them full county caps when they were not deserved.
Don’t think that’s fair really, Yates is averaging 40 this season with two centuries. Davies not so good but he’s also had a couple of poor decisions.
My personal (biased) view is that it was out. If you’ve got long arms and you’re going to swing the bat around after playing a shot then you deserve to be out if you hit the stumps. It didn’t seem like it was that long after he hit the ball, but without knowing how flat it was hit it’s hard to know if it was dead before he hit wicket or not.
Highveld wrote:
One the subject of outgrounds, Rugby School has zero facilities for spectators, Nuneaton has even less facilities, the outfield at Stratford is not fit for first class or list a cricket and facilities and Cov & NW are not good.
Sadly there isn't a club, or school ground in the county that would be suitable to host a first class or list a game.
Maybe the club should invest some money in bringing one of them up to scratch
This surely isn’t points deduction-worthy, given what some other grounds have got away with in the past. Not good though
Why do we never win the toss when it’s like this?
At least it’s preventing us from losing, even if it isn’t preventing Essex and Surrey from winning
This is starting to get away from us a little, need to break this partnership
I'm hoping to attend for the first time this season (for a Warwickshire match) tomorrow, and it's also the first time in a while that I'll have been without being a member. Does anyone know if it's cheaper to buy a ticket in advance or if it's the same price on the gate?
In fairness to Barnard, he is averaging 37.75 with the bat, which is third best for us if you don't include Lintott and Maxwell who only played one game. And he's got a wicket today!
mad wrote:
Interestingly from one of Maxwell's comments in that BBC comms piece it does appear to be the case that they sounded him out about possibly playing in the Essex County Championship game - the one that followed the Blast away games at Durham, Yorkshire and then the Friday night Bears v Pears derby.
Slightly disappointing to hear he rebuffed the idea - seems to suggest he's gone "no chance am I playing a short game Tuesday, Thursday & Friday and then a proper game Sunday to Wednesday".
Was that before he got pulled out of the Hundred? I can understand him not wanting to potentially jeopardise his presumably well paid contract by getting injured. It sounds like he was keen to play against Kent.
I'd be happy to have him back next season, and it sounds like he enjoyed his time with us. I know he wasn't at his best with the bat but he seems to have made a very good impression off the field. Interesting to hear him say that he doesn't like the sound effect that gets played when someone from the opposition bowls a wide!
A shame Essex won today but otherwise a pretty good set of results with the other three matches drawn.
Now we just need to hope that Notts can at the very least get a draw against Surrey and we’re very much back in the title race
Another superb day. Let’s hope that this one doesn’t go the same way as the Notts game, though we’ve got a lot more time than we did then.
The rain tomorrow looks like it is going to be fairly patchy and light, so hopefully we will be able to get a decent chunk of play in if we’re lucky.