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Post by Admin on Jun 10, 2022 18:14:24 GMT
 Decent in the day, first saw him in a Gillette Cup game at OT in 1964 Michael John Knight Smith OBE, better known as M. J. K. Smith or Mike Smith, (born 30 June 1933) is an English former cricketer who was captain of Oxford University Cricket Club (1956), Warwickshire County Cricket Club (1957–1967) and the England cricket team (1963–1966). He was one of England's most popular cricket captains and, as he also played rugby union, Smith was England's last double international.[1][2][3] Smith was encouraged to move to Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 1957 to take over the captaincy. In the 1950s an amateur had to captain the county and Warwickshire had no capable amateurs. Despite wearing steel-rimmed spectacles Smith was a heavy run-maker in County cricket and passed 2,000 runs a season each year from 1957 to 1962, including 3,245 runs (57.94) in 1959. Fred Trueman thought "there is probably nobody in the world who plays the off-spinner better",[5] but Smith's fragility against fast bowling meant that he could not hold down a regular place in the Test team. It was not his only failing as 'Mike is widely remembered...as a very unreliable runner between the wickets. Warwickshire tales of woe in this respect are numerous and I can remember a call between them in 1964 going something like "No A.C." – Yes, Mike" – Wait A.C." – "Damn it, Mike" – "Sorry A.C."[6] He was, however, a mantis-like close fielder who took a record 593 catches for Warwickshire and 53 catches in 50 Tests for England. His outwardly nonchalant captaincy hid a good cricketing brain and he took a rebuilt Warwickshire side to third, fourth and second place in the County Championship in 1962–64.[citation needed]  www.espncricinfo.com/series/gillette-cup-england-1964-368608/lancashire-vs-warwickshire-semi-final-368628/full-scorecardwww.bbc.co.uk/weather/2655603 |
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Post by Admin on Jun 11, 2022 17:22:11 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jun 11, 2022 17:40:13 GMT
The Bears break off from their vibrant Vitality Blast campaign to resume the defence of their Championship title against the in-form Red Rose.
After a surfeit of early-season draws, the Championship Division One table is very tight with the Bears in sixth place but just 32 points behind leaders Surrey. Lancashire sit fourth, 14 points better off than the Bears.
In terms of the title race, it’s absolutely all still to play for and captain Rhodes knows that his team can make significant strides forward with good results in the next two games, at home to Lancashire and then away to Northamptonshire (June 26-29).
“The fixtures always come with some quirks and this is one we are used to with some red ball cricket among the T20s,” the skipper said. “These two games give us a real chance to assert ourselves in the Division One table.
“The table, as it stands, suggests we have played some okay cricket but we know we’ve been playing catch-up in too many games. We have shown a lot of resilience and played some very good recovery cricket but only once, at home to Essex, have we been ahead of the game.
“That’s something we spoke about after the last Championship game, at Yorkshire, and we know we need to get on the front foot in games sooner.
“The table is still very tight and in the next five games we play three of the teams above us so that gives us a great chance to take points off them. Some of the teams above us also play each other during that block of games so if we play our best cricket we can go into the last part of the season in a very strong position.
“First up its Lancashire who are a very fine side but could be missing some players so we have got to capitalise on that.”
The Bears will also again be missing key players – England pair Chris Woakes and Olly Stone – but welcome back pace spearhead Liam Norwell after his injuries.
“Liam has trained well this week and it’s great to have him back in the squad,” he said. “He is a big player for us and the likes of Olly Hannon-Dalby have had a bit of a break so that won’t have done them any harm at all.
“Unfortunately, we’re still without Woakesy and Stoney. Olly has shaped up really well for us in the T20s but, after quite a long injury break, we don’t want to ask too much of him too soon. If we get the balance right now, hopefully he will play some championship cricket this season.”
All-rounder Nathan McAndrew is unavailable having been called up to the Australia A squad in Sri Lanka. The 28-year-old is expected to return for the County Championship fixture against Northamptonshire at the County Ground starting on Sunday 26 June.
