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Off Topic => Sports Arena => Topic started by: Villan For Life on March 20, 2015, 01:53:06 PM
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So the new county season is almost upon us, with the traditional MCC v Champion county match starting on Sunday in Dubai. The first Bears game starts on 19th April and I've got a feeling that there's a distraction elsewhere that day. The first Pears game is a week earlier.
So what are your hopes for the season?
I'd like to see the Bears build on a good season last year and compete in all formats. I'd take another Championship title and a one day cup. We have a strong squad and if they stay fit and in form we are a match for anyone.
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Last season went very well for us (Warwicks). One piece of silverware and 2 runners up medals. Hopefully we compete on all fronts again. With the season creeping up on us it can't be long before I do my Telegraph Fantasy Cricket team for the year, good fun.
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Can I just say... Come on you Bears!
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I want to see Sam Hain continue his incredible progress as part of another very strong season.
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I can't see the Pears winning anything, especially without Moeen, but I think we're just about good enough to stay up.
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I want to see Sam Hain continue his incredible progress as part of another very strong season.
This and hopefully the fast bowlers i.e Wright, Barker and OHD to stay clear of injuries
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Those 3 plus Rankin Woakes Clarke Gordon must be the best seam attack in the country
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If we could play in the Champions League, I'd prioritise defending the Twenty20, but as we can't, I'd most like to see us win the County Championship, if I could choose. Realistically, I'd settle for any trophy, so long as we don't get relegated.
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If we could play in the Champions League, I'd prioritise defending the Twenty20, but as we can't, I'd most like to see us win the County Championship, if I could choose. Realistically, I'd settle for any trophy, so long as we don't get relegated.
I was wondering why we weren't in the Champions League?
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The ECB couldn't come to an agreement for our domestic season to finish before the Champions League started. Nothing to do with Warwickshire, they'd decided beforehand.
I think the ECB need to reconsider, and think about either allowing England players to go to the IPL or create something similar over here. England are lagging behind in shorter forms of the game and a large part of the reason is that their players are rarely competing at the elite level (apologies for digressing).
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The ECB couldn't come to an agreement for our domestic season to finish before the Champions League started. Nothing to do with Warwickshire, they'd decided beforehand.
I think the ECB need to reconsider, and think about either allowing England players to go to the IPL or create something similar over here. England are lagging behind in shorter forms of the game and a large part of the reason is that their players are rarely competing at the elite level (apologies for digressing).
Thanks for clearing that up.
I agree re the IPL and it's been discussed on the other cricket thread.
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Cheers. I'll have a butcher's.
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Edgbaston (http://www.edgbaston.com/2140/warwickshire-v-worcestershire-friendly.html)
Warwickshire v Worcestershire, Friendly
The rules for the match were day 1, Warwickshire to bat 64 overs and Worcestershire to bat 32 overs. On day 2 it will be the reverse of day 1
Day 1
After winning the toss and batting first at Edgbaston against Worcestershire, Warwickshire’s opening pair of skipper, Varun Chopra and Ian Westwood scored freely against the new ball attack of Chris Russell and Joe Leach before Chopra 30 chopped Russell back into his stumps when one short of their half-century opening partnership.
Ateeq Javid 4 lbw and Laurie Evans 0 caught behind by ‘keeper Joe Clark, quickly followed to the bowling of Ed Barnard from the Birmingham End before Westwood, now partnered by Sam Hain, took Warwickshire to lunch on 119-3 with both batsmen unbeaten on 39.
After lunch Westwood and Hain extended their fourth wicket partnership to 188 from just 41 overs with Westwood completing his century before Hain was bowled by Russell for 94 from 124 deliveries.
Westwood was undefeated on 121 from 194 balls with 16 fours and a six as the Warwickshire innings closed after 64 overs on 263-4
With the weather deteriorating, Worcestershire began their reply but lost captain Daryl Mitchell lbw to Keith Barker in the fifth over for a single, while fellow opener, Richard Oliver collected five boundaries in his unbeaten, run-a-ball 24. Bad light brought an end to the day’s play after nine overs of the Worcestershire reply with the visitors, 31-1 at stumps with 23 overs were lost in the day.
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Decent start to the season for the Bears.In the friendly against our neighbours the Pears we ended the day 263-4 with Westwood 120 odd not out and Hain making 94. We then got rid of Mitchell for 1
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Sad to read that Paul Best has had to retire due to injury. Before his injury i had high hopes for this lad of becoming a important member of our first team squad.
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McCullum for 7 20/20 matches for the Bears. Nice one!
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McCullum for 7 20/20 matches for the Bears. Nice one!
Now that is a signing!
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Yep. Should add a few more bums on seats!
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My dad just texted to say 'we sign McCullum as soon as he becomes crap! ;)
Impressive signing.
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That's really odd. My dad texted me exactly the same thing, word for word.
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And mine....
Oh.
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If he works out as well as Shoaib Malik did last year I will be very pleased.
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Wish they would drop this Birmingham Bears nonsense!
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Wish they would drop this Birmingham Bears nonsense!
Seconded
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X3
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We are ahead of the game calling ourselves Birmingham Bears, when all other cities will be fighting it out for their city to be part of our reformed rejuvenated, high profile 20/20 league we will already be firmly established.
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Have to say i am delighted with the McCullum signing.Never saw that one coming.
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We are ahead of the game calling ourselves Birmingham Bears, when all other cities will be fighting it out for their city to be part of our reformed rejuvenated, high profile 20/20 league we will already be firmly established.
I am not sure I agree with the idea in principle, but I would bet heavily that you are right. Colin Povey and his team are ahead of the curve on this, as they are on most things.
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Would prefer Warwickshire but I have no problem with Birmingham Bears. There will need to be a massive overhaul of English cricket as propping up the archane county circuit is counter productive. The country cannot sustain 18 county teams in the present format and with specific regards to 20/20 it highlights where we're getting left behind. Successful proponents of the game have made it a cities affair and changed how the teams are seen and supported. We should give it a go and fully get behind the (abhorrent) game we created. Because it has changed 50 over cricket and likely to change the face of test cricket.
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Have to say i am delighted with the McCullum signing.Never saw that one coming.
Ditto.
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Would prefer Warwickshire but I have no problem with Birmingham Bears. There will need to be a massive overhaul of English cricket as propping up the archane county circuit is counter productive. The country cannot sustain 18 county teams in the present format and with specific regards to 20/20 it highlights where we're getting left behind. Successful proponents of the game have made it a cities affair and changed how the teams are seen and supported. We should give it a go and fully get behind the (abhorrent) game we created. Because it has changed 50 over cricket and likely to change the face of test cricket.
Pretty much sums up my thoughts too.
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Ian Bell has signed a 3 year contract extension.
He doesn't turn out for the Bears very often, but when he does he gives it his all.
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Would prefer Warwickshire but I have no problem with Birmingham Bears. There will need to be a massive overhaul of English cricket as propping up the archane county circuit is counter productive. The country cannot sustain 18 county teams in the present format and with specific regards to 20/20 it highlights where we're getting left behind. Successful proponents of the game have made it a cities affair and changed how the teams are seen and supported. We should give it a go and fully get behind the (abhorrent) game we created. Because it has changed 50 over cricket and likely to change the face of test cricket.
Pretty much sums up my thoughts too.
Me too. T20 in this country has to change and will likely be city based teams, so Birmingham Bears will fit in. If that is a success then I can see there being calls for the 50 over game to follow suit as well.
I don't think there is a real need to alter the two division county championship system, but I could see a case for players centrally contracted to the ECB are loaned to Division One teams if their county is relegated to ensure they are playing at the highest level possible.
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Ian Bell has signed a 3 year contract extension.
He doesn't turn out for the Bears very often, but when he does he gives it his all.
PCA MVP Rankings @PCA_MVP_Cricket 9h9 hours ago
.@Ian_Bell loves batting for @CricketingBears - in 2014 he hit 30% of the team's @LV_Cricket runs in his games, highest % of all players.
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Ian Bell has signed a 3 year contract extension.
He doesn't turn out for the Bears very often, but when he does he gives it his all.
PCA MVP Rankings @PCA_MVP_Cricket 9h9 hours ago
.@Ian_Bell loves batting for @CricketingBears - in 2014 he hit 30% of the team's @LV_Cricket runs in his games, highest % of all players.
That is a fantastic stat.
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Or not...
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Or not...
I'd expect a player of Bell's class to dominate county attacks and to his credit he normally does.
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Jeetan Patel has been named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the year.
Well done that man, richly deserved.
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Jeetan Patel has been named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the year.
Well done that man, richly deserved.
Well said. A class act.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCD504MWEAAISI2.jpg)
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Yeah well done Jeetan Patel.Must admit,i was not to impressed when we first signed him,but he has won me over and is now one of my favourite bears.
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Welcome back to the Big Boys league you Pears,11-2 already off just 8 overs
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Warwickshire won toss and decided to bat
Warwickshire (1st Innings) Durham MCCU (1st Innings)
414 for 3 (87.0 overs)
5 Hours, 10 Minutes.
Warwickshire (2nd Innings) Durham MCCU (2nd Innings)
Warwickshire (1st Innings)
Batsman Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s S/r
V Chopra* c RAM Gibson b CM MacDonell 18 28 37 3 0 64.29
IJ Westwood retd, out 155 187 272 22 0 82.89
WTS Porterfield b D Ratanayake 59 85 88 9 2 69.41
LJ Evans lbw b WDB Phillips 52 85 82 8 0 61.18
SR Hain not out 85 102 99 6 1 83.33
TR Ambrose+ not out 32 37 38 2 1 86.49
R Clarke
TP Milnes
CJC Wright
RA Jones
JE Poysden
Extras 4nb 0w 4lb 5b 0pen 13
Total 414 for 3
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I've got a feeling Sam Hain will score heavily this year. He seems to have it all; temperament, technique, concentration. People whose opinion counts more than mine say he is better than Ian Bell at the same age and that is some endorsement.
He qualifies for England in 2016 so let's make the most of him while we can.
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Bears finished up on 553, Durham MCCU 62-3, a couple of wickets for Jones and 1 for Wright.
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I've got a feeling Sam Hain will score heavily this year. He seems to have it all; temperament, technique, concentration. People whose opinion counts more than mine say he is better than Ian Bell at the same age and that is some endorsement.
He qualifies for England in 2016 so let's make the most of him while we can.
From the little I've seen of him he looks a special talent, how calm he looks is incredibly impressive for his age.
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Worcester 100 all out in second innings, pleased with that as Sidebottom wasn't able to bowl.
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Rikki Clarke's 100 included 7 6s and 10 4s. Hand out the crash helmets.
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Yorkshire win by 10 wickets.
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I see Dickie Bird is none too happy with 4 of your players wearing bibs and serving drinks over in the West Indies.
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I see Dickie Bird is none too happy with 4 of your players wearing bibs and serving drinks over in the West Indies.
Bless him. Boycott must be apoplectic that Rashid isn't playing!
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took me ages to think of the 4th one, completely forgot about Bairstow.
