Would be interesting if Alex Hales could take on the Warner role. Cook and Hales would be a great contrast. Never really done it in four day cricket for Notts though.

Without doubt. It is a fine balance, you don't want too many 'crease occupiers' as before you know it you can be a few wickets down with not much on the board. However, the likes of Cook and Rogers are invaluable.

Almost a two day Test! I am enjoying the crash, bang, wallop approach to this (and the NZ series), I doubt Warwickshire's Cheif Exec is though!

Listening to Chris Rogers last night, he reckons the pitch will crack more and more as the game wears on, so we defintely don't want to be chasing much 4th innings. Put the game to bed today lads!

Interesting to see the pitch. Our bowlers need it to do a bit, another flat one and we won't get 20 wickets.

His 'barbs' are so naff though. 'You've as much charisma as my underpants'

Looks like a rain dance will be required for Sunday

I had a feeling pre series that the ECB would be ordering slow pitches, case in point this Lord's offering. All well and good, but if you lose the toss you have a mountain to climb after day 1. A shame really because the pitch at this ground for the NZ test was a cracker.

Also depends on the pitches. We prepared dry surfaces last time for Swann, hwever haven't got that luxury this time around. A seaming pitch with a bit of swing on a humid day could have them in all kinds of trouble. But will the ECB want to risk sporty pitches with the Aussie fast bowlers? Cardiff pitch is usually pretty flat, so lets see.

Their batting isn't all that, apart from Steve Smith the rest of them can fall in a heap. However, our issues in getting tailenders out and then facing their quicks is what will cost us.

The whole Middle-Earth thing seems very twee compared to the GRRM universe. Wonder if the Lord ut Rings films would have taken off in the same way if released now?

Bit harsh to call NZ a 'bunch of amateurs', one of the few fully professional outfits in world cricket- unlike India that often phone in performances overseas, the sadly diminshed Windies, inconsistent Pakistan. I would compare them to South Africa in their unrelenting approach.

Love Pointless (aside from the panifully bland 'comedian' Alexander Armstrong). However, what on earth is that one with Ben Shepherd? A giant version of the 2p machine in t'arcades?!

Problem with ODIs is their lack of context. These bilateral series don't mean anything, especially years away from the main event. A triangular tournament against the two touring sides should be played each year instead, not a random 5 match series against NZ crammed in before the Ashes.

He's no Greyjoy

It was a great initiative in 1993, all part of the forward thinking of the club at that time. However, now it just seems so tired, no features, dreadful 'playlist' of music (who wants to listen to music on an AM frequency anyway?), presenters going through the motions, hardly any callers. If it is to stay, put it on at say 2pm, straight hour of Rovers chat, no music. Same could be said about 'Rovers TV', I remember in the Hughes era, an interview with him would be held straight after the game (we'd usually just won), shown on the screen and the TVs in the concourse, there would be hundreds of people watching it, 'Hughesy, Hughesy' we'd sing and off we would bound up Livesey Branch Road. Sniff

Where are the Greyjoys?!

Wss supposed to be going to Old Trafford for the Roses Twenty20 tonight. Shocking year for the counties

You kick one Scot...

Wasn't there 'personal reasons' behind his move to Rangers?

Don't be daft.

Newell missing that pen, those last few minutes still make me nervous now. My dad went missing for the last 20 minutes, think he smoked a packet of fags on the concourse !

Not a fan of Sharjan, got a Rogan Josh there and I've honestly had better from Asda. Sukhi's on the other hand