Woakes not sharp enough to play today for me and we wasted the new ball on him. Poor decision to play him & the ever expensive Miles, Hampshire's top order is very average but we look toothless. The new ball was giving some assistance early on as well but we could not take advantage...........another long match on the way by the looks of things.

Not been on for a while but a couple of things to mention on out T20 so far:

1. Our bowling attack is really on point with lots of flexibility, options and threat.
2. It is really nice to see home grown/youth playing key parts with Yates, Haine, Mousley & Bethell in particular of late.
3. I am worried that our batting is not deep enough when we come up against better attacks and that we over rely on Hain, Mousley & Bethel for the bulk of runs. Barnard needs to play in place of Benjamin, giving us another bowling option and with so many all rounders available we could put in another batsman (Burgess?) if we get through to the knockout stages.

Hampshire looking like they are going to win & Kent looking likely to draw which will put us in the bottom 2

We don't look like we will take a wicket if we play all day

We have had real issues taking 20 wickets for 3 seasons now. Injuries don't help (or bloody misfields) but getting out for 90 odd in the 2nd innings was criminal. Once Essex see off the new ball this game will be done..........no decent side should be losing from the position we were in, even taking into account the injuries.

Well, well, well Che Simmons...............

Good spirit shown today against the best team in the championship by some distance on a pitch that had enough in it to never really get yourself in properly. Hain's dismissal was a dreadful decision by an experienced umpire who should not be getting swayed by the home team like that.

Normally, you would consider all of those scores for 20's & 30's as a lack of concentration and fight but I am hoping that we are starting to see some resilience in this team that can really make a difference.

We need to get as many runs as possible though as we look quite light in attack.

Cracking partnership today. Durham have a bit more pace than most attacks and with it coming onto the ball nicely along with a short boundary, Davies looks like he is in his element.

It does have to be said that there are not many wickets anywhere today (2 for Garrett).

Sorry but this bowling is garbage, I am off out for a couple of pints!

Anything short or wide and Briggs needs to try and get onto it

Terrible LBW decision........high and going down. At best it was clipping off stump, if somebody was holding it in the air!!

Not good from us though, poor stuff this.

Good player Burgess but what was he doing there?

Maybe they know there is rain on its way and are trying to get on with it but he was playing all around that delivery

Poor stuff this

Overcast conditions and the score is currently 111/1 with the RR being close to 5

Worcs would be one of the favourites for relegation this season, I dont want to criticise before our first session has ended but this does not bode well at all.

At least we have kept the BBC happy. All they ever want to discuss is Surrey, with Yorkshire's recent demise they can wax lyrical until the cows come home now.

Not too bad this morning just the 2 wickets in seven balls so far

At what point do the club decide that this is just not acceptable?

It is not just that we have lost these key games when we need to see players step up.

If we lost tight games and took the games into the last overs or had the opposition 8 or 9 wickets down then it could just be a case of getting to the first final to show we can do it.

We have been demolished every time, twice recently by Hants (maybe 3 times?) who are full of average cricketers but know how to perform when it matters. I will bet that they were supremely confident that we would fold today under any kind of pressure. Rhodes is a decent batsmen but we need a captain who is determined to drag every last ounce out of the players when it matters.......he seems too nice to me.

Coaching team to go as soon as. Gillespie always struck me as someone who got the best out of players........I dont know enough about him or other candidates but a no nonsense speaking coach who only wants a winning mentality is needed.

ExiledBrummie wrote:

Not just the management etc, I do wonder if some of our players are just not as good as we think they are. For example, Hain aside would you ever trust any of our batters in a tough situation? We need better quality/attitude.

Yes, I agree but that too comes down to the management as it is them that recruit & hand out the contracts. Cricket has a much smaller pool of players and clubs than football but if the coach & DOF (and therefore should know the players characters well enough)at one of the biggest clubs in the country were constantly getting hammered when in the knock out stages of competitions they would be out on their backsides. This is not good enough for Warwickshire.

I am about done with this coaching set up to be honest.

Every time we are involved in a knock out game we get absolutely nailed. Not just a defeat but rank embarrassment.

We were in contention for at least a top 2/3 finish in the championship and lost 2 on the trot quite meekly as well.

There is a mentality issue that will only be fixed by getting rid of weak leadership and putting people in place who can get the best out of the players that we have at the club, actually leadership that demands better from the players.

It is time Robinson left, I do not see how he can come back from this failure, it is one too many.

We have been unlucky so far this morning. The usually reliable Yates dropped one and they have lived a charmed life with quite a few play & misses........one just dropped short of OHD as I type. Haines is somehow on 25 and has hardly hit a ball where he intended it.

I feel that Davies is a slightly divisive character but seems to have matured a little this season. Miles is far further up the 'should be dropped' ladder for me with H Brookes again our most expensive bowler. I agree with comments about Burgess but there are other players who have not performed at their best as well.

OHD & the improving Barnard with an excellent finish there.........Kellaway played well for them.

That did not look out to me with E Brookes catch on the boundary, definitely touched the rope prior to throwing it back in play but we will take that.

Poor from us last 15 overs with the bat I thought

Instead of just playing normally we decided to go mad which ended up counter productive. I thought there was 350 plus on the cards had we just kept our nerve and had a go in the last 10.

Our seam bowling has been very 'samey' with only OHD being economical. Miles despite taking 2 wickets has bowled loosely for me once again.