mad wrote:

Well played Chrissy Wright and Leicestershire

And it was Keith Barker who failed to hit a 4 off the last ball. Good for cricket to see Leics getting a trophy.

Andy wrote:

Its absolutely criminal this game isn't played at Lords.

We don't want finals at Lord's anymore. Most of us would be unable to drive there without paying the ULEZ charge!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, if Trent Bridge is only 25% full just think what Lord's would look like.

ECB should remember the big business saying - KISS - Keep It Simple.Stupid. Scrap the Hundred and stick to CC, Blast and 50 Over Cup. Bring in all the National counties that want to take part and form a league structure for the Blast. If the leagues consist of 10 teams it would give 2 minors the opportunity to play against first class counties. I like the idea of double headers as outlined by Mad.

Very interesting observations. At Edgbaston surely it would be a relatively simple thing to put the sightscreens on a rail that runs the full width plus a bit of the square. All that is needed is for big ticket days the wicket is chosen well in advance and seats sold accordingly.

Every two years is simply a money grabbing exercise. World cups in every sport are all based on a 4 year cycle.

Burgess nearly blew it with the failed caught and bowled but otherwise him and OHD played an excellent partnership to bring home the points

What a really nice surprise. Happy Birthday, Terry

UrsaMinor wrote:

OH-D: In the first ten years of his career he took 109 first class wickets at an average of 38 and was very lucky to still have a contract. In the next five and a bit, he's taken 205 wickets at 23 and is an automatic first choice. Was this Pop Welch's doing?

That is quite an incredible set of figures

I remember when he arrived at Edgbaston and many supporters were wondering why we had signed him !!! A lot of humble pie has been eaten over the years!!!

Why the call for 2 overseas players. Just because a player is from another country does not mean they will be better than a home grown player. I have always said to sign an overseas player they must meet either - a name that puts extra bums on seats or, and perhaps more importantly, they must be better than the player that stands aside for them.

As for Robinson - under his watch the team has produced several very poor scores - surely that results in the coach being replaced. In addition these failures have all been with the bat rather than the ball which brings in to question the employment of Frost.

Yet another batting collapse - 39-5!!!!!!

Mad - thanks for that - superb article. I would add one other bit to it. Players need to realise they are in the entertainment industry and as such should be playing when the public are able to pay to watch. That means cricket should be played at weekends, bank holidays and in the evenings,

So often there is no cricket being played on Saturday and Sunday and most bank holidays seem to be cricket free.

Thanks Malc and Gerry

Going a bit off subject but.... Has anyone any experience of the final being held at Trent Bridge in terms of does it get sold out like the T20 Finals Day? One of my sons follows Leics and is would prefer to see what the weather is like before committing to going.

You do wonder if the "time of year" had something to do with yesterday. The game at Leicester followed almost identical pattern. Leics won the toss, fielded, skittled Gloucs out for a really low score and apart from a shaky start knocked the runs off with ease.

How about Trott as a replacement and could he then get Pop Welch back to make a "dream team"?

A total of 45 overs bowled in the match. That shows just how bad this performance was.

I just hope Gloucs win today as otherwise I am going to have a very long leg !!!

No way was Briggs LBW - looked too high and going down leg side. 91-5 becomes 91-8. I can't see how we can get a score for the bowlers to bowl at

Exiled Bear wrote:

According to the playing regulations “one reserve day is allocated to the playoffs, semi-finals and final”. The minimum length of the second innings also increases to 20 overs for the knockout games.

Thanks for that EB. I can't believe the ECB have applied such common sense!!! I like the 20 over minimum too.