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It looks like it is going to be a long hard season for the Pears judging by the Yorkshire match. To be thrashed by a team missing 7 regulars and without one of their best bowlers in the second innings ie Sidebottom in three days does not bode well
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Anyone have any idea why the Bears appeared to have declared with Sam Hain on 96. Was it they had agreed to finish at 5pm at no chance of a result ?
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I think Notts have a great shot at the title this year, Yorkshire will suffer with England call-ups, and I think we over-achieved (Warwickshire) by finishing 2nd with our squad last year.
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I think Notts have a great shot at the title this year, Yorkshire will suffer with England call-ups, and I think we over-achieved (Warwickshire) by finishing 2nd with our squad last year.
I disagree we did not overachive last year.
If the Bears attack can stay fit then it is one of the best attacks in the division. Then if Chopra, Westwood and Portfield can score runs we will be a match for anyone.
That's without even mentioning the prodigious Sam Hain.
Durham, Notts, Yorkshire and the Bears are the sides to watch.
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I think Notts have a great shot at the title this year, Yorkshire will suffer with England call-ups, and I think we over-achieved (Warwickshire) by finishing 2nd with our squad last year.
I disagree we did not overachive last year.
If the Bears attack can stay fit then it is one of the best attacks in the division. Then if Chopra, Westwood and Portfield can score runs we will be a match for anyone.
That's without even mentioning the prodigious Sam Hain.
Durham, Notts, Yorkshire and the Bears are the sides to watch.
I agree, the bears attack looks very good, you didn't see teams look comfortable for long against them in any format. I actually think there's more to come because I don't think the top order batted particularly well early in the season, a stronger start this year and I think they'll be right up there challenging for the title. From what I've seen I suspect Hain may become the star of the summer and I think he'll become the natural replacement for Bell in the England side in a couple of years.
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I think Notts have a great shot at the title this year, Yorkshire will suffer with England call-ups, and I think we over-achieved (Warwickshire) by finishing 2nd with our squad last year.
I disagree we did not overachive last year.
If the Bears attack can stay fit then it is one of the best attacks in the division. Then if Chopra, Westwood and Portfield can score runs we will be a match for anyone.
That's without even mentioning the prodigious Sam Hain.
Durham, Notts, Yorkshire and the Bears are the sides to watch.
The bowling attack I agree with you on; Woakes, Rankin and Barker are very good County bowlers, plus they are assisted by Clarke and OHD, and one of the best spinners in Jeetan Patel.
However, your post also highlights why we overachieved last season imo, those 3 batsmen all average well below 40 in FC cricket. Compare that to Notts and Yorkshire's top 3-4 batsmen and you will see we are well short in that department.
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I think Notts have a great shot at the title this year, Yorkshire will suffer with England call-ups, and I think we over-achieved (Warwickshire) by finishing 2nd with our squad last year.
I disagree we did not overachive last year.
If the Bears attack can stay fit then it is one of the best attacks in the division. Then if Chopra, Westwood and Portfield can score runs we will be a match for anyone.
That's without even mentioning the prodigious Sam Hain.
Durham, Notts, Yorkshire and the Bears are the sides to watch.
The bowling attack I agree with you on; Woakes, Rankin and Barker are very good County bowlers, plus they are assisted by Clarke and OHD, and one of the best spinners in Jeetan Patel.
However, your post also highlights why we overachieved last season imo, those 3 batsmen all average well below 40 in FC cricket. Compare that to Notts and Yorkshire's top 3-4 batsmen and you will see we are well short in that department.
On paper Notts have an excellent batting line up and the Bears struggled for runs in the early part of last season. They still finished above Notts.
Yorkshire are a good side but will be affected by international call ups. The same could happen to Notts. The Bears are unlikely to be affected that much and could even see Trott return to the ranks.
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I think Notts have a great shot at the title this year, Yorkshire will suffer with England call-ups, and I think we over-achieved (Warwickshire) by finishing 2nd with our squad last year.
I disagree we did not overachive last year.
If the Bears attack can stay fit then it is one of the best attacks in the division. Then if Chopra, Westwood and Portfield can score runs we will be a match for anyone.
That's without even mentioning the prodigious Sam Hain.
Durham, Notts, Yorkshire and the Bears are the sides to watch.
The bowling attack I agree with you on; Woakes, Rankin and Barker are very good County bowlers, plus they are assisted by Clarke and OHD, and one of the best spinners in Jeetan Patel.
Spearheaded by a hopefully fully fit Chris Wright who is due a return to form after two very average years.
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A good day for the Bears too with Hants all out for 319. Big Boyd too career best figures of 6-75.
I bet Woakesy was pleased!
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I bet the Pears skipper Daryl Mitchell is one happy bunny to while Ali is sick as a pig! As for the cricket today,decent day for the Bears ,well done Boyd on those best ever bowling figures
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Berg and Tomlinson have taken 3 wickets this morning and look extremely lively. Hain and Evans in both on 0.
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Tomlinson bowling with four slip fielders. I thought he was a medium trundler.
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First 50/partnership of the innings! Follow on avoided. 171/6.
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Looking at those scores it suggests that it's a bowling track, both sides have had a few people get 'set' and then get out which usually points to uneven bounce or swing.
Edit - 5 lbws out of 18 wickets as well, again that's usually a sign that the ball is being a bit naughty.
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Ton up for Timeh! All the Timeh's on a roll!
Up and down pitch according to the crickerati, Paul E.
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Looks like a typical early season Edgbaston pitch to me. Batting in the first session is difficult but when the sun comes out and the dew goes it's easier to bat on.
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Ton up for Timeh! All the Timeh's on a roll!
Up and down pitch according to the crickerati, Paul E.
That's what I mean, one of those pitches where you're never really 'in'.
and yes, i's pretty typical for Edgbaston this time of year, it's why, when there is a early tour, I like them having games there, rarely goes for 5 days but it's always exciting to watch. A dewy pitch probably explains it well as the issue is generally around the bounce rather than movement in the air. Durham has the same conditions (but keeps them for most of the summer).
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Good fight back from the lower order. Which has been a trademark of this Warwickshire team for a few seasons now. Which is also why we didn't over achieve last season. Yes our batting can be up and down but Evans and Hain came through last season and from Clarke down the bowlers usually chip in with a fair few. coupled with a good county attack we are there on merit.
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9 down with Timeh gone. That was an important innings from him. To recover from 92-5 and get close to Hampshire's score is an excellent turn around.
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39 behind at halfway, that's very good given where things were this morning. 12 overs this evening, if they yield a wicket or 2 and then we can make the most of the morning pitch this could be very interesting.
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and there's the first from the first delivery of the innings.
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39-1. COYB.
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Seems odd that Rankin hasn't had an over or 2 this evening, it's a bit disappointing that there hasn't been a 2nd wicket which would've put warks on top, especially when one gets edged to 3rd slip in the last over and they didn't have catchers in.
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Don't worry. We're in the FA Cup final.
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Great day's cricket. As far as I could see, and I was behind the wicket for the whole day, there was no swing and negligible movement off the seam. There was however, uneven bounce. Quite how we managed to make their opening bowlers Berg and Tomlinson appear like Lilley and Thomson will forever remain a mystery to me.
The Hampshire supporters I spoke to reckoned their seamers are handy with the new ball but very ineffectual once the shine had gone.
Rikki Clark and Barker were having heavy verbals with Carberry. Quite amusing to watch with binoculars.
As is often the case until mid summer, the pavilion end was like a wind tunnel/fridge while the city end was bathed in sunshine. In mid afternoon I counted around 30 members outside the Tom Dollery Suite; the rest were inside.
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Rikki Clarke on a hat trick.
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Decent morning session for the Bears. Highlight was yet another outrageously spectacular catch in the slips by Rikki Clarke off the bowling of Patel.
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Disappointing day for the Bears. We had them on the ropes at one point, but our nemesis Carberry and then Ervine put them in a commanding position. We need 332 to win tomorrow with all wickets in tact. Sussex achieved a similar feat in the opening game at Edgbaston last season, but it is a tall order, even on a pitch as good as this one.
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Yes, a disappointing day for the Bears. Hampshire really are a team we seem to struggle against in recent times.Carberry and Ervine certainly enjoy playing against the Bears
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just seen 101-1 ...COYB !!
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War v Ham
Ham lead by 207 runs
War 171 for 4 (78.0 overs)
Tea
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228-5. Ton for Chopra. Been playing for the draw for most of the day.
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Match drawn. Chopra's ton took almost 300 balls. We stopped chasing after Westwood got out. Nothing for the bowlers in the wicket.
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A very talented photographer captured Rikki Clarke's amazing catch.
Tony Marsh retweeted
James Marsh @JamesMarshPhoto · Apr 21
Awesome Stuff! @Cricpix @CricketingBears @hantscricket @RikkiClarke81
https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CDIHEKcWMAElTHh.mp4 (https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CDIHEKcWMAElTHh.mp4)
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A very talented photographer captured Rikki Clarke's amazing catch.
Tony Marsh retweeted
James Marsh @JamesMarshPhoto · Apr 21
Awesome Stuff! @Cricpix @CricketingBears @hantscricket @RikkiClarke81
https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CDIHEKcWMAElTHh.mp4 (https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CDIHEKcWMAElTHh.mp4)
I'm not sure if my eyes are deceiving me. Did Clarke move to his right before diving to his left? That's some catch though!
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Sounded hard work today against Hants,was following the game on line and at one stage i thought my lap top had failed as we went 5 overs without a run. Well done to Chopra for his unbeaten 119
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Ambrose is out for a few weeks with a torn glute. Who is the reserve keeper now?
Woakes injured his knee during his rehab after his foot injury and had keyhole surgery yesterday. He will be out for a further month. I don't know who this affects more, the Bears or England.
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Ambrose is out for a few weeks with a torn glute. Who is the reserve keeper now?
Peter McKay:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/567039.html
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Ambrose is out for a few weeks with a torn glute. Who is the reserve keeper now?
Peter McKay:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/567039.html
Thanks. I should have remembered that he played at the end of last season.
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Ambrose is out for a few weeks with a torn glute. Who is the reserve keeper now?
Peter McKay:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/567039.html
Thanks. I should have remembered that he played at the end of last season.
Our back-up keeper will be a certain Mr B McCullum in the T20's. Never heard of him myself.
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Ambrose is out for a few weeks with a torn glute. Who is the reserve keeper now?
Peter McKay:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/567039.html
Thanks. I should have remembered that he played at the end of last season.
Our back-up keeper will be a certain Mr B McCullum in the T20's. Never heard of him myself.
bet he's shite...
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Ambrose is out for a few weeks with a torn glute. Who is the reserve keeper now?
Peter McKay:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/567039.html
Very good keeper but nowhere near Ambrose as a batsman. A lot of members that I spoke to at the game were of the opinion that we were expecting an awful lot of Haim and we should have brought another batsman in. Last season not one of our batsmen reached 1000 runs, and the number of times the middle order and below had to bail us out speaks volumes.
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All season Villa players have been falling like nine pins to injury and now it is the Bears.Only played one game and all ready we are without Woakes and Ambrose for a few weeks.
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All season Villa players have been falling like nine pins to injury and now it is the Bears.Only played one game and all ready we are without Woakes and Ambrose for a few weeks.
