GerryShedd
Super Moderator
Hopefully the rumour that OH-D is resigning to become Archbishop of Canterbury is not true, or we are in deep trouble.
It's a big loss to Warwickshire and to the game of cricket more generally - he has been an exceptional talent.
Article about (and quotes from) Dan Mousley here:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/dan-mousley-dares-different-fast-spin-highest-level-1459286
It was the late Alec Bedser who used to complain that, in his day, kids had to walk 27 miles (well, maybe not quite) to school and back and that toughened them up to bowl 75 overs a day (well, maybe not quite) like he did.
It was 23 November last year so I assume similar this year.
Another Behind the Badge:
https://edgbaston.com/news/behind-the-badge-gerhard-mostert-lead-physio/
Alex Davies has extended his contract to cover the next three seasons:
https://edgbaston.com/news/club-captain-davies-pens-one-year-contract-extension/
It's again significant that the Club quote comes from Gavin Larsen, not Mark Robinson.
Jacob has a central contract (alongside Chris Woakes)
https://edgbaston.com/news/woakes-and-bethell-on-ecb-central-contracts-list/
If you want to depress yourself and also can get past the paywall, read the article in The Telegraph today:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2024/10/29/short-format-leagues-twenty20-prize-money-financial-riches/?WT.mc_id=e_DM443444&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_PrS_New&utmsource=email&utm_medium=Edi_PrS_New20241030&utm_campaign=DM443444
Amongst other topics, it describes how some players sign up for franchise competitions without knowing until they arrive which team they are playing for; and how sometimes it's in a player's interests for his team to lose and not qualify for the later stages because the player is signed up for a different competition that overlaps - what the players call “double dipping”: earning from two competitions being played at the same time.
c2aw wrote:
I thought it was different. Law 4.3.1?
It's definitely 80 overs, though I agree that it's not what Law 4.3.1 seems to say.
Looks like there will be no more live international cricket on free-to-air television:
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/no-more-international-cricket-live-140013830.html
According to The Telegraph, for 2025, the ECB plan to place two rounds of Kookaburra action in the middle of the summer, and two in a similar slot in early September.
Interview with Chris Woakes:
https://edgbaston.com/news/exclusive-interview-chris-woakes-in-pakistan/
He says:
“I’d love to be part of the Tests next summer, if selected. But if not I’ll be around a lot more for Warwickshire. There will certainly be parts of the season where I’m around and playing in a Warwickshire shirt."
Sign up Chad Bowes for a white ball contract! (Maybe).
If Darren Lehmann is appointed, let's hope that the local Screwfix store has plenty of supplies of sandpaper.
Interview with Alex Davies:
https://edgbaston.com/news/interview-alex-davies-on-honour-and-pressure-of-bears-captaincy/
PS - as any PR expert would advise, if you're not quite as popular as you'd like to be, make sure you're pictured with a cute dog.
Somerset's Harry Everett says about George Thomas:
"He is the hardest departure for me to come to grips with in recent years. It is said his fielding, and previously his attitude, have let him down, but other than one real dolly drop this season he has otherwise fielded solidly and matured into his career as a professional cricketer. I have not yet found anyone of a Somerset persuasion who is not disappointed at his dismissal, and there is certainly no ounce of it that he wanted to leave the club and town with all his mates, and his brother."
Highveld wrote:
I'm sure he was mentioned in the "end of contracts" thread. :-)
Yes, though I can't recall who mentioned him.
There seems to be a lot of regret in Somerset that George Thomas has been released - he might be a decent Bears recruit:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/george-thomas-1260859