Squad
Will Rhodes (captain)
Chris Benjamin
Danny Briggs
Henry Brookes
Michael Burgess
Alex Davies
Sam Hain
Olly Hannon-Dalby
Matt Lamb
Craig Miles
Liam Norwell
Dom Sibley
Rob Yates
How to Follow
Members and supporters can follow the match live in our new-look Match Centre at edgbaston.com, which will include a free to watch Live Stream, with BBC commentary, and a live text commentary.
Supporters can get involved by sending their match day comments and thoughts to matchday@edgbaston.com, and we’ll publish the best ones on our live text commentary in the Match Centre.
Supporters can also watch the Live Stream and get instant push notifications of all wickets, innings and match results via the Edgbaston app, which is free to download on iOS and Android.
Match updates will also be available across the Club’s social media accounts, simply search for @warwickshireccc
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Post by Butter_Fingers on Jun 12, 2022 1:46:28 GMT
New overseas signing Kiwi seamer Will Williams(29) named in 14 man squad: Dane Vilas*, Tom Bailey, George Balderson, Josh Bohannon, Steven Croft, Tom Hartley, Liam Hurt, Keaton Jennings, Rob Jones, Danny Lamb, Jack Morley, Matt Parkinson, Luke Wells, Will Williams. www.thecricketer.com/Topics/countycricket/lancashire_sign_will_williams_for_county_championship_stint.html |
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Post by Butter_Fingers on Jun 12, 2022 2:17:14 GMT
William Salter Austen Williams bowling figures in FC cricket for Canterbury this calendar year:
28-8-70-0
4-1-35-0
14-6-25-0
10-5-22-0
23-8-41-2
13-2-28-2
3-0-10-1
10.4-4-37-3
The best figures in his most recent match mid-April when 2nd placed Canterbury beat Plunket Shield winners Auckland.
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Post by Admin on Jun 12, 2022 9:40:01 GMT
They win toss and bat
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Post by Admin on Jun 12, 2022 9:52:50 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jun 12, 2022 10:01:11 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jun 12, 2022 10:52:01 GMT
Good start by Williams could have had Sibley LBW 26-2
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Post by exile on Jun 12, 2022 17:19:47 GMT
Warwickshire 292 a/o. Good effort on a slow, fairly unresponsive pitch. Might have been better still if Bailey hadn't been well below his best - far too many balls on middle and leg.
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Post by Dave Towers on Jun 12, 2022 18:51:39 GMT
It's interesting how, once again, we have been held up by just one player scoring a large percentage of their team's runs:- Compton (Kent) 1st innings: 40% Second innings: 41% Gubbins (Hants) 1st innings: 41% Second innings: 38% Sibley (Warks) 1st innings: 45% Root (Yorks) 1st innings: 39% Brook (Yorks) 2nd innings: 48% Lawrence (Essex) 1st innings: 31% Hain (Warks) 1st innings: 45% Anyway, after losing the toss for the 6th time in 7 games, to finish the innings on the first day doesn't seem a bad effort, so it's over to the batsmen. Yet another chance coming up for Rob Jones, who seems like the batting equivalent of Liam Hurt. Selected for first team cricket for a good number of years, (seven in his case), but never doing enough to command a regular place. His best year was in 2019 when he scored over 600 runs, albeit in the second division. Does anyone know how long Williams is here for? And how many parents with the surname Williams would opt to call their child William?  |
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Post by exile on Jun 12, 2022 19:47:14 GMT
Unless something changes, Williams is here for just this and the next CC game. Although a New Zealander, Williams is presumably of Welsh origin and in Wales his name wouldn't be unusual at all. The original Welsh words sung to Cwm Rhondda were written by a William Williams.
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Post by Dave Towers on Jun 12, 2022 20:30:36 GMT
Unless something changes, Williams is here for just this and the next CC game. Although a New Zealander, Williams is presumably of Welsh origin and in Wales his name wouldn't be unusual at all. The original Welsh words sung to Cwm Rhondda were written by a William Williams. Actually Lancaster City F.C. back in the 1970s had a physio of the same name, but because he was always known as Bill it didn't really stand out. |
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Post by Admin on Jun 13, 2022 5:29:39 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jun 13, 2022 16:34:41 GMT
I tink those of us who doubted giving Croft new deals might be in the egg on face category tonight
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