Yorkshire lost Sidebottom after one innings to go with all the drinks carriers and now Finch who was due to be our overseas player has been ruled out for three months.
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Yeah i noticed that Yorkshire have lost the services of Finch and Sidebottom for a spell. With the England players missing, it seems almost like a second XI match starting on Sunday.
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Yeah i noticed that Yorkshire have lost the services of Finch and Sidebottom for a spell. With the England players missing, it seems almost like a second XI match starting on Sunday.
They've just signed James Middlebrook as emergency cover, thought he retired years ago. Think he'll play against Warwickshire.
edit. Just seen he was playing local league cricket and even he was surprised. Does seem slightly ridiculous that a request to play Rashid was turned down unless they are going to play him in the third Test, in which case surely it would have made more sense leaving Ali to get some match sharpness and runs and wickets for Worcester.
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For all those who will have a ticket to the FA Cup final, or for those who are in London that weekend who cannot get to the game and are stopping over.
Middlesex v Warwickshire is taking place at Lords on Sunday at 11am. Four day game but what is more pleasant on a warm May day but to relax refresh the hangover, savour a cup final and cheer on the bears in London?
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I'm surprised that Woakes will be out for that long as it's seem a very routine orthroscopy. Players are back (professionals with the right after care) around 10-11 days after the surgery. Shouldn't be too long for Woakes - although maybe the extra stress on the knee from landing at the end of his bowling stride explains for the longer recovery.
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I'm surprised that Woakes will be out for that long as it's seem a very routine orthroscopy. Players are back (professionals with the right after care) around 10-11 days after the surgery. Shouldn't be too long for Woakes - although maybe the extra stress on the knee from landing at the end of his bowling stride explains for the longer recovery.
Unless he's still recovering from his foot injury which kept him out of the current tour in the first place.
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50 for Westwood, who is in good nick. Chopra out 3rd ball of the day.
Warwickshire 91/1 (34.0 ov)
Ian Westwood (lhb) 54
William Porterfield (lhb) 35
Commentary on R5 Live Sport Extra
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Good stuff, Westy!
Warwickshire 176/3 (65.0 ov)
Yorkshire
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat
Warwickshire RR 2.70
Last 10 ovs 35/0 RR 3.50
Min overs remaining 31
Tea - Day 1 Current time 15:41 local, 14:41 GMT First-class Career
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR This bowler
Ian Westwood (lhb) 101 195 13 0 51.79 16 (28b)
Sam Hain (rhb) 23 49 4 0 46.93 0 (4b)
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Warwickshire 268/4 (96.3 ov)
Westwood on on 151
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Edgbaston.com (http://www.edgbaston.com/2197/yorkshire-v-warwickshire-lv-county-championship.html)
Yorkshire v Warwickshire, LV= County Championship
Day 1
Disciplined bowling by Yorkshire could not stop Warwickshire opener Ian Westwood from marking his benefit season with a flawless century on the first day of the LV=County Championship match at Headingley.
The left-hander compiled an unbeaten 151 off 288 balls with 19 fours and at the close Warwickshire were 270 for four after winning the toss against the County Champions.
Yorkshire made one change from the side which drew with Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, Richard Pyrah making way for off-spinner/batsman James Middlebrook who has returned to his native county after first playing with them from 1998-2001 before moving on to Essex and then Northamptonshire.
Yorkshire marked the start of their home programme in the competition by claiming captain Varun Chopra's wicket off the third ball of a cold and clear day, Tim Bresnan gaining sufficient movement to find the edge for wicketkeeper Andy Hodd to hold the catch.
Westwood and Will Porterfield withstood some accurate bowling from Bresnan and Jack Brooks to see off the new ball but Porterfield would have departed for 19 if Bresnan had not dropped him at third slip off Matthew Fisher.
Middlebrook was thrown the ball at 58 for one in 25 overs and Westwood swept his third delivery for four before Porterfield straight drove a six in his next over.
Lunch came at 91 for one and it was Bresnan who struck again in his first over after the interval, Porterfield's edge providing Hodd with his second catch.
Laurie Evans joined Westwood who was struck on the left hand by Bresnan on 71 but he remained very much in control and it was Evans who was next to go, lbw to a straight ball from the persevering Steven Patterson who had bowled 13 overs for his wicket while conceding only 20 runs.
Shortly before tea, Cheteshwar Pujara became Yorkshire's seventh bowler and he was immediately cut for three by Westwood to register his century from 195 balls with 13 boundaries, several of them nicely placed through the covers.
Sam Hain had settled in well by the interval and he and Westwood continued to make good progress in the evening session although there was an extremely close call for Westwood on 118 when he dashed a single off Middlebrook and Brooks threw down the stumps with a direct hit.
Hain's 50 came off 99 balls with seven fours and a six
and with the century stand approaching Yorkshire took the new ball and it soon brought a wicket, Hain departing lbw to Bresnan without adding to his score.
Westwood showed no signs of allowing his concentration to waver and he cut Fisher to the boundary in the same over that Peter McKay hooked the 17-year-old to the rope. The opener will be looking to settle in again on the second morning and overtake his best Championship score of 176, made off Glamorgan's attack at Cardiff in 2008.
Westwood later commented: “It is always a good feeling to get a century and to bat all day was very satisfactory. The pitch is a bit slow and the ball was hard to get away but we are off to a good start.
"There is still a lot of hard work to do, however, and hopefully we will be able to push on and make an imposing first innings score. Today was about taking what was on offer and Yorkshire bowled tightly. They are, after all, the County Champions, and they really applied themselves.”
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Decent day for the Bears against the Tykes. After the dreadful start of losing Chopra to just the third ball of the day,they did well to end the day on 270-4 .Credit to Westwood on his unbeaten 151
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Westy out for a magnificent career best 196. The Bears all out for 435. Bresnan took 5 for 85 so England might come calling to add to their Yorkshire contingent.
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Yor v War
War lead by 307 runs
Yor 128 for 3 (47.0 overs)
Close of Play
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Westy out for a magnificent career best 196. The Bears all out for 435. Bresnan took 5 for 85 so England might come calling to add to their Yorkshire contingent.
Crikey I hope not. Surely his time has been and gone.
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Agreed. Taking five wickets when the opposition are out cheaply is impressive. Taking a five-for when they get a big score just means your fellow bowlers were crap.
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Westy out for a magnificent career best 196. The Bears all out for 435. Bresnan took 5 for 85 so England might come calling to add to their Yorkshire contingent.
Crikey I hope not. Surely his time has been and gone.
That comment was somewhat tongue in cheek and based on England having six Yorkshire players already, four of whom have been wearing bibs and serving drinks.
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Westy out for a magnificent career best 196. The Bears all out for 435. Bresnan took 5 for 85 so England might come calling to add to their Yorkshire contingent.
Crikey I hope not. Surely his time has been and gone.
That comment was somewhat tongue in cheek and based on England having six Yorkshire players already, four of whom have been wearing bibs and serving drinks.
Right on time Bresnan gets a call up for the one day game against Ireland.
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228 for 7 (73.3 overs)
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Westy out for a magnificent career best 196. The Bears all out for 435. Bresnan took 5 for 85 so England might come calling to add to their Yorkshire contingent.
Crikey I hope not. Surely his time has been and gone.
That comment was somewhat tongue in cheek and based on England having six Yorkshire players already, four of whom have been wearing bibs and serving drinks.
Right on time Bresnan gets a call up for the one day game against Ireland.
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Yorks 269/8 trailing by 166
Rankin 4 wickets, Patel 3 and a run out by Clarke, who must be one of the best fielders in the world.
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Another 5-for to Rankin. Yorks 303/9 and trail by 132 runs.
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303 all out.
Rankin 6 for 65.
Andrew Gale out for 96 in allegedly controversial circumstances and was not pleased by all accounts.
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303 all out.
Rankin 6 for 65.
Andrew Gale out for 96 in allegedly controversial circumstances and was not pleased by all accounts.
No doubt he'll be banned for a number of matches plucked out of the air at random by the powers that be.
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Good performance so far from the Bears.
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Bad light stopped play
Warwickshire 435 & 93/2 (32.0 ov)
Yorkshire 303
Warwickshire lead by 225 runs with 8 wickets remaining
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Not a bad day for Warwick
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A shame the Bears narrowly failed to enforce the follow on. I can not see anything other than a draw now as i feel the Bears will bat on to lunch tomorrow and leave the Tykes no chance to get the runs but also not leave themselves enough time to bowl them out
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What's the weather like up there? Any chance of us winning this?
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Bears have declared with a lead of 351, need a bit some quick wickets to have a chance of winning this one though.
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What's the weather like up there? Any chance of us winning this?
Sorry didn't see your post until now! Bears should have declared earlier! Weather dodgy at best!
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Rikki Clarke has taken their first wicket
AZ Lees c †McKay b Clarke 21 (48m 54b 4x4 0x6) SR: 38.88
So the opening bowlers Wright and Barker have not taken a single wicket in the match.
Yorks 49/1
Min 54 overs remaining weather permitting.
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3 wickets down now, 2 for Jeetan Patel.
Still need quick wickets.
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What's the weather like up there? Any chance of us winning this?
Sorry didn't see your post until now! Bears should have declared earlier! Weather dodgy at best!
It's bright and breezy here in West Yorkshire bt there are no showers about now.
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6 to go, could be game on!
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35.2
Patel to Gale, OUT
AW Gale c †McKay b Patel 28 (56m 47b 3x4 0x6) SR: 59.57
Warwickshire 435 & 219/7d
Yorkshire 303 & 136/4 (35.2 ov)
Yorkshire require another 216 runs with 6 wickets remaining
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Rankin is in his 4th over out of 47 for this innings, after taking 6 wickets in the first innings.
Bears crowding the batter down ofr Patel in a a last desperate attempt to win. Chopra just dropped a good chance to add to his woes.
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Day 4: (In Play) Warwickshire lead by 175 runs Yorkshire 176 for 4 (49.2 overs)
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Good effort by the Bears to win the match,but as i suspected would be the case,left themselves to much to do. If Barker and Wright who failed to take a wicket between them in the match had supported Patel better we might have won ,who knows.
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I see my beloved Leicestershire are once again failing to bowl out a mediocre batting line up...
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It's a bit stupid that Warwick don't have a single day's play over the Bank Holiday weekend. I think the people that organise cricket don't like making money.
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And the next County Championship game which is against Worcestershire starts on Saturday instead of the usual Sunday, presumably to allow 2 weekend days for the local derby. That's great, but it clashes with another quite important sporting event in the area.
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And the next County Championship game which is against Worcestershire starts on Saturday instead of the usual Sunday, presumably to allow 2 weekend days for the local derby. That's great, but it clashes with another quite important sporting event in the area.
In defence of whoever compiles the cricket fixtures, I doubt they think of potential clashes with the cup final.
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Trotty has retired from International cricket with immediate effect
A shame but inevitable I am afraid I hope he plays for the Bears for a few more seasons
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Trotty has retired from International cricket with immediate effect
A shame but inevitable I am afraid I hope he plays for the Bears for a few more seasons
Trotty retiring from international cricket is good news for the Bears.
