So my answers

We will finish 3rd in Championship
We will get to quarters in Blast
No idea about the blast !
Yates player of season closely followed by Miles
Breakthrough will be Mousley

Team for first game

Sibley, Davies, Yates, Hain, Rhodes, Mossley, Burgess, Briggs, Miles, Norwell, OHD

So that time of the year for predictions !

So here we go

Where will we finish in championship?
Where will we finish in Blast/Royal London?
Who will be player of the season? Feel free to pick batsman and bowler
Who will be breakthrough player of the season?
What will be the team for our first game of the season ?

Devasted

Shane warne and valentino rossi are my sporting icons

Absolutely gutted tonight

R.I.P shane ..

You are and always will be the best cricketer

Need to also try and find a balance where you're not punishing members and supporters. Also harming young people having an opportunity to develop their game through the counties structure

Just interesting to understand who is going through these accounts, looking back so far and for what benefit...

Feels like you could have made mistakes in your past, learnt from them and changed, and suddenly be punished for them years later based on a view that youve long since removed yourself from (or at least I hope that's the case)

Whilst I don't think it's the case in this instance, I hope players aren't punished for comments that were acceptable a decade ago but are seen differently now.

It is not acceptable in 2022 I assume it was not acceptable when it was published.

Why was it not reported back then? Surely if its punishable now it should have been dealt with years ago

Really wanted a membership but I'd need to use all my annual leave to go to games.

Really don't care about attendances with those fixtures for red ball cricket.

7 games before mid May again...

Think we should be looking at the Australian or NZ market

Huge amount of talent in Australia with fast bowlers even outside of the top 5-6 bowlers

Wagner in NZ would be awesome signing but not sure if he would be available for vast chunk of season

Come on lads !!!

Gutted I'm not there but will celebrate with a few pints at home in Dublin 😀😀

I miss the old days of watching batsman actually score 100s and decent partnerships

Whether its batsman just don't have the technique or bowling friendly pitches, it's not looking good for finding the next round of high quality batsman

Pathetic yet we were so predictable

Do feel for the likes of Sibley, difficult enough facing India without any serious match practice

If the ECB don't care about test cricket...players soon won't.. then fans...

Prime summer and it just feels like a huge anti climax..

Real shame

Tayls79 wrote:

As Exiled Bear says, if anyone should be blamed it's ECB and the hundred (and our problem keeping seamer fit). Personally I'm happy to see our development players get a decent crack in a sustained way and if its against top players than so much the better.

I mentioned the level playing field and the international problem up the feed, but as ever there is a precedent with rugby. The domestic cup competition is now a development competition but there does seem a gentlemen's agreement that the group stages are youngsters then you get more first teamers for the semi finals and final. Perhaps there is a quota of fully-capped players at play somewhere and I wouldn't mind seeing that here.

Intrigued on the point about reducing the entrance fee (it's the same price as the Oval where I will be heading on 10 August) but I guess there must come a point where reducing it even further starts to risk not covering costs.

Let's all remember the counties signed up to this.

Hopefully next year we won't have the issue of players isolating etc. So we will have a better squad ready for this competition

Think we all agree it's just a real shame that in the height of the summer our county (and all others) have been diluted for 6 weeks.

Highveld wrote:

The club played the strongest available side yesterday, remember there are players missing due to injuries, England call ups and the un wanted competition.
Unlike Derbyshire, we have fullfilled all our fixtures.

It is technically a first team game, and the club needs all the gate income it can get right now, we are still in a global pandemic, if you hadn't noticed!

I think were all very much aware of that..no need for the silly comments

Back over from Ireland this week so might pop down on Sunday and/or Thursday

I do think the club are taking the members/supporters for granted here, other clubs seem to be taking this more seriously than us.

Appreciate we have injuries (when dont we) but i'm hoping the 3 players slot back into the side on Sunday.

£15 quid for a game is the same as last year when we had a full side out, could have dropped it down for a second 11 game.

Seems like a good signing and will certainly improve our T20 side

meashambear wrote:

ajones1328 wrote:

Top 4 is our strongest line up.. so injury no excuse

Really disappointing end to the campaign at this rate

Thought the bowlers did ok considering the injuries
Yep, anything under 180 was decent considering but without a large contribution from Hain we are not good enough I am afraid.

Badly under-performed for about the fifth season on the trot and we do not deserve to go through with some of the spankings we have had to endure.

Not good enough this.

Yep Rhodes and Lamb not up to it...Hose not at his levels when first joined

Pollock been good this season.. Hain needs to go back further up the order. Should be opening.

Top 4 is our strongest line up.. so injury no excuse

Really disappointing end to the campaign at this rate

Thought the bowlers did ok considering the injuries

Poor start but we are using a few part time bowlers

Annoying injuries have occurred although it is not unlikely, we have injury proned bowlers.

BristolBear wrote:

Excellent for Briggs.
But in my head that just shows England have no interest in Hain no matter what. Which is bizarre.

Does he still have opportunity to play for Australia ? Must be considering a switch now.