At around 15 overs gone and we had 5 wickets in hand this is when you should have some quick scorers waiting to make an impact. Yates goes and just Woakes in that category to come in. Why no Malik or Kai? Why is Davies keeping his place? Very disappointed this season with selections.

I want to know who changed by post and put Freddie in there ha ha I'm sure I didn't type it so will just blame Google. I've corrected it now. Given your final sentence perhaps this is something most teams suffer from most of the time. Could it be the change from pace to spin after only 6 overs creates a problem in batsmen's minds?

I was agreeing with the comments made by ITE until I looked at the stats produced by Highveld. After two innings Hain has scored the most runs,,has the best average, the best highest score and 2nd highest strike rate. But it is a fact we have this slow spell in the middle of the innings something that Briggs and Lintott achieved when bowling in previous seasons.

I think we are already missing him and Briggs. They would slow down the middle overs with their bowling most times

Disappointed that Kai Smith not given a game and also that they are still going with Thompson.

Kai should come in. Thompson should be dropped as we had more than enough bowlers and an extra batsman later in the innings (if we get that far) would be useful. All it needs is a bit of intelligence being applied by the batsmen and especially the captain. If you only need 6 or 7 an over then if you lose a couple of early wickets stop trying to entertain the crowd and just play careful shots along the ground!

We only need 6 an over - why the rush trying to hit every ball out the ground?

I have re-read the article and am still confused. Loads of praise for Stratford/Batford then tell us the Blast kicks off at Edgbaston and the first of four double headers is at The People's Home of Cricket! Good job she didn't bring into the article a certain golf course in Sutton Coldfield. It really would e batty then!!

5 an over over 70+ overs .is a big ask

MJK and Dennis - a formidable pair at Warwickshire. Sad news.

I am a little surprised that Davies has kept his place and Kai has been omitted once again. Looking at the averages I would have thought Davies would have benefitted from a game or two in the 2nds. However I hope I am proved wrong.

Just failed by a single run!! A very good win after that shaky start on day one.

They may have had better days - but I doubt there are many! All the partnerships exceeded 50 except for the unbeaten 7th and that was 46!!! Let's hope the weather allows us to finish them off tomorrow.

Well that's the 3 I wanted and it's not 5pm!!

Declared at tea - lets get 3 down by close of play!!

Should we declare now and give us a chance of getting the wickets given the possibility of rain tomorrow.?

I do hope we bat them out the game - 500 lead by tea would be perfect. Even with tomorrow's forecast there should be enough overs to get a deserved win.

BosworthBear wrote:

Yes incredibly short boundaries to the next two games after complaints from builders. We have notified the other counties as we clearly feel guilty!

Was surprised to see Barwell watching Leicester’s game rather than working on the wicket at lunch on Saturday!

Well Barwell is in Leicestershire!!

I would guess they were aiming at a tea declaration the way they were hitting out rather than carrying on a slower rate. Now to go on and get a few wickets tonight.
An impressive scorecard regarding Warks innings.

Should we aim to declare at Tea with a 200+ lead or bat on until last hour of the day? All assuming we stay in command,of course.