We do and it is important we go with a sensible approach and not leaving people like Lamb out and playing players who just are not cutting it. The management have to take responsibility for who they pick and stop picking players who constantly fail. If we do get any players from other counties, we need to get proven performers. We made the mistake years ago in getting Porterfield who hadn't even done much in division 2 for Gloucestershire and that sort of choice is not good enough.

Dom Sibley's last game for us and his 77 played a big part in the win. He was not always popular but his record with us was good and I wish him the best of luck as long as he doesn't score many if he plays against us. He was a stable source at the beginning of the innings on many occasions and I think he will be glad to leave us on a winning note and I reckon will be very pleased we didn't go down in his last appearance.

Unbelievable. I was there when Woakes took 9-31 v Durham but he had to go off on England duty and we lost. Put this performance ahead of that because of just 139 to win and really, no one else looking likely to win it. If Liam is looking to get pissed tonight then he at least knows he won't have to spend a single penny. That was astonishing and only wish I was there. I could have skived off work but I did that last year for the Somerset game. If you think about it, it might have been the best thing to get bowled out because if we'd set 180-200, the game would have taken a bit longer and the light could have been a factor seeing as it was not exactly scorching sunshine when they finished. Still cannot believe it and it's been a great day having earlier booked my ticket for Roger Waters in May 2023.

My only concern at 73-5 is that the other bowling will let Hampshire off the hook and not support Norwell who has been superb.

Well that didn't go to plan but with the length of time it took this lot to bowl their overs, I am glad they didn't win the title and they were lucky to win the T20.

I reckon that we will try and get a 200 lead so 177 should be achievable in 30-35 overs and then 2 sessions to try and stay in Division 1.

We have to 'Go for it', no good pussyfooting around at 4 an over. Might as well be all oiut of 220 by trying to smash it about as Yorkshire are 9 down now.

Just checked tomorrow's weather on the 'Met Office' site and it looks fine for Edgbaston. Hampshire must have been miffed last season after they had beaten us and then were 1 wicket away from the title and so I doubt they want to give us anything and will be playing this seriously knowing they will at some point get a target tomorrow afternoon and it could be a smallish one.

The article does fail to mention Yorkshire, Lancashire, Surrey and Nottinghamshire (Twice) as sides who won the title and then got relegated the very next season.

If Yorkshire lose, they will have a total of 138 points so all we need is a 19 points victory so no need for us to use up time trying to get to 400 unless it's very, very quickly. A win will do from here even if we lost our last 6 wickets for 0 runs and won.

Davies, that one ball sums up his season really. I do hope that Robinson has a good look at that dismissal and also himself for picking the bloke constantly in the face of so many of us here who wondered how it could keep happening time and time and time and time again.

Ditto, BristolBear. We must be the worst county for picking overseas players. We got 2 good 'uns for the last 3 matches and they have played 3 times between them. We'd have been better off asking Kallicharran or Donald if they still had some kit and saying, "Fancy a game lads, you couldn't do worse than what we have chosen since Mr Patel retired".

I know exactly what you mean. It kills me to see us play this badly and this is the time when I have to ask myself if it is worth having a membership as the people who pick our side do not seem to want to change things if they go wrong. Add to this, the fact that none of us know what format we will have for 2024-25 seasons, I am unsure if I would commit to buying a 3-year membership knowing that I could pay more for those 2 seasons and not knowing how many days I could watch. I will definitely get a membership for next season but if Strauss gets his way then I might have to think about breaking my 34 year membership which would seem strange to me. It will be interesting to see if Moeen Ali plays for us in the CC. If he keeps up with his "I have now changed my mind and want to play Tests again", then he has to play in the CC where his bowling record is not good and he seems reluctant to have a bowl.

Yes, 'Meh' sums it up. Stupid team selection and whatever team is selected, they seem to throw away so many good positions. Injuries haven't helped but you wonder if having a full-strength side would make a difference. The side from 2016-17 were full of 'Great' Warwickshire players and still we struggled during that period. I think we will bounce back straight away and my tone means I have given up already but once we are down, we need a decent selection committee when it comes to actually picking a side.

Unfortunately when a player is not in the team and the club (All clubs) do not wish to give a reason, the PR oppo's who are employed, tell all players to come out with the same old line if spectators should ask about a certain player. I remember when Rikki Clarke was not playing in one game v Durham in CC, a few spectators around the ground were asking a few of the staff "Where's Rikki", "Why is Clarke not playing", every single one of them at some stage said "He is not available for selection", which we all know was short for, "He did something wrong and we do not want to tell anyone what it was".

Just as I have said so many times on these pages, when the opposition are crap, we always play to their level of mediocrity and make a hash of things. Total and utter rubbish.

Are we trying to get a day off and make a mess of this when we should just simply try and occupy the crease for a day which will probably see us win.

And what idiot said Hampshire would be expected to win - I will now look in the mirror for an answer. That was a shock, 57 all out.

Bonus point in the bag, Kent have none and I hope they are still recovering from a good celebration on Saturday night. If we can get another point or dare I hope we get to 300, I think it will be within the 110 overs and it could make a big difference and also mean we are right in this game.

Agree with meashambear, we make sides who appear to be worse than us, look better by lowering our selves to the level they have been playing, for most of the season. We must get more out of this game than Kent who I would expect to lose to Hampshire and we are without a full attack and whilst we are on the subject, where is Siraj. The point about Singh-Dale, Kent had a bowler at Edgbaston when we lost in July, called Saini who did exactly the same, bowled innocuous bouncers that only the keeper could get to and a load of 4 balls as well as wide deliveries but ended up with a 5-for in the first innings. We cannot afford to mess this up.