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GerryShedd

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I presume that our ex, Dom Sibley, is not expecting a Test recall any time soon - 140 not out off 415 balls is not exactly Baz-ball.
But he got the job done.

Thanks to both of you for the update. Let's hope that it really is very mild. From painful personal experience, a minor hamstring can become major if not rested.

I enjoyed my day at Trent Bridge today though maybe it wasn't the best day to be in the city of Nottingham.
Does anyone know about Sam Hain's absence from the field? Looked as though it was a leg injury.

Matt isn't making much of an impact at Derbyshire so far - a shame!

4-73 for Miles v Glamorgan.

Looks as if it might be.

Craig Miles goes on loan to Durham - probably a good move for him:
https://edgbaston.com/news/craig-miles-agrees-short-term-red-ball-loan-to-durham/

The pitch had been played on at least twice before and it showed.

Maybe it was such a well worn pitch (albeit a hybrid) that the correct tactics would have been to graft for 150 or so rather than aim for 200 and fail.

Oh ye of little faith!
(Well, me too if I'm honest!)

Yes indeed:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Savage_(cricketer)
Married to Caroline Lucas who is stepping down as the only Green MP.

Here's a quiz question for the weekend:
Who is the former Bear whose wife is currently in the news, not so much for what she has done as for what she is not going to do in the future?

If it feels bad to be a Bears supporter when they have lost three games in a row, consider what it would be like to support Middlesex (difficult, I know) who have lost their last 12 (that's TWELVE) Blast matches, including one tonight off the last ball.
Anyway, for the benefit of Mr Robinson, who no doubt avidly reads Bearsfans, I can sum up who has been identified on this thread as being responsible for the losses:

  • Robinson himself - unable to admit his mistakes
  • Moeen - doesn't know enough about the players and hasn't scored runs
  • Maxwell - how much are we paying him? How much a run does that work out at?
  • Woakes - bowled badly against Derby
  • Benjamin - hasn't scored many runs
  • Brookes - too expensive with the ball
  • Miles - also too expensive
  • Mousley - has got out to bad shots when set
  • Davies - hasn't kept wicket well recently and hasn't scored enough runs
  • Lintott - hadn't bowled too well and so was dropped
  • Gary Barwell and the ground staff - putting the pitches in the wrong place

We might as well add in Norwell and Hasan for getting injured.
Apart from that, everyone is doing just fine (though Briggs didn't bowl as well as usual against Derby).
So all we have to do is drop all those listed above, bring in Rhodes and Barnard plus one or two others from the second team, maybe recall Burgess from Sussex and possibly see if we could get some of our ex-players back on loan - Laurie Evans scored a hundred last night and Adam Hose seems to be doing quite well - and what about Keith Barker?
There we are Mr Robinson - problem solved, though you may have to hand in your notice yourself so we can have a complete fresh start.

Not much evidence of any bowlers who could step up to first team action here:
https://somersetcountycc.co.uk/news/club-news/second-xi-t20-warwickshire-v-somerset/

The averages make slightly gruesome reading unless your name is Sam Hain; and they tell their own story:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/vitality-blast-2023-15160?team=1479

Any decision would have been a gamble but I agree that this is probably the least worst option.
As for Moeen being overrated, he does have some pretty good stats to back up his reputation - almost 30,000 runs and over 1,000 wickets in all formats.

The Club say:

"Ali is still expected to captain the Bears in Vitality Blast action tonight (7 June) at home to the Derbyshire Falcons and is also available for Friday night’s home clash with Northants Steelbacks."

"Is also available" suggests that it isn't certain he will captain and maybe won't play on Friday.

However much we may (occasionally) moan about the Bears, at least we're not Yorkshire.