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Trotty has retired from International cricket with immediate effect
A shame but inevitable I am afraid I hope he plays for the Bears for a few more seasons
Trotty retiring from international cricket is good news for the Bears.
Depends how long he plays on for his motivation levels may drop now
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Very good news.
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I think he'll retire from all cricket before the end of the season. Hopefully he'll give it to the end and see how he feels.
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Hopefully,it has to be good news for the Bears. Trotty can now concentrate on playing for the Bears for a good few years.
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And the next County Championship game which is against Worcestershire starts on Saturday instead of the usual Sunday, presumably to allow 2 weekend days for the local derby. That's great, but it clashes with another quite important sporting event in the area.
In defence of whoever compiles the cricket fixtures, I doubt they think of potential clashes with the cup final.
You are right about that, I am sure. The Bears v Pears 4 day game though, starts on this Saturday at Edgbaston instead of the usual Sunday start for such games which means that quite a few Villa fans will be leaving the ground at lunch to head to VP.
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Well done Peter Moores, playing Trott as an opener was never right.
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Anyone have any idea why the Bears v Pears match is starting on Saturday instead of the normal Sunday?
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An extra day's weekend play equals more money? Seems a sensible day to start.
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Warwickshire County Cricket Club have named a squad of 13 for tomorrow’s LV= County Championship local derby with Worcestershire at Edgbaston.
Varun Chopra (Captain)
Tim Ambrose (Wicket Keeper)
Keith Barker
Rikki Clarke
Laurie Evans
Sam Hain
Ateeq Javid
Richard Jones
Jeetan Patel
William Porterfield
Boyd Rankin
Ian Westwood
Chris Wright
Play gets underway at 11am with entry priced at £15 in advance for Adults and £20 on the gate. Juniors are £5 at all times.
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Chopra gone for 3. Leach looks lively.
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Leach has got rid of Westy now as well
23/2.
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I only saw the first session as there was a sporting event on the other side of the city which I felt compelled to attend.
Very impressed with the Worcestershire seam attack which made the most of winning the toss and favourable conditions, especially Leach. Only 3 of them as well. We finished on 258/8 with Leach taking 5 for 68.
If Wright and Barker don't do some damage early on in their innings tomorrow, my nagging doubts about our attack will be rekindled.
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The good news is that we have taken 5 wickets with Wright and Barker looking good. The bad news is that Sam Hain went off with what looks like a bad arm injury.
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Worcs all out for 149. Clarke and Rankin got a piece of the action towards the end. The game is there for the taking.
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Bumpy Rhodes must be on the phone to the pitch inspectors as we speak........
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Is Hain out of the game, or will he bat? Hope it's not too serious.
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Is Hain out of the game, or will he bat? Hope it's not too serious.
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Looked bad to me. I hope I am wrong. We are 57/1 with Chopra on 52. Porterfield took 32 balls to get of the mark. Moeen just brought into their attack.
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Is Hain out of the game, or will he bat? Hope it's not too serious.
It says on the BBC Sport website that he has a dislocated shoulder so that is several weeks out
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The Hain injury is a big blow, but the word is that Trott will be available for the next game.
The game is ours to lose now, but I reckon if Worcs had a fourth swing bowler then the game would have been a lot closer. Much is justifiably made of overcast conditions, humidity and moisture in the wicket but I swear that the new Edgbaston sometimes becomes some kind of infernal wind tunnel. The strip is one of those closest to the Rea Bank so you could get a perfect behind the wicket view from the Skyline Terrace above the Tom Dollery. It was swinging big time, with the wind.
In years to come we will learn of the pavillion members who recklessly ventured too long outside before mid July and were frozen into the afterworld. The city end members call it the ice box, and not without good cause.
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Good day for the Bears.Shame about the injury to young Sam Hain who it is reported will not bat again in this match.
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About to resume after lunch on 196/6, a lead of 311. Chopra 107 not out. Ali just dismissed him ct Cox first ball.
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Good last wicket partnership with Rankin swinging the bat. Stand of 50+ 263/8. Lead of 378.
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A six from Chris Wright brings up the 100 partnership.
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309-8! Biggest partnership of the innings -102!
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let Boyd get his 50 then declare. No real need to declare but would be nice.
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50 for Big Boyd.
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What's his highest first-class score?
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Rankin got his 50 with his 3rd 6
We have declared @ 321 for 8.
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just checked, this is currently his best knock.
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Thought i was seeing things,Boyd Rankin 56 not out including 3 sixes. Well done big man!
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War v Wor
War lead by 436 runs
War 321 for 8 dec (109.0 overs)
Declare
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Frank won't be happy with that, there'll be more violence from him no doubt.
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Thought i was seeing things,Boyd Rankin 56 not out including 3 sixes. Well done big man!
Boyd Ranking is such a great name. Every time I hear it I have the Horace Andy tune "Pure Ranking" on my internal jukebox with his name substituted, "Boyd Rankin - from the East to the West", but then I guess everyone does that.
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I hear 'Up Town Top Rankin'
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Ali gone 88-2. To be fair I'm following KP at the minute.
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Might go down tomorrow if the weather's okay.
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The wickets of Mitchell and Fell shortly before lunch have put the Bears in a commanding position. Worcs 155 for 5 now. One short break for rain so far.
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8 down now.....COYB !
UTV
The Doc
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Warks have won by 181 runs.
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Warks have won by 181 runs.
You Bears!
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Warks have won by 181 runs.
You Bears!
excellent :)
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except that Worcester are still batting...
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except that Worcester are still batting...
damn it !
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Good win for the Bears over the Pears , they deserve a lot of praise for this win. In a match where the Pears were allowed to include their best player (Moen Ali ) and the Bears denied the chance to play Ian Bell ,to be put in to bat in ideal seaming conditions on the first morning and then to lose the top scorer from the first innings Sam Hain for the second innings and to still win by 181 is remarkable COYB
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i take the beeb site is a bit behind...just taken the final wicket...won by, erm, 181 runs...
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i take the beeb site is a bit behind...just taken the final wicket...won by, erm, 181 runs...
Considering they run ball-by-ball commentaries, the beeb can be some way behind when updating their scorecards. It is at times like watching football on Ceefax. I find Cricinfo to be more up to date and use it an awful lot. Plus there's a pile of cricket stats buried in their database too.
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I find Cricinfo far quicker than the BBC and it is also far more useful for stats. Listening to the BBC online i feel pretty certain the likes of Phil Britt and Dave Bradley use Cricinfo
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Well done Warwick
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Bookmakers' websites are often best for being up-to-date. They have to be as they can't afford to lose money otherwise.
Anyhow... YOOOOOUUUUUU BEEEEEEAAAARRRRSSSS!!!
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A quite entertaining match, with some good cricket played.
The ball was doing quite a bit in the first two days and our relatively low score was probably pretty good in the circumstances. I believe if Worcs had another swing bowler then our score would have been somewhat lower, but they had to bring on spinners at both ends to give their 3 seamers a rest. By the second innings having only had 42 overs to recuperate, their pace men were understandably tired.
Wright and Barker are pretty effective in favourable conditions and made the most of it. Rankin and Clarke provided good backup and Patel seems to be able to get wickets whether it is turning or not. He has a faster ball which he used quite a lot. In the field, we are formidable, and Rikki Clarke is the best slip fielder in the game in my opinion.
I would say that Worcs are a stronger side than the one which returned to the First Division last time, and they should survive with a bit of luck.
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Well done Bears.
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In order to play Ali,Worcs had to leave a seamer out,as they are hardly likely to leave Senanayake out.That proved to be the difference in my opinion.
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I doubt it. Worcester are rubbish anyway.
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T20 - Trent Bridge
Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field
Nottinghamshire Team
AD Hales, MH Wessels, BRM Taylor†, SR Patel, JWA Taylor*, GP Smith, SJ Mullaney, VD Philander, LJ Fletcher, HF Gurney, JT Ball
Warwickshire Team
V Chopra*, WTS Porterfield, TP Lewis, R Clarke, LJ Evans, A Javid, TR Ambrose†, JS Patel, KHD Barker, CJC Wright, WB Rankin
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Oh dear.
Warwickshire 141/7 (20/20 ov)
Nottinghamshire 42/0 (4/20 ov)
Nottinghamshire require another 100 runs with 10 wickets and 16.0 overs remaining
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Riki Wessels (rhb) 30 15 5 1 200.00
Alex Hales (rhb) 12 9 1 1 133.33
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Kinell. It's only rounders, matey!
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Luke Fletcher was pumped up during his three-wicket spell, Nottinghamshire v Birmingham, NatWest T20 Blast, North Group, Trent Bridge, May 15, 2015.
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It appears that Hales is in the mood.
Seeing the text earlier and some Durham player hit the first 6 in this season's 20/20. In the 11th over of their game. Therein lies the huge problem in our performances in the slap bang version of the game. Birmingham Bears were only 4 down after 14 overs, but scored 91. Those types of scores are never going to be competitive and the lack of chances taken and clean hitting seen, shows why we even struggle in the most horrible version of the game. that Hales has come in and won the game without a quarter of the overs to go shows where we as a country are going wrong.
We have Hales, Pietersen, Morgan, Buttler, maybe Roy/Vince as players who can take the game to bowlers in thsi version but you knw we're looking still at the nurdlers and the odd 4 an over and 4 singles types of players.
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Hales was unbelievable, 7 6s in about 9 balls, took it from a likely win for them to the easiest of canters imaginable, this is a guy that England didn't see fit to built their T20 side around.
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Went to Trent Bridge tonight and although disappointed with the defeat, watching Hales go through the gears was some spectacle. Just when the Bears looked like they might have had a slight chance of getting back into it, Hales decided to take control and ended the contest.
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Hales was unbelievable, 7 6s in about 9 balls, took it from a likely win for them to the easiest of canters imaginable, this is a guy that England didn't see fit to built their T20 side around.
And herein lies the problem. We're too conservative in our approach to just about every format of the game. That needs to change and that probably needs an Aussie in charge as Moores and Flower, to a lesser degree, seemed insistent on safety first.
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Won the toss and are batting, 27=2 off 9 with Chopra and Porterfield gone.
Trotty is in for Hain and Richard Jones in for Wright.
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Moved on to 199-3 Trott out for 42. Westwood 82 and Evans on 42. Laurie Evans needs to get some runs under is belt after a largely poor start to this season by his standards.
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Recovered well after the early losses,have now moved onto
204-3
Westwood 87*
Evans 42*
Trott was 3rd out on 42
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208-4
Evans ct Mustard b Onions 45
Westwood 88
Ambrose 0
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Tea - 218-5
Westwood b Onions 88
Ambrose 5*
Clarke 1*
Onions 4-43
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227-6
Ambrose Ct Mustard b Hastings 13
Clarke 2*
Not too clever presently
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330-6 100 partnership from Clarke 36, Barker 49
Check 330-7 Clarke LBW Rushworth 36
Wicket in the first over of the new ball.
Patel in to join Barker
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Barker 50 (58) 6 x 4's 1 x 6
335-7
Patel 4
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Worcester require a further 57 with 7 wkts in hand to bt NZ
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4th batting point for Bears
353-7 85 overs
Patel 16
Barker 56
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50 partnership 8th wkt
385-7
Barker 74
Patel 30
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400 up - max. batting points.
