Good to see Kai Smith is being given the chance to keep wicket today, be a good chance to help secure his place on the staff for next season.

l- R Steve Perryman, Unknown (possibly KD Smith), Unknown, NMK Smith, Dennis Amiss, Unknown

Hope that helps

Recall Kai Smith, he did nothing wrong in the games he played and his replcement didn't add anything to the side.

Of course, if yesterday's game had been scheduled for an outground, there would have been no play and the club would only have a single point for an ababndoned game, putting qualifycation for the play off stage at risk.

Excellent work by the groundstaff to get the game on.

Live scores etc link https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m10a69d7a-a16e-455e-ab01-851d48af42e6

Good to see Kai Smith is back in the side.

If you look at the set up at Cheltenham, where about 1/3rd of the boundary is given over to marquees, which will need a kitchen, cooks and waiting staff, as well as the additional stewarding costs, plus the cost of transporting the stewards from Bristol each day my figure would be pretty accurate.
Corporate sponsors will not spend their money for a hard seat and a dodgy burger.

We all have differing views on the subject, I have no doubt that a lot of the logistical issues could be resolved if a comercial sponsor from Warwick, Coventry, Nuneaton or Stratford offered to underwrite the extensive costs involved.

This article lists all the outgrounds used by Warwickshire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club_grounds

Yes Weddington Road did host first class cricket, about 110 years ago so hardly relevent to a discussion of viable sites to use now.

Without a significant commercial sponsor, ideally with a multi year contractual commitment, there is not a viable option for using an outground in the county.

Tazim definately bowls with a leg spinners action, and bowls a googly and top spinner as well as the leg break.

He's a good polite kid that seems to work hard on his game. He is definately a good prospect, but not sure if he's ready for regular county first team cricket now. He'd benefit from a full season of 4 day second team games and working with a good specialist spin coach. Today he was probably pushing the ball through to reduce the change of been hit.

Also, I think he's the first player from the Attock club to play List A cricket

Some of you may want to try visiting this link and testing your judgement on LBW decisions

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cricket-umpire-lbw-game-tg06rcv7s

I don't know how many times it has to be stated, but Nuneaton cricket club is barely adequate for the top division of the Warwickshire league, the facilities are non existant.

Have you ever visited that ground?

Having just spent 3 days at Rugby School, I can confirm it is a wonderful venue, with an excelelnt wicket and outfield, but there are absolutely zero facilities for spectators, no seating, no catering, no parking and no toilets. All would have to be imported at great cost, remembering that playing at an outground means that our main facility will be sitting idle, but still incurring costs for the club. Also, as a business, Rugby School will make a better financial and reputational return on hosting 2 weeks of junior cricket festivals, which also allows it to hire out other parts of its sports and learning facilities than it would from having the site closed for a week to prepare for a one day county game.

With all the extra costs involved, I'd estimate that it would cost well over £100,000 to convert any of the suggested outgrounds into acceptable locations for a List A of championship game.

The ground at Berkswell is a public park, with a poor pavillion, and a car park that is barely adequate for the demands of a club game.

I am not against having a game on an outground, but I am realistic about the financial and logistical realities of outground cricket.

I've umpired him several times over the last few seasons. He's good, not not sure if he's county first team good at this stage. He's 17 now and playing for Smethwick.

If he was available Jacob Bethel would strengthen the side, and it would be better for his development than his not playing in the unwanted competition.

Having spent today umpiring the first day of a Junior county festival at Rugby School today, It's fair to say that while it is a lovely ground, that is exceptionally presented and maintained, and has a very good wicket. the facilities at the ground are not up to what is needed for Professional cricket without massive expenditure on seat, toilet facilities, catering and sheleter. there is also the question of where to park cars for spectators, staff and officials.

todays event, with only families of the young players parking, plus officials and coaches etc totally filled all the available parking areas, there is no way the ground could cope with the numbers needed for a financially successful county game.

Interestingly today I spoke to an ex Warwickshire captain, a former Warwicks wicketkeeper and the grandson of a 1970's Warwickshire bowler.

The on field officials having seen the catch live decided it was a fair catch. That is not going to change, the blurry, out of focus image does not provide clear evidence that the umpires made a mistake.

Rugby school would need to have seating, toilets, catering and media facilities all hired. Obviously at great expense. The pavillion would, just about, be adequate for players facilities, but it would not provide any facilities whatsoever for spectators

Sadly there is not a ground in Warwickshire that would be viable to use, unless a very large sponsor was willing to cover all of the additional costs in staging the game away from Edgbaston.

As mentioned in the other thread, the ground at Stratford is not fit for county cricket, after several major floods the outfield resembles a ploughed field.

postponed till 2024 or 25 he's aiming to exceed Boyd Rankin's percentage of days unavailable during his contract period!

Of course, all those advocating the use of outgrounds will be taking the short drive down to South Wales to support the use of an outground!

From checking on Google maps, it looks like the ground has very limited parking, even for a club game without spectators, and very little shelter or seating.

He was a free agent at the end of the season, Worcestershire made a better offer.
He'll be working under coaches that he worked with as a junior, so they will beleive in his ability.