Warwickshire Rothesay County Championship Div 1 Squad

 

26/08

We have to now believe that Lyndon James' side injury wasn't as severe as we were led to understand initially....

Squad for Edgbaston:

Haseeb Hameed c

Ben Slater

Freddie McCann

Joe Clarke

Jack Haynes

Kyle Verreynne x

Lyndon James

Ben Martindale

Liam Patterson-White

Brett Hutton

Olly Stone

Dillon Pennington

Fraser Sheat

Lots of rumbles of thunder today and same is still forecast for tomorrow, with its associated precipitation.

25/08

Thundery Showers forecast for Thursday covering a wide area of the Midlands. Remember if the umpires hear a clap of thunder, they have to take the players off the field for 30 minutes [after the last rumble]. Indeed, the Met Office have now issued a Yellow Warning for thunderstorms. Thundery showers forecast for Edgbaston on Sunday too.

24/08

There's not room for any slip-ups, it's so tight at the top of the division with this round of matches seeing Warwickshire 3rd (130 pts) v Notts 1st (135 pts) and Sussex 5th (108 pts) v Somerset 2nd (133 pts).

Following victory over the perennial pre-season favourites, largely down to a strong team bond and some individual brilliance, the reigning champions travel to Edgbaston for another nerve-shredder.

I've just checked the weather forecast (something that I've become accustomed to not having to do this summer) and for that neck o'th' woods, the met office are suggesting light rain could be possible at just about any point over the four days, without there being any high percentage chance of any precipitation over the period at all.

Can Notts put a fit eleven onto the field?

Will we have enough bowlers to make the most of the perceived conditions at Edgbaston?

Will Warwickshire prepare a slow flat deck to nullify our strengths or will they embrace a shoot-out, winner takes all approach?

Neither county can afford to lose to the other...

Rather than simplify it by making it into a three horse race, which I believe it ain't, as Yorkshire are bigging up their challenge  and I can envisage Sussex having a huge impression yet, not forgetting by inclusion Glamorgan, who might sneak past a few by the end of September.

Owing to the lack of information forthcoming from Trent Bridge, we have to speculate as to the fitness of both Joe Clarke and that of Ben Slater, neither made an appearance at the later stages of the Oval game. Brett Hutton, Olly Stone and Dillon Pennington must be held together by a mixture of muscle tape, elastoplast and duck tape with the relentless rounds of matches for the next month and only a possibility of an extra body coming in towards the last third of games.