....signs for the Bears:
https://edgbaston.com/news/warwickshire-sign-all-rounder-barnard-on-three-year-contract/

Burgess won't match Tim Ambrose's career bowling average.

I agree - if he is fit, you would expect him to be playing.

Hain, Briggs, Norwell, Stone, Woakes, Sidebottom - that's half a team, all of whom (except Sidebottom) would get in on merit if fit.
I hope that some of the injuries (Hain and Briggs in particular) are relatively minor and maybe an indication that the club is prioritising having them fit for the final T20 group matches. I wouldn't normally want T20 put ahead of red ball cricket but I guess the Blast is the Club's best hope of success this season.

If you watched it on Sky, you probably don't need to read my report but here it is:
https://deepextracover.com/2022/06/vitality-blast-bears-v-worcestershire-rapids-edgbaston/

The last thing we need is another Pollock (though medical science is a wonderful thing).
(With acknowledgment to Private Eye magazine, circa 1967).

Weather forecast a bit iffy for mid to late evening. Let's hope for a rain-free game.

We seem to be pretty unanimous as to what needs to change in the T20 team.
I don't know if any of the coaching staff read this forum and if so, how they feel about being told what they are getting wrong. But if they do read our comments, they may well have their own version of what American comedian George Burns said: “All the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair”

I see that he isn't playing in the second match against Sri Lanka A. I hope that doesn't mean he's injured.

Highest T20 total in the history of the domestic game in the UK.

Maybe he will, maybe he won't!
https://worcesterobserver.co.uk/sport/moeen-ive-yet-to-decide-my-future-39217/

Scored 92 for Australia A v Sri Lanka A!

A good day's cricket all round and (hopefully) another good day tomorrow. I thought Williams and Bailey bowled well early and and didn't give much away, so credit to Davies for sticking to the task.

Hi Warleybear! I was just thinking the other day that we hadn't seen you, unless you had registered under a different name. Welcome!

paulbear wrote:

A few of us on here did wonder a few tears ago that as his first-class game was so good, would playing one-day cricket change him. He then became a superb one-day player but then he suffered in the CC. Now over the last few years, he has been solid in all formats. Does England await, great for him to get picked but then again, I would really miss seeing him play for us.

I like the typo in the first line - unless you really do get that upset!

I agree that a rest for Yates might be a good thing. His talent, however, is without question. Even if his contract was due to expire at the end of the season, the Club would be crazy not to offer him a new deal. I am old enough to remember that Dennis Amiss had a bad spell and was dropped at one point early in his career so there is nothing that unusual in his form lapse.

Norwell in the squad - Stone not.
https://edgbaston.com/news/preview-warwickshire-v-lancashire-county-championship/
Lancashire have Matt Parkinson, released from England and have also signed Will Williams, a seamer from New Zealand.

He will miss the Lancs game because of his selection for Australia A:
https://edgbaston.com/news/mcandrew-called-up-for-australia-a-in-sri-lanka/
I guess the fact that he has played a fair bit of cricket lately works in his favour.

A mix of familiar and less familiar names in the Yorkshire Vikings squad:
https://yorkshireccc.com/news/view/10008/match-preview-birmingham-bears-v-yorkshire-vikings-t20

More of the same as far as team news is concerned:
https://edgbaston.com/fixtures/first-xi/birmingham-bears-vs-yorkshire-10-june-2022/#match-match-previews
I note that, apart from the box with information about tickets, the word "Birmingham" seems to be expunged from the preview.