Preview: Warwickshire v Gloucestershire, Metro Bank One Day Cup

Warwickshire welcome back spinner Danny Briggs as the Metro Bank One Day Cup comes to Edgbaston on Monday (7 Aug) with the side looking to build on an encouraging opening day success at Somerset.

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2023-08-06T11:43:13.000Z

Warwickshire welcome back spinner Danny Briggs as the Metro Bank One Day Cup comes to Edgbaston on Monday (7 Aug) with the side looking to build on an encouraging opening day success at Somerset.

Briggs has been released from The Hundred by Oval Invincibles for the game and joins up with his teammates who toasted a four-wicket win in Taunton on Friday night.

Jake Lintott took three wickets against his hometown club as the Bears restricted the hosts to 230 all out with three overs to spare.

Ed Barnard – relishing his new role at the top of the order – was the bedrock of the reply batting for 40 overs before being caught six short of his century, supported by skipper Will Rhodes (38) and a senior best 38 from Hamza Shaikh.

But First Team Coach Mark Robinson knows Monday’s visitors Gloucestershire – who are missing just two players, Miles Hammond and David Payne, to The Hundred call-ups – will offer a firm test for his 50-over charges.

He said: “Gloucestershire have won both opening games and will play their frontline overseas spinner (Zafar Gohar who took 47 red ball wickets in 2022) so it will be a stern test for us.

“It’s great to welcome Briggsy back into the fold and hopefully we can build on the momentum from Somerset.

“The beauty of the competition is that it gives different players a chance to shine, and sometimes in different roles. Barney is opening and doing great, Burgess is batting at four, and young players like Hamza and Kai Smith can also make statements.

“Hamza and Kai got some experience under their belts last year and they’ll be better for that this time. I think Hamza showed that with his innings on Friday: he got stuck a bit at first, but with Ed’s support came through and played some lovely shots.

“It’s an exciting competition for me, the players and the supporters and we all want to do well.”

Rookie bowler Michael Booth joins Briggs in a 13-man squad with Liam Norwell – who felt pain in his back during the warm-up in Taunton – and George Garrett stepping aside.

Robinson, who’s enjoyed significant limited overs success as a coach with Sussex and England Women, added: “We had intended to give Liam a run out on Friday as part of his back to bowling programme but he felt pain during the fielding drills.

“It’s frustrating as he wants to get back to match sharpness but we didn’t want to risk him and it was the right thing to do to pull out.

“Milo (Craig Miles) continues his comeback from injury. He’s short of match practice and Somerset was only his second run-out since he did his hamstring but hopefully he’ll get better as the competition goes on.”

Gloucestershire have opened their One Day Cup account with two home wins but needed an eighth wicket stand of 104 to recover from 142-7 against Northants on Friday and post a score of 278 which proved enough.

Under-16s are free at Edgbaston for the One Day Cup and it’s just £15 for adults.

Squad

Ed BarnardMichael BoothDanny BriggsEthan BrookesMichael BurgessOlly Hannon-DalbyJake LintottCraig MilesWill RhodesHamza ShaikhKai SmithTheo WylieRob Yates

How to Follow

Members and supporters can follow the match live in our 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 on Twitter via @WarwickshireCCC 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.