Wolfy
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GerryShedd wrote:
62 off 32 balls for England today.
In this form we won’t see much of him for Warks next season sadly. The franchises and England will hog him.
Northwalesbear wrote:
This is a huge blow, especially being so sudden. That batting line up is looking wafer thin, at the moment its Hamza in for Rhodes and Kai in for Burgess, which on the one hand is exciting, but I think will leave us vulnerable. The need to recruit of an experienced top order bat is now desperate.
That doesn't bear thinking about really given that we have flirted with relegation in 2 of the past 3 seasons. There is a lot of rebuilding to do before the season starts, including improving our aging bowling line up.
Highveld wrote:
Seems he has decided to retire, to persue a new career.
His decision leaves us without a quality keeper on the staff, with the inexperienced Kai Smith the likely first choice.
Best wishes to him. I’m gutted though - he is a top keeper. I hope that Larsen is actively trying to recruit. This wouldn’t have been an over night decision by Burgess. With Rhodes also gone and an aging bowling line up (and without a specialist red ball spinner) we could be suffering a hard summer.
GerryShedd wrote:
Here's my review of the season:
https://deepextracover.com/2024/10/warwickshire-season-review-2024/
As usual, kind and constructive comments welcomed and the other sort tolerated because I believe in free speech!
Thanks. Very well articulated!
Solbear wrote:
Very interesting article in the Cricketer online today written by George Dobell. It confirms that a review of the playing and coaching staff will commence very soon - earlier than the usual end of season review - with Robinson’s position said to be ‘under threat’. Suggests that there are issues between him and some players, as many have alluded to, and goes onto say that Larsen’s position may also be under question, albeit he will be leading the initial review.
Could be an interesting few weeks and months ahead!
I can’t help thinking that with the clubs aim to primarily invest in the stadium/hotels etc, Larsen & Robinson are working under financial restrictions and subsequently red ball cricket comes last in their priorities - hence do little spent on overseas players compared to other counties. Having said that, I’m not sure what Larson had achieved for us so far, especially when his record of signings are concerned. With the loss of Rhodes next year and with Bethell likely to be missing for much of the time, we need someone to get a grip on our squad strength.
BristolBear wrote:
It’s all very odd, can’t quite tell what’s gone wrong on this.
It seemed that they signed him thinking he was going to be like a Harmer, Elgar, Worrall, or Hughes type of overseas, play the full season and all formats.
He obviously wasn’t in Pakistans plans at that time. Then there was all change and he was. Which is an understandable complication.
But there seems to be crossed wires between Ali and the club as to what the expectations were regarding the second half of the season.I do admire the club trying to get an overseas that stays the entire season. But arguably they’ve ended up in a worse position than if they’d have tried to get different overseas for different periods of the season.
I had thought that he had quite a nasty injury (to his elbow I recall) so has gone back home to recuperate.
Highveld wrote:
Have the club provided any explanation for the absence of Sam Hain? Or indeed on the continued absence of Hassan Ali?
Hain has a hamstring strain apparently. It would be a blow if he isn't fit for the T20 QF.
Is Hassan still in the country?
Tayls79 wrote:
Thanks for the reminder Terry. Saw this earlier and was intrigued to look up his recent red ball scores. If you disregard his Metro Bank scores he's in some nick. Anyone consider he's worth coming into the CC side before the end of the summer? Who would he replace in what's now an oddly very settled top six.
Bethell might need replacing if he is with the England white ball squad as is expected.
Malik is in the squad for tomorrow.
Really enjoyed my day at Rugby yesterday. It is a lovely setting and there were so many families there that wouldn't have attended had the match been at Edgbaston.
A very enjoyable day. This is a local match for me so always nice to beat Essex. I was very impressed with how patient we were when the runnrate was steadily increasing mid innings. It was concerning to watch but the batsmen knew exactly how to play it.
There were 13,700 tickets sold for this. I wonder whether this was less than expected and how much Warks earned from Blast Off after Derbyshire have had their cut?
They also have Kemar Roach and a young Indian batsman, Sai Sudharsan until the end of the season. They aren't going short!
It would be nice if we could get an overseas player in for the September games. A seamed wound be useful. Other counties seem to be doing so.
That would be a brilliant signing.
He played 11 games last season although did have an injury. His average was under 30 so must be an improvement in Brooks and Miles based on last seasons form.
I do enjoy most things in the Cricketer magazine. My son subscribes to the premium online service and enjoys it very much. He took photos of this article and whatsapped it to me.
Judging by George Dobell's article in The Cricketer online today (I can't post it as it is for premium subscribers only) , we can probably add Burgess to the list as he is trying to get his contract cancelled early due to disenchantment with his T20 exclusion. The article paints a very unhappy picture of our dressing room. It also suggests that we waited too long to offer Sibley a new contract (as we did with Keith Barker) when he lost his central contract and when we did, it was too late.
I suspect that they will be flying to Pakistan by the time we re-start against Somerset sadly. Seems ridiculous to pick Woakes when he has missed a whole season for us.
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