Yes, you should only really sign an overseas pro for the T20 if it makes any Bears fan look at the screen/paper/radio when the announcement comes, with a huge smile on their face. If you have to say "Who?" then it is probably a bad signing.

Glad Sky are not showing it so that any Bears fans who cannot get to the game and don't have Sky, can see it online. Good to see that Sky don't get everything - Great to 'Sock It To The Man' occasionally.

Glad Sky are not showing it so that any Bears fans who cannot get to the game and don't have Sky, can see it online. Good to see that Sky don't get everything - Great to 'Sock It To The Man' occasionally.

That is what we have done well over the years - Had a success from a certain player doing a certain thing and then not letting that thing be unleashed in the next game. Darren Maddy and Chopra were well known for not bowling out certain bowlers who had 3 overs and who had been the least expensive. Mousley has been a revelation and who knows what he could have done, this from a captain who has done very little so far in this campaign. Please Mr Brathwaite, turn up for the QF as it's a knock put and we need a full performance.

I don't think his record is good enough to warrant re-signing him and it is a waste in getting him to play CC cricket as he was a reluctant player in that form at Worcestershire with very diminished returns. I saw his T20 record flash up on the board during the T20 Blast game a few weeks ago and I wasn't that impressed with that either. Where does this leave both Briggs and Lintott.

It's good that we don't have to pay for a QF as we had to a few years ago. So glad that they managed to fit in a date that suited all.

The T20 Blast QF's are on 6th,8th,9th and 10th of July, there is no cricket at Edgbaston until 10th July T20 v India. Could it not be played on 6th July and surely that would give groundstaff plenty of time (3 days) to clear the ground for the India game.

Very unusual to have a domestic game a day before an international game and so this is the reason why we will have to play it elsewhere. I think it's all to do with clearing up and re-arranging the adverts and different displays that are around the ground.

Duckworth/Lewis has always been ridiculous on the basis that it might have to be a mathematical equation to try and resolve games but the more games that are decided using this method, the more extreme it will get. Also, it can never decide on the strength of a batting line up. Have to laugh at the subtitles "Great deaf bowling from breath away" instead of " Great death bowling from Brathwaite".

Cannot believe the biased commentary that we are getting on the You Tube. I am not really surprised as over the years, I have heard one-eyed Yorkshire commentators but this bloke is unbelievable, as soon as Benjamin took that catch, he seamed fine with it but as soon as Lyth questioned the catch, so did our 'Home' Commentator.

I had a look at the table and both of those sides can get to 16 points maximum which we are on now but you have to think that they would have to bat first in their games and make a big score and then bowl their opponents out for a very small total seeing as they are both on a minus net run rate.

Bit of a shock but there must be more to it than just wanting a move and I think that Sibley reckons he has a better chance to get back into the England side if he moves to Surrey. Pity, we gave him more of a chance here in all forms than he was ever given down at the Oval. Stone will not be that much of a loss as I can see him being constantly injured until his career is done. I would though, hate to lose both Lamb or Hose. Perhaps if they try and negotiate with him, he might just stay if they say he could get some CC cricket but I suppose if he cannot score runs in the 2nd XI then why would they.

But who is the best - Is it Burgess or is it Hain?

That was my point, you cannot have a batting line-up with 7 Bairstow/Stokes blazing away as it probably wouldn't work.

From what Ben Stokes said, I think you need a balance in a Test team and I cannot see how he can equate the way you play as a means of getting into the team if you have a striking rate of 60-70 per 100 balls if your batting average is 25. The way England batted was unbelievable but their were a hell of a lot of edges, false shots that only just missed fielders and it reminded me of all the plaudits that Chris Gayle got for his 200+ v Zimbabwe in the 2015 world cup, whilst watching it, I lost count of the number of mishits that went for 6 and could have landed anywhere. It's great to watch but England must realise that they cannot bat like that on every occasion.

Just looked at the scorecard, Woakes 67 from 97 balls. Also saw the name Maddy and thought "Surely not, he's still playing and involved with the 2nds", but it was the 2nd XI keeper.

Yes and it means that the opposition can keep attacking fields without that much fear of going for loads of runs and the game getting away from them.

I have been at work all day so haven't had a chance to watch any of it so far but has there bowling been so accurate that we are struggling to score at such a rate or is it about self-preservation at the moment. No real complaints seeing as we have no wickets down.

Unless we take regular wickets, the scoring rate will get out of hand and we could be facing another big score against this lot again and that means perhaps only a draw is the best we can get. Keogh averages just over 30 and Cobb just over 28 and we are making them look like world beaters.

Just got back. The usual 'top order 3 down before Powerplay' scenario but we had runs on the board so not as bad as other times. Thought Mousley was a revelation first with bat and then ball, talk about grabbing an opportunity with both hands. Hose was just superb and his timing is so good on authentic cricket shots that you wonder why he hasn't made it in CC cricket. So pleased to get that out of the way, Pollock, Munro, Moeen and Bravo could have been a real fight had we not made 200+ yet again and especially after that showboating from Stanley when he got 2 in 2 after bowling utter tosh, as many wides as legitimate deliveries, nothing worse than a show-off bowler giving someone a send off when he has spent most of his spell trying just to hit the strip.