GerryShedd
Super Moderator
As might be expected, George Dobell has written a nice tribute to Keith on The Cricketer website. It includes some brilliant comments:
Allan Donald: "He was unbelievably good, Easily the best gloveman I've ever seen.
Jack Russell: "It was fortunate for the rest of us keepers that he batted low down in the order; otherwise, a few of us would have been a lot shorter on our number of Test appearances Keith was the most natural keeper of his generation; maybe of all time. Great hands. Totally natural. Made catching a cricket ball look so easy. We all admired his work immensely. The Keeper's Union has lost one of its greats."
Moeen Ali: "Pipes until this day is the best keeper I have ever seen, The way the ball just melted in his gloves was just like poetry. He was a great man deep down. Very caring. He really looked after me as a 16 or 17-year-old in a professional environment. He was also a brilliant coach, which is why, last year, I got him to coach my son's wicketkeeping. His passion was still there for the art he had mastered. I'm very sad he's gone, but I will never forget him."
Former Leicestershire and England wicketkeeper, Paul Nixon, almost certainly gets it right when he says:: “Pipes was Warwickshire’s finest, the most naturally gifted WK I ever played against & toured with."
Yes, actually a left arm spinner, not an off spinner; but I agree - a good move that shows ambition.
Yes, sadly I saw a Facebook post by Richard Stemp confirming it.
If that’s true, it’s really tragic. He was easily the best Bears keeper I’ve seen.
A troubled soul and gone too young.
Add into the mix that 1980s Somerset were captained by the ultimate (and eventually tragic) oddball in Peter Roebuck.
He's not the England captain. He's a very naughty boy!
paulbear wrote:
Gerryshed, how dare you. 'Normal' , I have never been so insulted in my life to be called such a challenging description. I am mad and proud of it. I remember one time (True Event) this woman said to me, "No point in being mad unless you show it" and I said to her, "Yeah, thanks Mum".
Fair comment!
As someone said, normal is just a setting on a washing machine.
I think Somerset fans are a breed apart! They are genuinely big cricket fans and devoted to their team. It could just be that they (or some of them) have a bit if a chip on their collective shoulders about the fact that they have never won the County Championship and that maybe they don't get full respect from other counties.
Anyway, if Somerset fans are a funny bunch, thank goodness us Bears fans are totally normal.
To be fair, after six matches, Tariq has our second best economy rate (7.04) and our second best average (25.83). But I agree that once the novelty of his action(s) wears off, he may be less effective.
Preview here:
https://edgbaston.com/news/bears-v-notts-outlaws-at-trent-bridge-preview/
14 man squad, Dan Mousley and Richard Gleeson coming in, and Hamza Shaikh missing out.
I don't have access to it; but for anyone who subscribes to The Cricket Paper, there is an interview with Jake there.
Yes same here.
I will email Jonathan and see if it can be sorted.
Northants played 3, won 3. Warwickshire played 3, lost 3.
What could possibly go wrong tomorrow?
Highveld wrote:
Sorry, I would have thought you knew the ground anyway?
PS please check your inbox
For some reason, I can't access my inbox. Will keep trying though it also says no new messages.
Highveld wrote:
From what I remember, there is nothing apart from housing near the Taunton Vale ground, and the onsite bar is closed during the game.
Josh Thomas was probably travelling to their first team game, he's been playing in the first team most of the season, and is a very good player.
Oh, Highveld, you've only gone and spoilt my little joke.
(Admittedly, it was a VERY little joke.)
It would have been a tall order anyway (23 off seven balls) but the Somerset innings came to a premature end with the last two batters "absent".
Maybe "We won't be needed. Let's slip off down to the pub next door."
Interesting interview with Jake on The Cricketer website. Highlights:
Jake Lintott is hoping that a loan spell at Kent can reinvigorate his career after admitting to finding "the last couple of years tricky" at Warwickshire.
" I found myself out of the Warwickshire team and found my role very different to when I was first at the club.
"One thing I found harder at Warwickshire is that with the amount of cricket played at Edgbaston, T20 games have just been pushed closer to the edge of the pitch. Albeit they say the South Group is smaller grounds, when you think about it, you're going to play in the middle at Kent because the Blast games are the priority."
Well, maybe. Jeetan went for 7.26 an over in 2019 and 8.51 in 2020, his last season in the Blast.