Chris Woakes crushes Windies top order

He is a future star you know? Well we Bear fans know but now the rest of the cricket public should start taking notice. Who am i talking about? Chris Woakes who took 4-26 to leave the Windies tottering on 76-4 on the end of a rain affected first day of the game between England Lions and the West Indies.

In fact it was a big Warwickshire effort as 2 of Woakes' wickets were caught by Tim Ambrose and one of the others by Ian Bell.

Another winner from the management?

Re: the West Indies ODI at Edgbaston, the tickets priced at £55 cannot be selling that well, even the tickets to members which are subject to a generous £10 discount.

But lo apparently an e-mail is going around offering tickets to Birmingham Council staff for £35 with children going free. Suffice to say some members who may have already purchased tickets (for £45, supposedly cheaper international tickets is a perk of being a member!) are going to be a bit miffed.

England Lions pick 4 Bears

England Lions (i prefer England A personally but anyway) have picked their side to face the West Indies in a tour match next week at Derby and 4 Warwickshire players have been picked. Media attention has been placed on Ian Bell with people saying its a sign perhaps he will get the Test #3 slot (though MP Vaughan will probably score 22 next match for Yorkshire and clinch the place for himself).

Jon Trott, Tim Ambrose and Chris Woakes have also been picked. The players will not be eligible for Warwickshire's FPT game against Scotland on Sunday May 3rd.

West Indians begin tour

The Windies have begun their 2009 tour of England. They are standing in for first Zimbabwe and then Sri Lanka but are always welcome of course. They will play 2 tests and then a one-day series, the last game at Edgbaston. Watching England vs the West Indies at Edgbaston is a cherished memory, the second time i ever went to the ground in fact (first was to see E vs NZ the year before). England got hammered and i got sunburn.

That was years ago of course and its all changed now, now i see Warwickshire get hammered instead but i still get sunburn, hooray!