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400-7 maximum batting points in 94th over
Rate got progressively quicker during the day
1st 100 189 balls
2nd 100 161 balls
3rd 100 123
4th 100 101 balls
407-7
Barker 84
Patel 42
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Pears suffering an England-esque batting collapse.
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Close 417-7 96 overs
Patel 50 (46) 8 x 4's 1 x 6
Barker 86 (101) 11 x 4's 1 x 6
Barker dropped twice on 16 and 20 actually in 2 successive balls
Forecast not great for tomorrow with heavy rain forecast overnight and into the morning.
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Pears suffering an England-esque batting collapse.
Lost last 6 wkts for 35 runs, currently 226-9 need 20
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Pears 230 all out NZ won by 15 runs
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Good day for the Bears eventually, how Barker must love playing against Durham! As for the Pears, it took some doing to lose against the Black Caps after the position they were in.Needing just fifty five runs with seven wickets left off sixteen overs,to lose the last six wickets for just twenty two runs is almost unbelievable
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Can't imagine there will be much play today.
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Bears all out for 450 with Barker getting his ton.
Durham 50-3 at stumps so that leaves us handily placed for the rest of the match.
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Good start from Bears this morning ....taken 5 wkts so far in morning session...132-8 3 for Barker, 1 jones and 1 Clarke
Colloingwood 38
Rushworth 4
134-8 now
Because of delayed start play will go on till 18:15, but there will be further interruptions i'm sure
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Durham 134-3 following on and still 130 runs behind.
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Come on Warks. Nip one more out tonight.
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174/4. As I said...1 more please...
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Good day for Bears. Should wrap it up tomorrow weather permitting.
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We took 3 wickets in the morning session, and they have a lead of 35 with 3 wickets remaining. Barker had the ball swinging but he is the only swing bowler on the pitch due to Jones' injury and the resting of Wright. Not much turn for Jeets although we are using 4 close fielders for him.
It was seriously cold aloft on the skyline terrace and I have resorted to watching from the Lounge. Must be getting old.
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Clarke has taken 2 quick wickets after lunch so victory is imminent.
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Onions seems to be trying to bore us into submission.
One more wicket to go and then about 50 runs to knock off.
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63 runs to win.
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excellent :)
COYB
The Doc
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Keith Barker certainly likes playing against Durham. In this game he's take a 9fer and scored a ton. Hopefully he won't have to bat in the 4th innings, so well played that man!
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Bears win by 8 wickets.
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You Bears!
With the weather over the middle two days being so crap, to get a positive result is a good.
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Well done you Bears, excellent win over a team who came into this game in good form.
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Barker has taken 50 wickets against Durham in 3 seasons, which is remarkable.
Great result but we are picking up a lot of injuries. Chopra and Clarke looked uncomfortable after being hit and Jones had his foot in plaster last night.
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Well done you bears - right in the mix for the title now.
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Well done you bears - right in the mix for the title now.
Yep, been a good start. Shame about some of the injuries that have been picked up though.
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Birmingham Mail (http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/cricket/birmingham-bears-star-jeetan-patel-9308397)
Birmingham Bears star Jeetan Patel is after a rapid response
Jeetan Patel believes a big home derby against Worcestershire Rapids will give Birmingham Bears the perfect opportunity to get their NatWest T20 Blast campaign up and running.
08:43, 22 May 2015 By Brian Halford
New Zealand star Jeetan Patel believes a big home derby against Worcestershire Rapids tonight will give Birmingham Bears the perfect opportunity to get their NatWest T20 Blast campaign up and running.
The reigning champions suffered a torrid start to the defence of their title last week with a seven-wicket defeat to Notts Outlaws.
They ran into an onslaught from Alex Hales in his most destructive form, the England T20 opener hitting sixes off six successive balls on his way to a spectacular 43-ball 86 not out.
And the experienced Patel knows the Bears’ bowlers must shed the baggage of that bruising experience and simply get back to playing the cricket which took them all the way to T20 glory last year.
“We got a sub-par score at Notts and got beaten comprehensively but as long as the guys realise that the Worcestershire game is another event, a clean slate, then it will be okay,” he said.
“We certainly didn’t carry any baggage from the T20 defeat over into the championship match against Durham where we played some really good cricket. T20 is such a leveller that anyone can have their day so we just have to make sure we are on song.
“Worcestershire is always a big game for us and one you always look for on the list, whether it is in the championship or limited overs. To host them first up this year, as opposed to going there, is brilliant and to have the support of Birmingham behind us again will be great.
“The support we received from the Birmingham Bears fans last year, particularly on Finals Day, was incredible.
“We are all looking forward to the game and it is an exciting opportunity to put last Friday straight to bed and prove we can play really good Twenty20 cricket.”
Against a Rapids team making their bow in this year’s competition, Patel and his fellow bowlers will certainly aim to impose greater control than they managed last Friday when they ran into Hales’s blitz.
“There is such a lot happening in T20,” said Patel. “Every ball has something riding on it and that’s something I spoke to the bowlers about the other day, the fact that every ball is an event.
“If a guy like Hales comes in, how do you go about starving him of the strike and making it hard for him to score ? It’s those nuances of the game that are so important.”
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The Pears snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Which was nice.
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The Pears snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Which was nice.
Eh? They had a decent start, but never looked like they were going to make that total. From a Bears perspective, McCullum can't arrive soon enough as we are seriously lacking batting firepower in the T20 game. With all due respect to Worcester, better sides would have blown us away like Notts did last week.
On a different note, I went to Trent Bridge last week and despite the result thought it was a much better all round event than the game at Edgbaston tonight (I'm not sure if being on SKY made any difference). It isn't going to be for the purists, but T20 should be appealing to youngsters and the casual cricket fan. Sitting in the Raglan Stand tonight, you could hardly hear the PA and there seemed to be little effort in terms of anything else going on. Again, regular cricket watchers might not like that kind of stuff, but that is what T20 should be about. Also, there was some serious daylight robbery going on in those food stalls outside. I couldn't quite believe it when after ordering a burrito at one of the stalls, the guy said £7.00 (I couldn't see the prices listed).
Anyway, rant over. Good to be back on track, but a lot to improve on.
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The Pears snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Which was nice.
Eh? They had a decent start, but never looked like they were going to make that total. From a Bears perspective, McCullum can't arrive soon enough as we are seriously lacking batting firepower in the T20 game. With all due respect to Worcester, better sides would have blown us away like Notts did last week.
On a different note, I went to Trent Bridge last week and despite the result thought it was a much better all round event than the game at Edgbaston tonight (I'm not sure if being on SKY made any difference). It isn't going to be for the purists, but T20 should be appealing to youngsters and the casual cricket fan. Sitting in the Raglan Stand tonight, you could hardly hear the PA and there seemed to be little effort in terms of anything else going on. Again, regular cricket watchers might not like that kind of stuff, but that is what T20 should be about. Also, there was some serious daylight robbery going on in those food stalls outside. I couldn't quite believe it when after ordering a burrito at one of the stalls, the guy said £7.00 (I couldn't see the prices listed).
Anyway, rant over. Good to be back on track, but a lot to improve on.
I agree with your point about rip-offs outside the members' areas.
My remark was based on the fact that they should have easily won given that target on that wicket. We have an exceptional fielding side with Rikki Clarke, Will Porterfield and Laurie Evans among the best in the country, and no lame ducks whatsoever in this regard, but the only concession made for this format of the game is dropping Westwood and Barker. We still seem to think that Chopra will play anchor and let the rest rip.
I was genuinely amazed when we won it last season.
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Good win against the Pears again last night. Would have been more emphatic if it was not for Chris Wright.Conceding 28 in just 2 overs put us under pressure.Wright worries me in this format of the game, he concedes far to many runs.With the likes of Gordon who i thought bowled really well, Jones and Hannon Dalby pushing for selection he must be under pressure to keep his place
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First time I went to Edgbaston since the redevelopment, was well impressed with the new stand and the funky 'e' shaped floodlights!
As for the match, great result!
We do look short in the batting lineup though.
As good as Porterfield and Chopra are as an opening pair, the wickets seem to tumble once they go.
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The Pears snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Which was nice.
Eh? They had a decent start, but never looked like they were going to make that total. From a Bears perspective, McCullum can't arrive soon enough as we are seriously lacking batting firepower in the T20 game. With all due respect to Worcester, better sides would have blown us away like Notts did last week.
On a different note, I went to Trent Bridge last week and despite the result thought it was a much better all round event than the game at Edgbaston tonight (I'm not sure if being on SKY made any difference). It isn't going to be for the purists, but T20 should be appealing to youngsters and the casual cricket fan. Sitting in the Raglan Stand tonight, you could hardly hear the PA and there seemed to be little effort in terms of anything else going on. Again, regular cricket watchers might not like that kind of stuff, but that is what T20 should be about. Also, there was some serious daylight robbery going on in those food stalls outside. I couldn't quite believe it when after ordering a burrito at one of the stalls, the guy said £7.00 (I couldn't see the prices listed).
Anyway, rant over. Good to be back on track, but a lot to improve on.
I agree with your point about rip-offs outside the members' areas.
My remark was based on the fact that they should have easily won given that target on that wicket. We have an exceptional fielding side with Rikki Clarke, Will Porterfield and Laurie Evans among the best in the country, and no lame ducks whatsoever in this regard, but the only concession made for this format of the game is dropping Westwood and Barker. We still seem to think that Chopra will play anchor and let the rest rip.
I was genuinely amazed when we won it last season.
Ah, got you. I agree that better sides would have easily reached that total, just as Notts did last week. The problem with Chopra is that his inability to hit boundaries puts pressure on everyone else.
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LV= County Championship Division One, Sussex v Warwickshire at Hove, May 24-27, 2015
Warwickshire 180
Sussex 140/5 (41.0 ov)
Sussex trail by 40 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Our top scorer was Extras(38) followed by Trott(35).
Young medium trundler Oliver Robinson took 6 for 33 in 13 overs.
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Grauniad (http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/may/24/sussex-warwickshire-county-championship-division-one-match-report)
Sussex make Warwickshire suffer for reading the skies wrongly
• Warwickshire 180; Sussex 140-5
• Oliver Robinson rips through Warwickshire with six for 33
Elizabeth Ammon at Hove
On a gloomy day in Hove Warwickshire crumbled to 180 all out in 49 overs. Their captain was deceived by the pre-match bright blue skies and, winning the toss, chose to bat. Ten minutes later the clouds rolled in, the gloom descended and, as it turned out, the pitch was far from easy with a good deal of variable bounce that is bound to feature in the umpires’ and captains’ post-match reports.
Having safely negotiated a very testing first hour against Steve Magoffin and Chris Jordan, who has returned to the warm embrace of his county after being left out by England, Warwickshire capitulated from 35 without loss to 100 for seven.
The 21-year-old Oliver Robinson, in his third first-class match, rattled through the Warwickshire top and middle order, taking all five wickets in the morning session. Robinson, released by Yorkshire for breaches of discipline, has knuckled down at Hove under the watchful eye of Mark Robinson and Jon Lewis and seems to be thriving. Sussex’s reputation for picking up cricketers who have lost their way elsewhere and getting the best out of them is well talked about and it is certainly one of the reasons why England use Mark Robinson as part of their coaching team for development programmes.
