Type of innings Hain really needed it

He has the talent to do this consistently

there's grim reading, then there's this scorecard.....

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Considering how many chances people were willing to give Vihari last season, when he was out of his depth and a meant we were, effectivly playing with 10 men, it is extremely harsh to want to discard McAndrew after one game, where he made a contribution with the bat.

If the wicket looks likely to assist spin, it might be worth replacing Yates with Bethell, and, if fit, Norwell should be included, probably for Miles.

Something tells me you really don't like Vihari 🤣 he's a test match batsman playing for India, in no way was he out of his depth..many good batsman have struggled initially, I don't think he was close to a world beater but you were far more harsh to him than anyone has been to Macandrew so far...very odd

Disappointing game so far

Great that we have batsman waiting in line to push our current first team

Currently watching the game from Maldives..dedication there!

Think I'll just check for score later, the half hour I've watched hasn't been great to say the least!

Way too early to judge McAndrew, when did he arrive ? He doesn't look the type of bowler we'd need to rush into the squad

looks like a car park without parking spots... just empty space.

If they were serious about sustainability i'd have liked some really high quality secure cycle parking, also docking station to tie in with the West Midlands Cycle Hire scheme right in the heart of that plaza.

Some greenery wouldn't have gone a miss....

As a fairly young (34) supporter, a key issue is the lack of advertising

Unless you have a real passion for the club you wouldn't have a clue when we play.. what we're playing for...who are warwickshire. Birmingham bears..phoenix etc

County cricket should be shown on sky sports and really bigged up, I still believe there's an appetite for the county championship but you have to sell it ! If the counties and ECB can't be bothered, why should potential supporters ?

Interesting to see how Woakes is managed this summer. I hope we will have him available for our second match which is still well over 2 weeks away.

Think he needs to find his groove early this summer as I hope he still has a big role to play. If past history is anything to go by, he will be sitting around wasting another summer

Never know could be a Patel similar style signing

Not going to push it and say similar success levels but a very reliable overseas signing who if does well, could be with us long term

Handy he can be used in T20 if required

sounds great !

Our bowling stock is looking impressive

Seems bit of an odd one.. I assume he's going to bat at number 7 and we go in with 5 bowlers (excluding Rhodes)

I think Rhodes is a great option as 5th bowler particularly in early season conditions and as our captain he won't be dropped

So for second game we could go in as:

Sibley, Davies, Yates, Hain, Rhodes, Lamb/Mousley/Burgess, Mcandrew, Briggs, + 3 seamers

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 😀😀