Not wishing to get obsessed with this one defeat but, having watched the highlights, my thoughts on the main dismissals are:
Davis - poor shot execution
Hain - good ball
Webster - dreadful shot
Barnard - soft shot
Yates - leg side strangle but he'd played some wild shots earlier
Thompson - rash shot
Woakes - run out mix-up
Jani - missed a straight ball
After that, I gave up!
As for Thompson, he had a dreadful game with bat and ball so he was certainly one of the bad guys on the night. But tomorrow is another day.

The report on the Club site gives the batters a free pass by suggesting that the Gloucestershire bowlers exploited helpful conditions. Sitting as I was behind the bowler's arm, I didn't see a lot in the pitch, other than it had some pace and bounce. The Cricinfo report, whilst giving credit to the bowlers, talks about "injudicious shot selection". That's a bit nearer the truth, though still rather kind. If I go for a walk today, I must take care not to step in a pile of injudiciousness.

Up until the half way point, I was enjoying sitting with a group of Gloucestershire supporters. Afterwards, not so much so.
Even allowing for the fact that T20 is a bit of a hit or miss exercise, this was one of the worst batting performances that I can ever remember..

When it’s all going wrong, it just needs a daft run out!

In an interview with George Dobell, Usman Tariq says:
"The thing is, I've been tested twice. And I was cleared within one week. No one told me, 'You had better go and change your action.' Nothing. I just went and played within one week.
"So, I'm okay. I'm happy to be here. And if there is some kind of doubt from the umpires, I guess we have the best equipment here in the UK. I will just get tested again."

Interesting profile here, focusing on his unusual action:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/may/21/cricket-usman-tariq-warwickshire-pakistan-t20-blast

A really nice obituary here:
https://acscricket.com/?page_id=12162

As marketing initiatives go, this one seems to me slightly (well) batty:
https://edgbaston.com/news/stratford-upon-avon-becomes-batford-upon-avon-as-bears-take-over-for-blast-off/?_gl=1*ghmd9n*_up*MQ..*_ga*MzY5MzA1NjUuMTc3OTM5MTM4OQ..*_ga_ZHXWMN2QK2*czE3NzkzOTEzODgkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzkzOTEzODgkajYwJGwwJGgw*_ga_NE7BBXK3VR*czE3NzkzOTEzODkkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzkzOTEzODkkajYwJGwwJGgw

George Dobell wrote:
"Woakes has, in coach Ian Westwood's words, "the symptoms" of a hernia and is going to require careful management."

Geoffrey Boycott, not one for doling out praise, says in today's Telegraph of MJK:
"My former skipper, who has died aged 92, had a great sense of humour, no edge and was never officious. He was just a good man, a good gentle guy and you wanted him to do well."

He was an amazing captain of both Warwickshire and England. Also, he was an incredible short leg fielder who stood (no helmets in those days) amazingly close to the bat and took some stunning catches.
Yes, he was also a really nice guy. I played a couple of matches against him and one match with him and he was a total gentleman. One of my best moments in cricket is when I played in a match against Moreton-in-Marsh and batted with MJK. He was totally out of practice and scratched around for very few runs and got out before I did. My wish was that we could have added (say)120 with MJK making 100 of them and me scraping the rest. But it wasn't to be.

Guardian obituary here:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/may/18/mjk-smith-obituary

News is coming through of the death of M.J.K. Smith, a giant of Warwickshire cricket. He was my cricketing hero as I grew up.

Here's a quiz question for what may or may not turn out to be a rainy day:
When Ethan Bamber scored a hundred against Essex last year, he became the fourth Warwickshire batter to register a County Championship century as what we are now required to call a nightwatcher(!). Can you name the other three?

George Dobell reports on the injuries:
"Woakes has, in coach Ian Westwood's words, "the symptoms" of a hernia and is going to require careful management, while Barker has knee trouble. Neither are expected to play in the next game against Glamorgan. No decision has yet been made about Booth, who sustained a knock to the knee in the incident on Sunday).

If Crawley is the answer, what is the question?

The Bears top of the table at the moment. Somerset could overtake them; but Glamorgan need just 14 more to beat them with three wickets to fall. An exciting finish in prospect - and everyone's gone to have a cup of tea!

paulbear wrote:

Come on Gerry, I bet you had your sandwiches wrapped in brown paper as people in 'Them There Days' didn't use foil (You could buy a house for the price of a carton of foil) and maybe a thermos of tea. People then, wore suits to go everywhere so come on Gerry, were you cold without a proper jumper and a snorkel jacket. Only joking. : )

Sandwiches? Brown paper? Luxury! Me and me mates had to be happy with half a sandwich between 12 of us and it were wrapped up in half a sheet of newspaper rescued from the khazi. And don't talk to me about suits.... (Carries on endlessly in the manner of the Four Yorkshiremen sketch).

paulbear wrote:

Was anyone there for that 1927 game, was the bowling good or just bad batting.

Warwickshire 426-9 dec and 199-3 dec; Northants 169 and 78 all out.
In the Northants second innings, fast bowler Tommy Durnell took 7-29. Wisden said: "On a pitch, soft on top and hard underneath, the ball got up awkwardly and Durnell, bowling fairly fast with a high action, proved almost unplayable."
Durnell played only 14 first class matches but played for Smethwick from 1923 to 1948.
PS - no, I wasn't there!

In his report, George Dobell points out that Warwickshire's highest margin of victory, in terms of runs, is 378 which they inflicted upon Northants at Edgbaston in 1927.