Oliver Robinson finished with six for 33 from 13 overs. He has an economical run-up but generates good pace and shows great skill for such an inexperienced player. His ability to move the ball both ways will stand him in good stead in first-class cricket. He removed Laurie Evans with an away-swinging ball which was edged behind and then immediately trapped Tim Ambrose with an in-swinger, finishing the morning spell with five for 17.
He picked up another wicket after lunch and then Jordan, who had bowled an aggressive but wicket-less spell in the morning, got the wicket of Jonathan Trott, who was looking good before, attempting a pull, he bottom-edged into his stumps; he gave a rueful look at the pitch before trudging off. Only a fifty partnership for the eighth wicket between Keith Barker and Jeetan Patel prevented Warwickshire from being dismissed for an embarrassingly low score.
Sussex’s reply began steadily in the continuing gloom. Chris Nash was the first to depart, for 17, getting a thick edge off Rikki Clarke who was the pick of the Warwickshire bowlers, generating brisk pace coming down the slope and getting some steep bounce. He could count himself unlucky not to have picked up a couple more wickets.
The Sussex opener Luke Wells, who was dropped from the first team after two poor matches at the start of the season, began his innings looking very much out of form but he battled his way admirably through in testing conditions and began to find some fluency once he had reached his half-century. In the context of the day it was the sort of gritty innings that no one else from either side had managed and will have impressed his captain and coach.
Patel, as he so often does, found turn and bounce and managed to drag Warwickshire back into the match by picking up three wickets late in the day.
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Fifteen wickets in a day? If Warwickshire were at home, we'd be awaiting a points deduction by now.
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Sussex 167-8 now
3 each for Jeets and Rikki and 2 for Barker
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Sussex 191 all out, a lead of 11.
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Bresnan scored a century for Yorkshire.
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Bears 25-1 Chopra out LBW
A strange look to the batting order though Ateeq Javid opened with Chopra and Chris Wright has gone in at 3. I don't understand that, perhaps
trying to get through some difficult conditions and attempting to save batters for when conditions improve
30-1
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46-1 which is effectively 46-2 as Ian Westwood not expected to bat due to injury
Wright 21, Javid 12
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49-2
Wright ct Jordan b Hobden 22
Trott in
50-2 Trott off the mark with a single
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87-2
Javid 27
Trott 16
76 lead
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87-3
Trott Ct Jordan b Hobden
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91-4
Javid Ct Nash b Javid 27
Lead of 80
Tim Ambrose in
On this track 130 lead may be enough. Effectively 5 down don't forget.
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116-4
Tim Ambrose has just been hit on the helmet to follow on from Chris Wright being hit on the jaw earlier in the day
Evans 5
Ambrose 24
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126-5
Ambrose ct Brown b Hobden 32
Evans 7*
Clarke in lead 115
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129-6
Evans b Hobden 9
Lead 118
Clarke 1
Barker in
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Barker dropped by Nash at 4th slip first ball
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Barker b Magoffin 0
134-7
Clarke 1*
Patel in
Lead 123
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Tea 174- 7
Lead of 163
Clarke 30
Patel 10
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I remember Dougie Brown heavily criticising the Hove wicket two years ago: espncricinfo (http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/633898.html)
Now it looks like they have gone to the opposite extreme.
It would be a good time for Rikki Clarke to get a big score, that is long overdue.
Match delayed for bad light. 180/7.
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No more play today.
Game up for grabs. Could do with adding at least another fifty before we get all out.
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Batting sounds hard going down at Hove,if the Bears can get a lead of 200 i think it could well be a win for Bears.
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194-8
Clarke gone but the night's rest has done some good for Ian Westwood as he has come out at No10
Lead 183, on this wicket it should be enough but yes get as many as we can muster, time is not a factor in this game after all.
Patel 21
Westwood 2
Clarke was ct Finch b Jordan 34
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Westwood b Magoffin 2
Rankin b Jordan 0
Patel 27*
200 all out
Sussex require 190 to win. Just coming back onto the field with Barker to open up for Bears
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Sussex ct b Wright 2
Wella 10*
Joyce in
14-1 5.2 overs
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Pitch inspectors deem pitch 'poor'.No points deduction.
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2 dropped catches in 3 overs.
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yup making hard work of this Laurie Evans dropping Joyce before he had scored then Trott running in from deep square leg dropped Luke Wells, a very simple
opportunity missed...27-1 should be 27-3
make that 31-3
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Wells ct Javid b Wright 19
31-2
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35-3
Finch b Wright 1
Luke Wright in now, only one way he will bat, important phase in game now, Wells and Wright together
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Lunch 38-3
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Bears strike first over after lunch
38-4
Joyce LBW Clarke 13
Wright 1
Capocha 0
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45-5
Wright Ct Patel b Clarke 7
Capocha 1
Brown 2
47-5
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Warwickshire 180 & 200
Sussex 191 & 120/6 (35.0 ov)
Sussex require another 70 runs with 4 wickets remaining
Ben Brown on 45 from 35 Balls including 5 4's and a 6
He is in with Jordan
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Warwickshire 180 & 200
Sussex 191 & 143/6 (40.3 ov)
Sussex require another 47 runs with 4 wickets remaining
Sussex RR 3.53
Last 10 ovs 61/1 RR 6.10
Min overs remaining 44.3
Day 3 Current time 15:21 local, 14:21 GMT First-class Career
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR This bowler
Ben Brown (rhb) 52 57 5 1 91.22 16 (19b)
Chris Jordan (rhb) 24 16 4 1 150.00 9 (5b)
Current partnership 45 runs, 7.2 overs, RR: 6.13
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Sussex 152/6 (41.4 ov)
Sussex require another 38 runs with 4 wickets remaining
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Wicket!
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Ben Brown out for 53
42.2
Rankin to Brown, OUT
BC Brown c Patel b Rankin 53 (94m 61b 5x4 1x6) SR: 86.88
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Keith Barker has just dropped Jordan off Rankin
Next ball Robinson out
Sussex 191 & 173/8 (44.3 ov)
Sussex require another 17 runs with 2 wickets remaining
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Sussex 175/9 (44.5 ov)
Sussex require another 15 runs with 1 wicket remaining
44.5
Rankin to Magoffin, OUT
SJ Magoffin b Rankin 0 (2m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
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Blooming exciting, they need 11 runs and we need 1 wicket.
Chris Jordan 49 not out and on strike though.
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Lost by one wicket. Cheating dodgy pitch bastards.
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Sussex have a hex on us.
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Tough on the Bears losing by one wicket. Turning point was Barker dropping a straight forward catch from Jordan,although Wright did not help our cause (how many times have i said that this season) by conceding 27 runs in two overs when we are defending a small total
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I can't believe there's no points deduction for that pitch, a mate who was down there watching said it was positively dangerous, a ball pitched in exactly the same place could ether scuttle along the ground and take three bounces to reach the keeper or alternatively smack the likes of Wright in the chin. It's not like Hove hasn't got previous for producing dubious pitches.
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Chopra certainly seemed to be making his feelings known to the umpire after the ball which got him out in the second innings shot through like the proverbial grub hunter. Most unVarun-like. Dougie Brown didn't say much in his post match interview, and I suppose his comments about the wicket two years ago may have a bearing.
Not much doubt that Sussex are our bogie team in recent times, inflicting defeats, injuries and farcical declarations upon us in equal measure.
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I noticed Chris Woakes is playing for 2nd XI against Lancashire at the moment ,hopefully good news for the Bears,i feel we miss him
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I really like Woakes so it's good to see he's close to being back, I think he'll be the natural replacement from Broad in the England squad pretty soon.
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Broad bowled superbly against the Kiwis, with Wood and Stokes also now looking very good I think Woakes will have to wait for a fair while (or injuries) to get back into the Test team.
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Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Birmingham Bears, NatWest T20 Blast
Birmingham Bears have named a squad of 13 for the NatWest T20 Blast clash with Northamptonshire Steelback at Wantage Road on Friday 29 May.
Varun Chopra (Captain)
Tim Ambrose (Wicket Keeper)
Rikki Clarke
Laurie Evans
Recordo Gordon
Oliver Hannon-Dalby
Ateeq Javid
Tom Lewis
Jeetan Patel
William Porterfield
Josh Poysden
Boyd Rankin
Jonathon Webb
No Wright or Woakes. Poysden did well in the 2nd XI game.
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I really like Woakes so it's good to see he's close to being back, I think he'll be the natural replacement from Broad in the England squad pretty soon.
I think he's more likely to step into Anderson's role as the bowler moving the ball about early on when Jimmy calls it a day. I'm still hoping Finn will come good as he is the one most likely to replace Broad.
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Northants made 146-7 in reply after 8balls bears 2-0 Porterfield and Chopra opening.
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Worcester have beaten Leicester
Bears 10-0 2.3 overs
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19-0 4 overs
Chopra really struggling
Porterfield hit a 6 in last over
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33-0 5
Chopra 15
Porterfield 17
Chopra 2 x 4s in that over
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39-1
Chopra ct Rossington b Kleiveldt 16
5.5 overs
Tom Lewis in
39-1 6 overs
7.7 per over req'd
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48-1 off 8
100 required
8.3 p/over
53-1 8.2
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68-1 10 overs
Porterfield 31
Lewis 18
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79-2
Lewis b Azurralah 25 (23)
40 partnership
12 overs
Evans in
83-2 12.1 Porterfield on 39
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14 gone
Porterfield 43
Evans ct b Azurullah 10
98-3
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102-3 15
9 p/over req'd
Tight finish here
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114-3 16 overs
33 wanted
8.25 wanted
118-3 16.1
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126-3 17
21 needed off 3
Porterfield 48
Clarke 22
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Porterfield 50 (48) 1 x 6 and 5 x 4's
Clarke gone ct Willey b Azurullah 27
133-4
14 off 12
Javid in
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9 off 6
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8 off 5
7 off 5 wide ball
6 off 4
5 off 4 wide ball
4 off 3
3 off 2
1 off 1 Javid run out 146-5, Patel in guaranteed tie
4 byes off last ball Bears win off last ball by 5 wkts
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You Bears!
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Never in doubt...........
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A close game, and well done. But, for me, Trott needs to play. Batting lacks power
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A close game, and well done. But, for me, Trott needs to play. Batting lacks power
It's all on hold pending the arrival of big bad Brendan.
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Nail biting to say the least,but well done the Bears for winning. I thought OHD came back well after his first over went around the park .Also well done Porterfield
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If anybody is going along to Lord's tomorrow I believe my brother is going to be there as the match is a Sporting Memories game, if you see the gazebo pop along and leave a memory and I'm sure he'll be more than happy not to talk about the events of the weekend.
If he does, tell me and I'll tell our mum. She'll sort him out.
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Delayed start at Lords today, 15:00 start, put in by Middx
53-2
Chopra ct Rayner b Finn 14
Webb Ct Robson b Finn 14
Javid 16*
Trott 0*
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Finn 3-45 as Bears move onto:128-3
Trott 32*
Evans34*
Javid 3rd man out for 18
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Close of play at Lords: Bears 148-3
Trott 44
Evans 41
Finn 3-49
50 overs bowled in a shortened day.
