The Gloucestershire site isn't particularly user-friendly but I did eventually find an option to buy tickets so I assume it isn't sold out.

Great to see such a big crowd at Edgbaston for the India v Pakistan match today.

It doesn't look as if the team is going to be short of wicket-keepers for the 50 over tournament:
https://edgbaston.com/news/warwickshire-sign-kai-smith-to-rookie-contract/

I think it might be best to ask them because I think what has and hasn't been allowed has been affected by COVID. It certainly used to be the case that you could take your own chairs.

Another post about tickets available because of illness - and more about getting them used than any expectation of payment. The tickets are for hockey on Sunday afternoon at the University of Birmingham.
Let me know if interested.

I watched this evening's game at Edgbaston on BBC i-player. A pretty good contest and a reasonable crowd with quite a few young people. Some of the umpiring was a bit eccentric.

Not that much of an exodus, yet - and Moeen and Ed Barnard coming in.
Who knows, there could be other new signings, even today, maybe....

On the Pears' site, Adam says:
"Ed (Pollock) was given his chance to play more red-ball cricket after moving to Worcestershire from Warwickshire, and I’m hoping I can also earn that opportunity with my form and in training.”

Adam is leaving at the end of the season to join Worcestershire:
https://edgbaston.com/news/hose-to-join-worcestershire-at-end-of-2022-season/
I guess it's the bit about wanting to play across all formats that is significant.

Thank you, Exiled Bear!
Just to correct what I said - it is the Resale site that closed in early July, as reported by the BBC here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-62272514
Anyway, the tickets are still available for this evening if anyone wants them.

Firstly, let's get rid of this ticket tout nonsense. The Games' organisers have confirmed that, because the official ticketing office closed at the beginning of the month, transferring tickets informally is preferable to them going unused.
So because my daughter is ill and we cannot attend, I have two tickets for tomorrow night's T20 game at Edgbaston between Barbados and Pakistan, which I am offering. The organisers say that transfers should be between family and friends - so if you don't think that sharing this forum makes us on-line friends, you presumably don't qualify. Otherwise, please let me know - cricket as part of the Games needs to be well supported to re-inforce the case for cricket at the Olympics. If you want to know more, please send me a message.

Let's hope that the surgery finally solves what has been a long-lasting problem and that he gets several more years of active cricket as a result. Good luck to him (and the surgeon!).

I think it was Peter Marron who was the Old Trafford groundsman.

The great Sonny Ramadhin, whose son-in-law played for Warwickshire.

Just to add a bit more from Jack Bannister's Club history - and he actually played in the match.
Apparently, the Lancashire players refused to attend the Man of the Match ceremony (possibly because M.J.K. was to be given the award). The Warwickshire players decided to have their victory drink on the journey back rather than linger at the ground.
Lancashire had scored 70 off nine overs before tea (yes, they used to have a tea interval part way through a one-day innings) and it was on the resumption that M.J.K. put eight of his nine fielders on the boundary.
The obvious response would have been to push for lots of ones and twos. But it was the early days of one day cricket and Lancs opener David Green apparently said: "one day cricket is about hitting boundaries, not running up and down the pitch."

I can't comment on what they thought of Davies within the dressing room. But the fans had a few things to say about him on the Lancashire cricket forum (Redrosefans). Admittedly, this was mainly after they knew he was leaving, but comments include:

• he has a fiery temper
• he has anger issues, little man syndrome
  -a little narky runt (!)
• a dirty rat
• a horrible little man
• a horrible little rat
  And I thought we were a bit outspoken here sometimes!

Warwickshire scored 294-7 off their 60 overs, which was a massive total in those days. Lancashire initially made a good effort to chase the runs so Mike (M.J.K.) Smith set defensive fields. There were no fielding restrictions so he could have 9 men on the boundary if he wanted. The crowd didn't like it and the Lancashire wicket keeper, Geoff Clayton, protested first by appealing against the light and then blocking, so that he scored 19 in 19 overs. He was not out at the end, with Lancashire 209-7.
Clayton was dropped by Lancashire and not re-engaged - he went to Somerset. I think Peter Marner was the other player not re-engaged but I'm not sure whether it was because of that match - there was a lot of trouble within the Club at that time.

I hope it's ok, farmerbob, that I deleted that post that went wrong!

This is probably the Matt Mason article referred to:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/county-championship-2022-matt-mason-brings-his-midas-touch-from-western-australia-to-warwickshire-1309439
I seem to remember that The Hollies (the group, not the stand) had a song called King Midas in Reverse, which I hope won't turn out to be Matt Mason'e theme tune.

There's unlucky and there's this:
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/cricket/12659695/howzat-not-out-batter-clean-bowled-but-bail-somehow-stays-on