Northants seem to have a load of injury problems but have recruited a Test triple centurion:
https://nccc.co.uk/news/squad-update-ahead-of-warwickshire-clash/

Yes, it will be very interesting to get the CEO's views on this. The suggestion is that the Test ground clubs won't like the 18 team proposal so it will be a real test of which way the Club will go.
Let's hope that any questions focus on the big issues rather than the price of beer in the Dollery.

I didn't know that about his twin. I did know that his twin was not into playing cricket.

Yes, a nice article.
He has a (non--identical) twin brother in Australia; and it must have been a real wrench for him to leave his family behind when he was so young.

I know that my role on here is to moan about other people moaning; but I'll repeat a moan of my own.
I've received information about 2024 membership but it would seem that it is still the case that it is not possible to set up a direct debit so that membership renews automatically. Surely the Club must be the losers because of this.

Here's an opportunity to air all the moans that have been expressed on here - and maybe even listen to what the Chief Executive has to say:
https://edgbaston.com/news/stuart-cain-to-host-members-forum-during-northants-fixture/

Highveld wrote:

It is effectively an "England A" squad as the world cup squad are all rested.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66724714

It's true that it's nothing like a first choice squad; but if he gets to play, it will still make him an England international.

Brian Halford has tweeted that "the Oxford English Dictionary will recall all its existing editions and replace its definition of 'belated'."

I agree with Exiled Bear that the last three games will give us a measure of how the four day team has performed overall.
Taking all matches into consideration (i.e. all three competitions), the Club doesn't come out too badly in terms of matches won. Just looking at the LV=CC Division One teams, matches won in all competitions to date are (if my quick calculations are correct):
Hampshire 26
Warwickshire 23
Somerset 21
Surrey 19
Essex 18
Lancashire 15
Notts 14
Kent 13
Northants 10
Middlesex 8
That doesn't look like a disastrous season, though it does take us back to the inability to turn those good results into trophies won.

Well deserved and long overdue. Just a pity that he's not been in prime form lately. It often happens that way,

Now that Birmingham City Council is, in effect, bankrupt, will they ask the Club to pay the £20 million still owed?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66715441

Hopefully the future is in good hands.

With Mustard on one side and Garlick on the other, it should be a tasty encounter.

At least it's not quite as bad as 1953 when Warwickshire won the toss and batted and the match was all over in a day - Warwickshire all out 45 and 52, Surrey all out 146.

Some much needed honesty from Ed Barnard:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617458277217403&set=a.491339776495921

Joined on loan:
https://edgbaston.com/news/billy-godleman-joins-on-14-day-loan/

I'd be surprised if it is sold out, though the fact that an East Midlands county is in the Final could make a difference.

Mr Robinson has his say about this fixture:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66660069
And we learn:: "Robinson hopes Chris Rushworth (hamstring) will prove his fitness but expects to be without Alex Davies in addition to Hasan Ali while Liam Norwell is unlikely to return this season."

LeicesterExile wrote:

You do wonder if the "time of year" had something to do with yesterday. The game at Leicester followed almost identical pattern. Leics won the toss, fielded, skittled Gloucs out for a really low score and apart from a shaky start knocked the runs off with ease.

I'm certain that Rhodes would have bowled first if he had won the toss.
I saw Gloucestershire twice last week win easily when they bowled first so I'm sure they would have done the same against Leicestershire who are the surprise team of the competition.

Before we sack the coach and half the playing squad, perhaps we should step back and realise that, so far this season, we have, in all competitions, won 22 games and lost just nine. We are fourth in Division One of the Championship and topped our groups in both the Blast and the One Day Cup.
That doesn't mean it's ok to lose at the quarter and semi-final stages but it does mean that the season has been far from a disaster.

Here's what Liam Dawson had to say after the match:
https://deepextracover.com/2023/08/liam-dawson-we-put-in-a-perfect-performance/