paulbear wrote:

That would be ludicrous, we would be better off if Robinson himself decided to play. Maybe they could ask Dennis if he still has his gear despite not using it since 1987.

Is he the left arm seamer we've been looking for? He did once bowl his full allocation of overs in a Lord's final.

Well at least he didn't throw the players under the bus.
We have competent batsmen who have failed to perform in this game. Management issue.
We have no bowling other than OHD. Management issue.
Didn't see him acknowledge either of those problems.

I assume Highveld is being provocative. I can't see what Benjamin or Mousley have ever done to deserve a place in our red ball team, whilst Hamza Shaikh is surely worth sticking with.
Meanwhile, I'm praying for a lot of rain next week.

If Bethell and Mousley are going to be missing we will be very short of anyone who can turn the ball. An emergency call to Lintott might be in order.
(Tongue in cheek) or we could ask Somerset if we could borrow Shoaib Bashir since he seems to be their third choice spinner now!

I'm reminded of Jim Troughton. Aggressive LHB with a bit of SLA thrown in. In the era of Troughton, Trott & Bell, Jimmy T was the first to get an England call up, for ODIs against Pakistan. He wasn't really ready for it and his international career quickly fizzled out.
From what I've seen of Bethell, he will be a good player one day but he isn't there yet. I hope England aren't about to spoil him.

It leaves a bad smell, doesn't it? The competition-that-shall-not-be-named is the tail wagging the dog, disrupting domestic scheduling and attracting all the management attention with the shiny sixpences being dangled in front of them. The unseemly rush to sell makes it unlikely that the ECB have really thought through the implications. I mean, getting money in from vulture funds, billionaires and foreign wealth funds, what could possibly go wrong? (Ask Premiership Rugby.) Do the ECB have an end game in mind for how they would like cricket to look after the dust has settled? Do they think a free for all cash-fest is the best way of achieving it? Or is this being driven by middle-men and vested interests trousering fat fees?

Now that OHD has demonstrated his ability with the kookaburra ball, will England want to take him to Australia? (wink)

I'll swap them Bethell and Mousley for Chris Woakes. Is that a deal?

Just take the draw. We don't want to end up losing this like we did the reverse fixture at Taunton.

I've got two glasses, one of which is topped off nicely whilst the other is down to the dregs. If we win one or both of the Blast and the One Day Cup, Edgbaston Entertainment Venue could reasonably feel rather pleased with itself. If we go a whole year without winning a County Championship game, Warwickshire County CRICKET Club will have dismally failed.

Imagine where we might be if we had any fit bowlers...

I thought the conventional wisdom in matches that are likely to be rain affected was that the team winning the toss should field. Any ideas as to why Glamorgan want to bat?

I hope they include some car parking. Street parking in Ashley Down was difficult when I was at University 50 years ago and continues to get worse.

In an example of the commentator's curse, that stat was used by Andy Saltzmann on TMS today when Chris Woakes was on 62. He was immediately out.
Hamza Shaikh maybe?

Well said, paulbear. I think Rhodes' all round contribution will not be at all easy to replace. He's been having a good season and has several more left in him.
Thanks for your efforts, Will, and good luck.

I'd probably cut the kid some slack. As a republican atheist, the words of God save the King have never meant a lot to me (apart from the bit about crushing rebellious Scots, but we don't get to sing that any more). In my bolshie youth, I might well have not sung along as a silent protest against a rather naff anthem but it would not have signified any lack of patriotic feeling.
These days, I am happy to mouth along to it as I know people get wound up about not singing.

Correct. I remember one incident in that series when England were well ahead in a 50 over game but in danger of being rained off without reaching the minimum overs. A catch came to Best who deliberately grassed it and chucked the ball back to the bowler to get the over finished. I don't think the bowler was too chuffed but it won the game.
County level cricket didn't really happen for Best and he eventually quit with a back injury, I believe.

One for people with long memories:
Which Warwickshire player captained England U19 against Sri Lanka U19 in 2010?

If his current form doesn't improve, I'm not sure Chris Woakes would make OUR squad.

Lancs and Northants play each other in their final game so they can't both catch us.