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Early wicket this morning
Trott Ct Simpson b Roland-Jones 45
Evans 44*
Ambrose2*
154-4
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174-4
Evans has his 50 -on 54
Ambrose 11
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Gone off due to rain....very light shower....which appears to have stopped already
180-4
Evans 54
Ambrose 17
Umpires staying out there and told groundsmen to not bother putting covers on, calling players out now - i think the Bears batsmen have disappeared into the darkest depths
of Lords
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Raining again, i suppose they may take an early lunch.
197-4
Evans 70
Ambrose 18
68 overs
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Not taken early lunch they are back out 199-4
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200-5
Ambrose Ct Rayner b Dexter 20
Evans 71*
Clarke in
Ambrose ct at 2nd slip
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Lunch 216-5
Evans 82
Clarke 5
76 overs
I suppose the fact that we have had a couple of short interruptions for rain has in someway helped Bears in as much as
Middx werent able to take the new ball before lunch thereby denying the opportunity for Finn & Roland-Jones a spell with
the new ball before lunch then going again after lunch.
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235-6
Clarke Run Out 15
Evans 87*
Barker 2*
New ball taken and for some reason Harris getting first use with it.
237-6 a no ball
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Mid v War
War lead by 334 runs
Mid 8 for 1 (1.3 overs)
WKT - Burns lbw b Wright 4
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101-2 gone off for bad light in response to Bears 342
Morgan 28
Compton 25
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192-5
Compton Ct Trott b Rankin 74
Dexter 24*
Simpson 0*
Earlier wickets
Morgan Ct Javid b Barker 44
Franklin b Clarke 0
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195-6
Simpson Ct Evans b Patel 1
Dexter 26*
Rayner 0*
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202-7
Rayner Ct & B Clarke 3
206-8
Harris Ct Patel b Clarke 0
Dexter 28*
Roland-Jones 6*
Tea 212-8
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Tea was supposed to be 16:10 but they haven't gone off
Patel bowling at the minute
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Mid v War
War lead by 130 runs
Mid 212 for 8 (61.0 overs)
Tea
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253-9
Roland-Jones Ct Webb b Rankin 32
Moved onto 260 -9
Dexter 47*
Finn 1*
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Finn LBW Rankin 1
Dexter 47 not out
260 all out a handy lead of 82
Just over 30 overs left today
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Bowling figures
Barker 20 7 80 1
Wright 19 0 65 2
Clarke 14 2 42 3
Rankin 10.2 1 52 3
Patel 9 2 13 1
Bears underway are 4-0 1.3 overs 25 overs to be bowled till close
Javid 1*
Chopra 0*
Extras 3
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26-1
Javid Ct Franklin b Roland-Jones 8
Chopra 15*
Webb in
Lead 108
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Close of play
Bears 58-2
Webb b Harris 4
Chopra 31*
Trott 12*
Lead 140
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Day Four (Tea)
Joe Burns and Sam Robson took Middlesex safely to 44 for no wicket at tea, after they had bowled out Warwickshire for 187 in their second innings to leave themselves needing 270 to win in a minimum of 54 overs.
- See more at: http://www.edgbaston.com/2274/middlesex-v-warwickshire-lv-county-championship.html?utm_medium=SocialSignIn&utm_source=Twitter#sthash.Xt8NlTYn.dpuf
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198 required by Middx off a minimum 34 overs.
Not sure what Middx are up to here....0 wickets down but they are allowing the rate to climb
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Double wicket maiden for Clarke
Robson ct Ambrose B Clarke 28
Compton Ct Chopra b Clarke 0
86-2 28 overs
183 required i think
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97-3
Morgan b Rankin 2
30.5
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105-4 34 overs
Franklin B Rankin 9
165 more off 20
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150-5
Burns St Ambrose b Patel 72
Dexter 15
Simpson in
120 off 53 balls or 5 wkts for us!!!!
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Shook hands
152-5
Match drawn....no real surprise 12 points for 10 for Middx which is enough to see them go top
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I stayed daahn in the smoke with my sister in Muswell Hill after that football match on Saturday to watch the cricket.
I must say that Lords is no place to be for visiting supporters who are not sufficiently suited and booted to get into the Pavilion when conditions are inclement. There was a mini hurricane from the west which veered to the south for the first three days. Only the maddest bastards stayed in the upper John Edrich stand, and most were heard coughing and weezing in death rattle mode before the end. The big stand which would afford some protection from the prevailing winds was closed. There was one bar which was not indoors either and was a good a long walk away unless you were in the Mound stand. Apparently the pies were good at £6.50 and the Scotch Eggs were popular. £4.70 for a pint of Marstons New World compared to £3.20 at Edgbaston in the Tom Dollery.
As for the cricket, it was a terrible toss to lose. Finn was lethal in the early stages, and had good support from their other seamers. Their spinner was no great shakes, so I was not surprised to see a large patch of green on the wicket which remained throughout the four days. None of our seamers bowling up the hill from the nursery end seemed to get any swing or seam. Barker in particular was ineffective from that end, and Chopra just carried on as though it was a prearranged plan.
In the Middlesex second innings, Rikki Clarke bowling from the Pavilion End looked our only consistent threat, and he looked well up for it. A shame that his batting form is so poor, because he is a consistently brilliant fielder, particularly in the slip cordon.
I am beginning to wonder about Chopra's captaincy. He and Dougie Brown appear quite willing to go for the draw along as we get some decent bonus points. It worked in 2012, I suppose.
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Away at Durham 14:30 tomorrow in T20 live on sky.
13 squad named:
Chopra
Ambrose
Bell
Clarke
Evans
Gordon
Hannon-Dalby
Javid
Lewis
Patel
Porterfield
Poysden
Rankin
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Anyone know when Woaksie will be fit to play?
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Anyone know when Woaksie will be fit to play?
He played a game for 2nds last week
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Anyone know when Woaksie will be fit to play?
He played a game for 2nds last week
Brum Mail:
Warwickshire all-rounder Chris Woakes, meanwhile, has revealed he remains a few weeks away from full fitness after a minor setback in his recovery from knee trouble.
The 26-year-old suffered his problem at the World Cup and has been sidelined since mid-March.
“I’m not far off, I had a second-team game last week, which unfortunately didn’t go as well as I would have liked,” revealed Woakes.
“So it will be another couple of weeks, but hopefully I’ll be fully fit pretty soon.
“I just need to get myself back fit for Warwickshire first, put in some performances there and then hopefully put myself in contention again for England.’’
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Anyone know when Woaksie will be fit to play?
He played a game for 2nds last week
Brum Mail:
Warwickshire all-rounder Chris Woakes, meanwhile, has revealed he remains a few weeks away from full fitness after a minor setback in his recovery from knee trouble.
The 26-year-old suffered his problem at the World Cup and has been sidelined since mid-March.
“I’m not far off, I had a second-team game last week, which unfortunately didn’t go as well as I would have liked,” revealed Woakes.
“So it will be another couple of weeks, but hopefully I’ll be fully fit pretty soon.
“I just need to get myself back fit for Warwickshire first, put in some performances there and then hopefully put myself in contention again for England.’’
Cheers guys much appreciated - shame for Woaksie though
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Ian Bell has scored 50 of 45 balls with 4 4s and 2 6s.
Durham 163/7 (20/20 ov)
Warwickshire 100/1 (12.4/20 ov)
Warwickshire require another 64 runs with 9 wickets and 44 balls remaining
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16.3
Hastings to Bell, OUT
IR Bell c Stoneman b Hastings 90 (65m 65b 11x4 2x6) SR: 138.46
Durham 163/7 (20/20 ov)
Warwickshire 148/2 (16.5/20 ov)
Warwickshire require another 16 runs with 8 wickets and 19 balls remaining
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Durham 163/7 (20/20 ov)
Warwickshire 164/3 (19.1/20 ov)
Warwickshire won by 7 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
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Well done Bears
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If and when Bell does get dropped for England we should be laughing with him and Trott in the side.
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If and when Bell does get dropped for England we should be laughing with him and Trott in the side.
Yep. He is different class at county level. Add Woakes and McCullum to that line up today and we would be looking very strong.
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If and when Bell does get dropped for England we should be laughing with him and Trott in the side.
Yep. He is different class at county level. Add Woakes and McCullum to that line up today and we would be looking very strong.
I think it's unlikely we will see Bell and McCullum for the Bears. By the time McCullum arrives in early July Bell will, subject to selection, be back with England.
He's certainly not played many T20 games for the Bears so today was a rare chance for him to play this form of the game for his county.
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If and when Bell does get dropped for England we should be laughing with him and Trott in the side.
Yep. He is different class at county level. Add Woakes and McCullum to that line up today and we would be looking very strong.
I think it's unlikely we will see Bell and McCullum for the Bears. By the time McCullum arrives in early July Bell will, subject to selection, be back with England.
He's certainly not played many T20 games for the Bears so today was a rare chance for him to play this form of the game for his county.
True and that's more the shame. It's a pleasure watching the likes of Bell today and Buttler last night operate at that level.
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Good win at Durham .Was good to see Ian Bell batting so well for the Bears. It was amusing to hear the reporter on WM telling us that Bell was not scoring fast enough ,yet he won the man of the match and became the highest scoring Bear in a T20 match
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As predicted in last years Bears and Pears thread, coverage of local cricket in the Birmingham Mail has virtually disappeared since they got rid of Brian Halford.
Other than spending your time listening to Clive Eakin on the ball-by-ball coverage, there are very few places to get updates of injuries, selections etc. A poor show from an increasingly poor newspaper.
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I was listening to the coverage of the Yorkshire v Middlesex match online yesterday. Some of the chat was painful and just made me think of this.
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Outside of TMS, radio coverage of Cricket is amateurish.
I was listening to a Bears game a couple of seasons ago and at the lunch interval they shuffled off for a pint and a sandwich but left the microphones on. Every so often you'd hear a cough or a rustling of crisp packets and the like. It was surreal, akin to watching the text card on BBC when you were a kid.
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Interesting tactical switch by the Pears. No keeper.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/884583.html
It's within the rules but I wonder if the ICC will move to outlaw it?
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If there was a award for worst online cricket reporter ,dear old Clive Eakin would surely be one of the top contenders. I can not think of any other reporter who makes so many mistakes .
One of the annoying things about him is his obvious dislike of Villa and love of that little club down the A45 Coventry. Last week there was a mention of Dennis Mortimer being invited to the Champions League final and quick as a flash he was telling us he was a ex Coventry star .When it was pointed out that he actually played a lot more games for Villa and actually was captain of a side winning the European cup and the Division 1 title ,he soon shut up
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Same 13 for Bears tomorrow night v Outlaws
Chopra
Ambrose
Bell
Clarke
Evans
Gordon
OHD
Javid
Lewis
Patel
Porterfield
Poysden
Rankin
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I am sorry to read criticism of the BBC radio commentary of County coverage including that of the Bears, what people must remember that the BBC have
continuously year on year tried to drop the on-line cricket coverage from their schedules and it's because of the support from people like you lot and i for
that matter that we manage to keep this coverage going. Yes Clive Eakin is a Coventry fan and sometimes covers their games, he certainly isnt the worst commentator on there
and he gives some great insights to the goings on at grounds around the country, i think that he, Phil Britt and Mike Taylor do a great job and should be applauded for the work they do.
we even have the excellent Brian Halford adding his expertise to the proceedings.
