GerryShedd
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OK, I take it all back - we do now have an update:
https://www.edgbaston.com/media-article/bears-injury-update
Feel free to buy me an early Christmas present:
https://www.edgbaston.com/media-article/woakes-to-launch-the-wizard-autobiography-alongside-an-evening-with-at-edgbaston
I hate to use the Pears again as an example of how to update your fans on player availability but...
https://wccc.co.uk/news/squad-update-19th-august/
So yet again, we know more about the fitness of ex-players (Brookes and Hose) than our current players.
LeicesterExile wrote:
GerryShedd wrote:
Dare I mention that on the Saturday of the 1968 Ashes Test, I was able, as a member, to get in for free just to watch the morning session before going off to play in a match. No need for a separate ticket - my membership card got me in.
If you are talking about that morning that ended with a great win it was the Sunday. I had pre-booked front row seats in the Tom Dollery stand ( I think - the one next to the pavilion) for the whole match - best decision I ever made regarding sporting events!
A different match. The 1968 one was a draw - but the attraction on the Sunday morning was to see Colin Cowdrey, batting with a runner, score a hundred in his 100th Test match.
If we are talking exciting Sundays, I was also there in 1981 when Botham bowled England to victory. I was sitting in the Extra Cover stand and lost my hat in the excitement. It probably got buried in the new pavilion foundations 30 years later.
Dare I mention that on the Saturday of the 1968 Ashes Test, I was able, as a member, to get in for free just to watch the morning session before going off to play in a match. No need for a separate ticket - my membership card got me in.
Lost by an innings in under three days.
If you look on the Radisson website, it's full of this kind of guff. So I suspect that they wrote it. But back in the days when Tom Rawlings was in charge of the Club's media, I think that he would have spotted it and insisted on a re-write.
I haven't met Matthew Joule, the Head of Media & Communications at Edgbaston but impressions so far aren't all that positive.
Don't read this article if you are averse to corporate bullcrap:
https://www.edgbaston.com/media-article/designs-revealed-for-edgbaston-stadiums-radisson-red-hotel
It's at least good to know that the hotel is "built around an informal and social setting that moves effortlessly from day to night." No problem with the sun setting every night, then.
Looks like a one-sided contest so far, and not in the Bears' favour.
Zen Malik must be so glad that he scored that 99 in the Blast v Worcestershire but, that aside, he hasn't been all that impressive this season. Similarly Garton with his 117 v Notts.
I hope that he continues to fulfil the talent he has shown since he was in the Warwickshire Under-10s squad.
What a loss!
When I am looking at the page that lists all the forum titles, I can't open up a new topic; but when I open up a subject area (e.g. General Chat) I can post a new topic.
Highveld wrote:
The "start new thread" and "mark as read" functions seem to have been lost.
I can see both of these - maybe you weren't logged in when you looked.
For those who are interested in football history, I suspect that Brian Halford's new book will be a really good read:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kicking-Off-Again-Footballs-Greatest/dp/1836804202/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WYw3rkWD6RGOV72L_VT14gYyHHg0jLGpYBQ6uQ-SmDdF7lfr4xBJ_77ZgKsWlVXtGkNKvey9JyZWyskKN1s2h-I4numlNJtTEhPAm4aY13dwcKG1AuqwGJxunViIaECAdeegY8LVlnUk9PWX1c8W3w.czdUqz0SrRK6htDj2itoEzeSvBkddbwWAGjL635zx2U&dib_tag=se&keywords=brian+halford&qid=1786609173&s=books&sr=1-2
Ali Martin in The Guardian has highlighted how much the Phoenix are paying Usman Tariq and what it works out at per ball bowled. I actually think he is too generous in his calculations - I reckon Usman has bowled 135 deliveries. His pay is apparently £140,000, which works out at £1037 per delivery; and as Ali Martin points out, he doesn't bat and is "a bit of slapstick in the field."
His comment that the economics feel "questionable" is putting it mildly.
George Dobell (again turning his attention on the Club) says that the hotel development is "on time but at least £3m over its £46m budget."
Still nothing directly from the Club; but George Dobell has prised some information out of Ian Westwood. He writes:
"... there are injury concerns over several players. Keith Barker "is struggling" (in head coach Ian Westwood's words) to recover from a knee problem which might well end his career.
The sight of Sam Hain, batting in the nets here despite wearing a leg brace (he has a posterior cruciate ligament injury) tells you everything you need to know about his determination to return. He is unlikely to make the first game or two of the Championship run-in, though.
It's unclear how much Chris Woakes will be available, but the club hope to get at least a couple of games out of him."
Yes, the only two players to take off their pads and take a hat trick in a first class match - Sen for Bengal against Orissa at Cuttack in the 1954–55 season and Alan Smith against Essex in 1965.