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by: RH - Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:19 UTC

"Warwickshire in particular are on a hiding to nothing. Celebrations on Friday after their final-day win against Somerset at Edgbaston are unlikely to have served as ideal preparation and the absence of Chris Woakes, rested ahead of a busy winter, "
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-2021-1244186/warwickshire-vs-lancashire-final-1279470/match-preview

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Pathetic.
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The game is essentially cricket's version of the Community Shield, but tacked on to the end of a season rather than raising the curtain for a new one. Naming a trophy in honour of Bob Willis and using the week as an opportunity to raise awareness about charities was a worthy idea but the prize would surely hold more weight and purpose as a replacement for the anachronistic MCC vs Champion County game than with both sets of players secretly wishing they were spending the week on the beach.

Just call in Champion county v the Rest of Eng;and

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by: RH - Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:15 UTC

On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 6:19:44 PM UTC+1, RH wrote:
> "Warwickshire in particular are on a hiding to nothing. Celebrations on Friday after their final-day win against Somerset at Edgbaston are unlikely to have served as ideal preparation and the absence of Chris Woakes, rested ahead of a busy winter, "
> https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-2021-1244186/warwickshire-vs-lancashire-final-1279470/match-preview
>
> RH
> Pathetic.
> RH
>
> The game is essentially cricket's version of the Community Shield, but tacked on to the end of a season rather than raising the curtain for a new one. Naming a trophy in honour of Bob Willis and using the week as an opportunity to raise awareness about charities was a worthy idea but the prize would surely hold more weight and purpose as a replacement for the anachronistic MCC vs Champion County game than with both sets of players secretly wishing they were spending the week on the beach.
>
> RH
>
> Just call in Champion county v the Rest of Eng;and
>
> RH

Bob Willis Trophy starts

Lancashire batting

Rain stopped play (17.1 ov)

Lancashire are 47/7

Liam Norwell 6 2 9 2
Craig Miles 7 1 25 4

A mixture of favourable bowling conditions,lack of batting technique. and probably not knowing how to play a five day match.

The selectors need to look at Norwell and Miles for the Ashes. (Miles bowled very well in the match against the Indians .

Results are not typical.

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