343/9 All out only 10 men 87.4 oversJordan Ct Sibley b Stone 16Robinson 8Lead of 97Barker 13 2 42 3Wright 18 2 69 1Patel 21 2 85 2Stone 14.4 2 59 3Sidebottom 12 0 42 0Rhodes 9 3 30 0
Can't see us winning now. We won't declare where there is even a 2% chance of them chasing it down.We should be level on points with Kent moving into the final match against them. They'll be above us by virtue of having won more matches. So the winner wins the league. If it's a draw or a tie, whoever gets more bonus points wins. If it's a draw or a tie and we get the same number of bonus points, Kent win it the title.
55/0 14 oversRhodes 42, Sibley 11148 leadPersonally i don't mind not winning this game or the title. The clubs main aim was to get promotion and avoid defeat by batting and batting long achievesthat goal. Take Kent game as a cup final and winner takes all.
Quote from: cdbullyweefan on September 20, 2018, 02:43:31 PMCan't see us winning now. We won't declare where there is even a 2% chance of them chasing it down.We should be level on points with Kent moving into the final match against them. They'll be above us by virtue of having won more matches. So the winner wins the league. If it's a draw or a tie, whoever gets more bonus points wins. If it's a draw or a tie and we get the same number of bonus points, Kent win it the title. Depends how we go today really. 55 from 14.4 doesn't suggest we're going to be timid so a lead of 250+ by the end of play is likely. Add another 100 tomorrow morning and you'd be fairly confident they won't chase 350 in 2 sessions and if they try it gives us more chance of taking the 10 wickets.Once we're 250-300 up I'd be tempted to tell them to start slogging and push it as high as possible though. I'd want 2 sessions to bowl them though because they have a decent middle and lower order.
Quote from: paul_e on September 20, 2018, 02:58:26 PMQuote from: cdbullyweefan on September 20, 2018, 02:43:31 PMCan't see us winning now. We won't declare where there is even a 2% chance of them chasing it down.We should be level on points with Kent moving into the final match against them. They'll be above us by virtue of having won more matches. So the winner wins the league. If it's a draw or a tie, whoever gets more bonus points wins. If it's a draw or a tie and we get the same number of bonus points, Kent win it the title. Depends how we go today really. 55 from 14.4 doesn't suggest we're going to be timid so a lead of 250+ by the end of play is likely. Add another 100 tomorrow morning and you'd be fairly confident they won't chase 350 in 2 sessions and if they try it gives us more chance of taking the 10 wickets.Once we're 250-300 up I'd be tempted to tell them to start slogging and push it as high as possible though. I'd want 2 sessions to bowl them though because they have a decent middle and lower order.They would have to go for 350 off two sessions, a draw is pointless to them. It would be very unlikely, but I'd rather not taking even the slightest chance. Winning promotion is the priority, the title is just a bit of icing.
We have reached Tea untroubled 21 overs gone and Bears are:78/0Rhodes 51 (64) 7 x 4's 1 x 6Sibley 19A lead of 175