A few thoughts on the 2008 fixtures.
1. Five Twenty20 games away then five at home. Only in cricket....
2. With respect to the Oval, Old Trafford etc., nice to see back in the Bears' itinerary more of Northampton, Leicester and Derby again. Venues just as historic and more charming than many of the bigger ones.
3. Oakham, Milton Keynes and (probably) Southgate will be appealing for travelling Bears fans. Big shame - an outrage, some would say - that Warwickshire continue to ignore their own outgrounds.
4. Glad to be going back to Chelmsford. I can collect the underpants I left hanging out to dry on the hotel balcony there but then forgot about in 2001.
5. Season ends on September 27. Are we inching inexorably towards Christmas cricket?
Comments (6)
Do you think you could still get into aforementioned underpants?
Posted by Paul | November 14, 2007 4:27 PM
Posted on November 14, 2007 16:27
How splendid to go back to Northampton in the championship. I saw Frank Foster's chaps clinch the title there in 1911.
I still possess the garters I wore that day. Bravo!
Posted by O.Codger | November 14, 2007 6:52 PM
Posted on November 14, 2007 18:52
Hope I get the chance to find out Paul. I need them back. Due to financial hardship, have been getting by with only two pairs for the last seven years.
Posted by brian | November 14, 2007 8:49 PM
Posted on November 14, 2007 20:49
hasnt cricket been banned yet?
Posted by Feverish Phill | November 15, 2007 12:11 AM
Posted on November 15, 2007 00:11
I like the idea of Christmas cricket. Perhaps a champo match December 24 - 27. Play starting 8am. Roast chestnuts. Carol singers. Tinsel. Like it.
Posted by L.Lucas | November 15, 2007 4:40 PM
Posted on November 15, 2007 16:40
Sources round here reckon Warwickshire's game at Middlesex next July will be at Uxbridge not Southgate.
Posted by The Tallest Window Cleaner in Uxbridge | November 15, 2007 7:50 PM
Posted on November 15, 2007 19:50