GerryShedd
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All to play for.
Andy wrote:
Also, might be nitpicking, we didnt bowl badly at all, but we didn't bowl anywhere near as well as we could have considering the helpful conditions. Give em a 'hit me' ball in most overs. Yorkshire bowlers far more penetrative and relentless.
I fully expect this post to be misconstrued.
So what you're saying is that Sam Hain had the wrong boots on.
(PS - is that enough misconstruing?)
When the last wicket stand is the highest of the innings, you know that OHD is back.
Yes, OHD recalled at short notice from the Pears:
https://wccc.co.uk/news/oliver-hannon-dalby-to-return-to-warwickshire/
He might seek to play T20 around the world.
Still on Olly watch - Worcs were 186-9 when Olly joined Gareth Roderick yesterday. They put on 120 for the last wicket - Olly out for 20.
The new stand is to be named The Dennis Amiss Stand.
Interesting to see Jamie McDowall appointed as Club President.
https://edgbaston.com/news/jamie-mcdowall-to-become-next-warwickshire-president/
I played a match with him years ago where he had a couple of stumpings but reckoned that the umpire should have given him three (or maybe it was four) more.
I think he's a good guy and a genuine county cricket lover.
Olly's doing well for the Pears - 3-27 off 18 overs today.
Having played no matches out of six so far in the IPL, Jacob Bethell has had a go at making the best of a bad job. He told Sky:
"I feel better now than I was a month ago after the World Cup, through just getting time around the guys over here and the pure standard of cricket in India and the IPL.
"It's something that not many people will understand how cool it is until actually being around a team or the tournament itself when you're here.
"It just has a completely different feel. It feels like everyone almost ups their game subconsciously without even really knowing because of the calibre of the tournament.
"I feel like that even happens when you're not on the starting XI or even starting XII as it might be now with the impact player."
Yes, my brother taught Ben Debenham at the Anglo European School in Ingatestone in Essex many years ago.
ITE7376 wrote:
GerryShedd wrote:
That would be the Don Topley about whom Derek Pringle said: "A strange cove, not always popular with his team-mates, Topley often gave the impression that he felt hard done by."
My own experience of him is that he joined me at a table for two at the back of the Lord's press box and totally ignored me - not a "do you mind if I join you?", "Hi, I'm Don" or "Ahoy, matey!". Just a blank stare.
Despite all of that, he might be an excellent commentator (or not).yes, that would be the same Don Topley
it wouldn't really be 'despite' any of that, though, would it, seeing as none of what you describe would necessarily factor into how good he is, or isn't, as a commentator. Two things can be true at once: Don Topley is a strange man, who was also rude once to a random in a commentary box. Don Topley can also be a good commentator. But let none of that get in the way of a good old forum bitching session.
I shall take great delight in my new identity as a random.
That would be the Don Topley about whom Derek Pringle said: "A strange cove, not always popular with his team-mates, Topley often gave the impression that he felt hard done by."
My own experience of him is that he joined me at a table for two at the back of the Lord's press box and totally ignored me - not a "do you mind if I join you?", "Hi, I'm Don" or "Ahoy, matey!". Just a blank stare.
Despite all of that, he might be an excellent commentator (or not).
I agree that it is time for Members to stand up and be counted.
AGM papers include a voting form so that Members can vote by post. If this proposal fails, Members will only have themselves to blame.
At least Craig Miles reached the landmark of 500 wickets (first-class, List A and T20) against Durham but he's hardly starred on his return.
I see that Henry Brookes has been signed on loan by Gloucestershire for five matches.
His career seems to have gone downhill over the last few seasons - Gloucestershire are looking like the poorest side in the Championship based on performances so far.
Exiled Bear wrote:
Always gave 100% when he played for us, it’s just a shame that a variety of factors outside our control meant he wasn’t able to play for us more.
Agreed!
New this year - the ability to substitute players suffering injury, illness or significant personal reasons.during the game.
It's already been used seven times in the first two Championship rounds. Having seen two players from opponents Yorkshire substituted because of food poisoning, Hampshire coach Russell Domingo has suggested (maybe not entirely seriously) that he could give a couple of players laxatives if they bowled badly in the first innings and then say they were feeling sick in the second innings and take them out of the game.
So maybe we missed a trick when our bowlers were under-performing against Sussex.