KingofSpain
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Lintott in. Hain still a doubt.
Good news for the players but bad news for our hopes in the Blast competition, and Robinson's job prospects.
Viewing figures are down a quarter. Shame, that.
The club are not very good at communicating team news or player availability/injuries.
We will probably get a squad published today. Who knows whether Hain or Rushworth will be playing? I assume Davies, Mousley and Bethell have returned for duty.
GerryShedd wrote:
I have no interest in The Hundred whatsoever and from a selfish point of view would love for it to disappear because of its effect on the competitions and the team that I do care about. But there is no doubt that it has found a market and achieved some of its aims.
The BBC reports today:"The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that 540,000 tickets were sold for this year's tournament, taking the total beyond two million over the first four years.
Of those, more than a million attended women's games and there were record crowds for women's matches at seven of the eight grounds used in The Hundred in 2024.
For all that the competition continues to split opinion, confirmation that 41% of tickets this year were sold to families and 30% to people new to cricket suggests it has been successful in its aim of bringing people to the sport.
Despite that, TV viewing figures were down on previous years. Although being up against the Olympics for two weeks in the middle of the tournament, perhaps that is to be expected - and the BBC's coverage of the men's final still attracted almost half a million more viewers than the 2023 final."
BBC propaganda. They have some skin in this game. It is cricket for those who don't follow cricket, which is fine but should not be run at a continued cost to the One Day Cup, which is the best format for me.
Hugely disappointing to lose another semi final but we did well to get that far with the resources available. We struggled to get big totals on the board and really lost momentum after losing Yates and Hamza.
The emergence of Kai Smith is a big positive and both Taz Ali and Booth made strides forward.
I keep saying it, but we really need a top class batting coach to improve these players. Look at Somerset and the talent they are producing along with vastly improving someone like Andy Umeed, who is unrecognisable from his time with the Bears. Time for Frost to go.
Robinson 's job surely now hinges on making T20 finals day as a minimum requirement. And the small matter of securing our championship status.
Surprised that Crane hasn't been added to the Glamorgan squad. Good news that Yates and Hamza are in for the Bears. Big day ahead.
Excellent summary Andy. What a win.
Top knock from Smith. I sincerely hope Kai is given time to develop in this format and not be whisked away next season to sit on the sidelines for a franchise. He has definitely overtaken Benjamin this season.
We could do with Yates and Shaikh being available for Sunday. Straight swap for Malik and Wylie. Depending on conditions, Taz Ali or Booth for the remaining spot.
We will do well to win with the batting resources we have left. Maybe Zen Malik will announce himself on the big stage.
The whole farce with the franchise cricket continues. We cannot get Hain back from Team Trent yet they allow Hampshire to field John Turner in their quarter final.
Tayls79 wrote:
At least one of Davies, Hain (is he even fit?) Plus the three Brum players as a package will be available by Friday. Whether they do or not, or whether they should, I dont know. What's definitely true is today was a weak batting performance and we only lost by 12 runs.
Devon_Bear wrote:
If Birmingham Phoenix lose tomorrow night's match, they will be out of The Hundred. Could Ali, Bethall or Mousley possibly play on Friday?
I can't see Moeen making himself available to play. He only seems interested in T20 and 16.4. I don't follow the short competition so I have no idea how many games, if any, the likes of Davies or Garton are playing or if they will be released.
The loss of Yates and Shaikh have weakened the batting to the point where we are struggling to get enough runs on the board. Maybe we had a chance bowling first today but its a big ask for Malik to got the ground running. Wylie perhaps not ready to make the step up.
Of the more senior players, Rhodes form has tailed off after his departure was confirmed, Burgess hasn't got going and Benjamin is unreliable. That puts a lot on the shoulders of Captain Barnard.
Unless we can get some of the players back from the 16.4 our competition is over come Friday.
I'm a huge advocate of outground cricket and I'd like to see a game at Stratford or somewhere else in the county. Rugby isn't the best location to get to, and the pitch was perhaps only good enough for one match.
A big game awaits on Friday.
Malik has been given a short term deal and is in the squad with Rae.
Preview: https://edgbaston.com/fixtures/first-xi/warwickshire-vs-nottinghamshire-wednesday-14th-august-2024/
Looks difficult to time the ball on this pitch. I was concerned when Robinson said they were using the same wicket as last time.
Great news for Rob and Hamza but bad news for our prospects in this competition. We are desperately short of a middle order batsman unless we can extract someone from the 16.4.
Unlucky with the weather. If it was scheduled for today it would have been glorious. Neither team have a game today or Saturday so it can't be beyond the realms of practicality to have put it back a day.
Anyway, we take the point and move on.
He was good for that one season but has been on the treatment table since that spell against Hampshire.
Getting him off the pay roll a year early should free up a salary to get a fit fast bowler added to the ranks.
Gloucestershire are planning to move to a new stadium near the M4.
Seems like a good prospect. We need to strengthen our batting ranks.
Same squad from Surrey apart from OHD being rested. Going with Miles on his old home ground.
Another close one. I thought we were in control with Surrey needing 67 off the last six overs with the dismissal of Blake, who is a dangerous player, but fair play to Sibley who got them close.
Good to see younger players like Booth and Smith are stepping up and making telling contributions. Contrast that with the much-vaunted Surrey set up including three England test players but have yet to win a match in this competition.