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Vince has some sort of minor injury, described as a niggle by the commentators. Was off the field for a fair bit of the day on friday as well.

Play to start in about 15 minutes. Presume they'll make us bat.

There will probably be changes to the bowling line up, perhaps a real first rate spinner, I am personally far from convinced that our coach is what's needed. Then again I'm not on amicable terms with him as you are. I see young players not progressing as well as one might expect, I see poor fielding on occasions, I see iffy toss decisions and poor opening batting on several occasions. The one-day campaigns were medium to poor, not up to standard in any shape or form. Still as you say, possibly new owners, one can just hope for a clear-out and a general bucking up in standards.

Well, the start is delayed so that's a bonus. We were pretty awful yesterday, aimless bowling, poor even from Turner, dropped catches that really didn't help our cause. Hants looked like a side with very little left to play for this season and the decision to put them in first looks like a monumental error. I think Vince was off the field for a part of the day as well. Only Abbas came out of the day with any sort of real credit, steady bowling that kept the score down and got some wickets. This season is toast, even with 4 games left to play and things must surely change before the 2025 season, all formats included.

Excellent even, but we need to dismiss Handscombe before he gets too dug in. Wasn't it he that beat us almost by himself last year, or was that Ackerman?

I did not know that. Too late now, I have to head off to the footy in a while, Clermont-Pau this evening, Ligue 2, might be a bit of a sad affair but as I've paid me money.....................

Motoring along nicely today, big knock from Gubbins, just out though, hope we can continue racking up the score in the last 8 overs or so. 300 would be good, bit of a way to go though as of yet, might only get about 280. No stream................:-(

It's pretty obvious that we do not bat well on the opponents' grounds. we win at home but on turnip patches in the sticks, not so much. Today there was nothing really special as far as I could see in Worcs bowling, but it was aggressive, pitched up and straight in the main. You only have to look at Gubbins dismissal to see that such bowling poses us a real problem. Middleton, Organ, Brown and Gubbins are grafters, they aren't aggressive batters. Prest, well he's gone backwards hasn't he, perhaps not is all well with his injury. Weatherly is a waste of space most of the time. The bowling is all over the place, Abbott was pretty good today, didn't cost many. Wheal? don't know why he is still here, Currie would be better, even Holland. Abbas isn't a one-day bowler. The spinners aren't spinners, they're stop gaps. Kelly looks good though.

Absolute rubbish. Can't bat, can't bowl. In football the head coach would be long gone by now. Cricket however is a genteel game, and nobody gets sacked for poor showings.

Wow, Albert dismissed by an absolutely awful umpiring decision. Few wides not called as well. Worcs umpire ?

Our batting of late is a real shambles.

Hopeless, just hopeless is our bowling. Northants had the best of the wicket this morning, now it's just flat.

It's an ok score but Abbott is making it difficult to defend it. But Jack has just got their prime run scorer so it may get better.

Hopeless is more like it. I just don't see why we don't use at least one of our 4 day bowlers. We only have 1 overseas player for the T20 now.

Chose to bat first today. Turner dropped, replaced by Jack. Otherwise the same team.

Not a bad watch. Better than Wednesday anyway. Turner is obviously trying too hard, a run in the 50 over games would do him good, but does he have a Hundred contract. The multiple left handers among the Gloucs batters didn't help, far too many balls down the leg side and the umpire gave wides for anything a bit off target. Our innings lost it's way in the middle, I think we made 11 from 3 overs somewhere in there. But the end was good. Hopefully we'll not have too many absents on Sunday, not that it really matters because we'll not qualify, but it makes the game better to watch.

I watched the first hour and the part of our innings that fell at half-time. Our bowling is just rank awful, too wide, too short, too easy to hit. The field placings aren't all that good, perhaps they'd be better if the bowlers bowl where they're supposed too. Our batting is unimaginative and there are a good few poor shots. Still could have won but we lost wickets just when we needed not to. Turner needs to slow down a bit and go for more accuracy, like he was last season. Still 50 overs competition soon, might be better.

Things are looking up, no Barker as of yet this morning. Saving him for the imminent new ball or injured !

Flat pitch, toothless bowling. Luckily there'll be Wimbledon later on.

Doesn't look at all promising for a Hampshire win this morning. Same as last week, Kent are in a relegation situation and aren't interested in anything other than a draw.

Partnership pushing 250 at the end of play. Bizarre day, the openers looked untroubled before the rain, then in difficulty at the re-start, Gubbins was out bizarrely, ball bounced off his leg onto the stumps I think, the Vince and Brown looked in no difficulty at all. Perhaps the wicket got a bit damp at the start of the drizzle. Seem to be in a good position, might get 4 batting points for once, probably look to bat only once.

Doh, Albert gone already with 1 on the board. Bowling too good for him. Needs to bat middle order, Organ might be better opening.

That simple dropped catch is already expensive. Our bowling looks absolutely toothless. Turner could not have done any worse than Abbas.