Please don't slag em off we may lose em forever and that would be a catastrophe of huge proportions!!!!
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The guy who covers Yorkshire (David Callaghan) is fine especially when with Kevin Howells but when you throw in an opposition commentator it becomes too much like Alan Partridge.
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Bears won toss and are bowling. Poysden in for Rankin so 3 spinners
Clarke opens the bowling 4 x leg byes 1st ball
10-0 1 over
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18-1 2
Mullaney Ct Porterfield b OHD 6
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Jeetan Patel bowled 5th over and gone for 21
54-1 5
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64-2
Wessells Ct Chopra b Gordon 39
6 overs gone
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67-3
Brendan Taylor ct Javid b Clarke 15
6.4
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Patel b Patel 4
79-4
8.5
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10 overs 83-4
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92-5
Smith LBW Poysden 9
11.4
Darren Sammy in
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119-5 15
Sammy going a bit 2 x 6's
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119-6
J.Patel LBW Clarke 23
15.1
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122-6 16 overs
Clarke 4 0 24 2
Patel 4 0 35 1
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Darren Sammy ct Clarke b OHD 23
Wood Ct Porterfield b OHD
OHD on a hat trick
136-8 17.5
Hilfanhaus in
137-8 18
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Hilfenhaus b OHD 4
143-9
last over
149 = 9 inns closed
Rest of bowling
OHD 4 0 29 4
Gordon 4 0 28 1
Poysden 3 0 18 1
Javid 1 0 9 0
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Chopra and Bell opening up
0-1 0.4
Chopra ct in slip b Hilfenhaus 0
Umpires took them off for rain.
No worse than it was earlier
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Back on
Bears 29- 1 4 overs
Target 98 off 11
39-1 off 5 2 runs behind on D/L
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52-1 off 6
46 off 5 reqd
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Bell ct Wessels b Sammy 38
67-2 6.5 overs
31 reqd
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78-2
20 off 18
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90-2
8 reqd off 12 balls
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Evans gone 11
90-3
Porterfield 32*
Clarke in
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Nottinghamshire 149/9 (20/20 ov)
Warwickshire 101/3 (10.2/11 ov, target 98)
Warwickshire won by 7 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) (D/L method)
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96-3
2 off 6
Even we cant cock this up
101-3 10.2 overs
Clarke 6*
Porterfield 37*
Third game in succession that Porterfield has been there at the end scoring 30+ runs
Outstanding run chase there.
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I stayed until they went off, and then the thought of trying to get back on public transport outweighed the prospect of a DL victory.
We are are an exceptional fielding team, but I still struggle to understand our success in this form of the game.
One thing which I noted was that Hannon-Dolby's chest-on delivery and action enables him to make late adjustment to what the batsman is doing.
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Hannon-Dalby's best cheers a miserable Brummie night
Birmingham 101-3 (Bell 38, Porterfield 37*) beat Nottinghamshire 149-9 (Wessels 39, Hannon-Dalby 4-29) by 7 wickets (D/L method)
Jon Culley
On a night when Edgbaston's marketing team deserved some sympathy, Birmingham at least fashioned a win, indeed a win that takes them level on points with Durham at the top of the North Group with three matches in hand.
You fancied chasing 150 to win from 20 overs might have tested them but after their innings was interrupted by heavy rain only four balls in, the defending NatWest Blast champions emerged with a revised target of 98 from 11 overs, which they chased down successfully with four balls to spare.
William Porterfield, who hit the winning boundary, finished 37 not out from 22 deliveries after Ian Bell had hit 38 off 24, the England man following his 65-ball 90 against Durham last week by indulging himself again in the freedom to take liberties, hitting sixes off Ben Hilfenhaus, Samit Patel and Darren Sammy that ensured that a modest turn-out at least had something to enthuse over.
In the Nottinghamshire innings, Oliver Hannon-Dalby finished with a Twenty20 career-best 4 for 29 from his four overs after Riki Wessels had hit 39 from 19 balls.
It was when Bell went on the attack against Patel and Sammy in the sixth and seventh overs of Birmingham's reply, scoring 23 of his runs in the space of eight balls before picking out Wessels at long-off, that the balance swung in the home side's favour. The opening overs from Hilfenhaus, Jake Ball and Steven Mullaney had kept them behind the required rate after Varun Chopra had been out without scoring immediately before the weather closed in.
It was miserable. Edgbaston struggles to attract substantial crowds for Twenty20 at the best of times and Friday nights in June are not meant to be like this. Even Sammy, in his last match for Nottinghamshire before he returns home to play in the Caribbean Premier League, struggled to muster a smile at times, blinking through the drizzle as he ran in to bowl.
Asked to bat first, Nottinghamshire had looked favourites in the opening stages of the contest, rushing rushed to 65 for 2 in their Powerplay overs, mainly thanks to Wessels, who plundered three sixes in the space of seven deliveries, two of them as he went after Jeetan Patel in the costliest over of the evening, which brought him 21 runs, and the third off the first ball of the next, off Recordo Gordon.
But Wessels was out to the last ball of the sixth over, a well judged catch by Chopra at cover off a soaring top edge. Brendan Taylor, with whom he had added 46 in four overs for the second wicket, then hit Rikki Clarke straight to mid-off in the next over, after which the scoring rate slowed rapidly as Patel and the leg-spinner Josh Poysden applied the brakes impressively, despite the extra challenge of bowling with a wet ball.
Poysden, playing in only his second Twenty20 after Warwickshire chose to leave out Boyd Rankin in favour of an extra spinner, conceded only five runs in his first two overs and took the wicket of Greg Smith, leg before in an attempted sweep. Two dot balls to Sammy won some applause from the Edgbaston crowd.
Overs eight to 13 saw the Nottinghamshire total grow by a meagre 25 runs, with two wickets lost, although Sammy was not to be contained completely. Indeed, a glazier will be required in the morning after the first of his two sixes smashed through the window of a sponsors' lounge on the second elevated tier of the vast pavilion, damaging Poysden's figures at the same time.
The same over had begun with the first Nottinghamshire boundary in 41 balls. Sammy launched Atiq Javid for the second of his sixes in the following over but the Nottinghamshire batsmen were never able to reassert themselves in any sustained way.
James Taylor, who had driven three and a half hours from London to take his place in the side and the captaincy after England decided they could manage without him, was leg before to a Rikki Clarke full toss, and though Sammy and Sam Wood combined to take 11 off Gordon's next over the return of Hannon-Dalby at 133 for 6 after 17 put a stop to that.
The former Yorkshire seamer dismissed the two in consecutive deliveries, both caught at mid-on. He began hitting the spot with his yorkers and his final over was shaping up very nicely when the first four balls brought just two singles and the wicket of Hilfenhaus to a slower one and it was a shame for him that his final delivery was loose enough for Ball to hit over the top, clearing the rope.
Nottinghamshire were none too happy when a range hitting contest staged as one of the evening's sideshows disrupted their practice between innings, although it probably had no bearing on the outcome.
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Good win over the Notts Outlaws last night. Nice revenge for the thrashing they gave us,or rather Hales gave us in the previous match a few weeks back. Credit to OHD for some fine bowling and also Porterfield for guiding us over the finishing line again.
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Good win over the Notts Outlaws last night. Nice revenge for the thrashing they gave us,or rather Hales gave us in the previous match a few weeks back. Credit to OHD for some fine bowling and also Porterfield for guiding us over the finishing line again.
Bell looks to be getting some form back aswell
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Warwickshire have named a squad of 13 for tomorrow's LV= County Championship match against Worcestershire at New Road.
Varun Chopra (Captain)
Tim Ambrose (Wicket Keeper)
Keith Barker
Ian Bell
Rikki Clarke
Laurie Evans
Ateeq Javid
Jeetan Patel
William Porterfield
Josh Poysden
Boyd Rankin
Jonathan Trott
Chris Wright
Play gets underway at 11am and live ball-by-ball commentary is available on BBC Radio WM an BBc Radio Coventry & Warwickshire.
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Warwickshire have named a squad of 13 for tomorrow's LV= County Championship match against Worcestershire at New Road.
Varun Chopra (Captain)
Tim Ambrose (Wicket Keeper)
Keith Barker
Ian Bell
Rikki Clarke
Laurie Evans
Ateeq Javid
Jeetan Patel
William Porterfield
Josh Poysden
Boyd Rankin
Jonathan Trott
Chris Wright
Play gets underway at 11am and live ball-by-ball commentary is available on BBC Radio WM an BBc Radio Coventry & Warwickshire.
Poysden and Javid to drop out?
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Why doesn't Trott play in T20, he was awesome for us in that format before he got his England call?
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Anyone know how much longer it'll be before Hain and Woakes are available again?
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Anyone know how much longer it'll be before Hain and Woakes are available again?
Both are a few weeks away from playing again
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Worcester won the toss this morning and have elected to bat. Team:
Chopra
Javid
Bell
Trott
Evans
Ambrose
Clarke
Barker
Patel
Wright
Rankin
Pears
Mitchell
Oliver
Ali
Gidman
Fell
Clarke
Cox
Leach
Ajmal
Morris
Shantry
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Oliver Ct Ambrose b Wright 27
Mitchell 11*
38-1 8 overs
Ali in
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Worcester won the toss this morning and have elected to bat. Team:
Chopra
Javid
Bell
Trott
Evans
Ambrose
Clarke
Barker
Patel
Wright
Rankin
Pears
Mitchell
Oliver
Ali
Gidman
Fell
Clarke
Cox
Leach
Ajmal
Morris
Shantry
That looks like one of footyskillz starting elevens.
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As an aside to Bears game Derbyshire struggling at Chelmsford 26-5
40-1 11 overs at New Rd
44-1 11.1 Ali off mark
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Worcester won the toss this morning and have elected to bat. Team:
Chopra
Javid
Bell
Trott
Evans
Ambrose
Clarke
Barker
Patel
Wright
Rankin
Pears
Mitchell
Oliver
Ali
Gidman
Fell
Clarke
Cox
Leach
Ajmal
Morris
Shantry
That looks like one of footyskillz starting elevens.
Yes i probably should have put a gap in between....
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83-1 20.2 overs
Michell 27
Ali 26
The other Div 1 game Notts 100-1 @ Somerset
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104-2 28.4
Mitchell Ct Javid b Wright 36
Ali 36
Fell in
Thats lunch 29 overs
Taunton Notts 147-2 32 overs
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119-3 34 overs
Fell b Barker 4
Moeen 43
Alex Gidman in
Notts 180-2 at Somerset
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124-4 35 overs
Gidman Ct Ambrose b Wright 4
Joseph Clarke in
Moeen 44
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126-5 30.4
Moeen Ct Javid b Barker 45
Clarke 1*
Leach in ahead of Cox
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Chris Wright passed 300 first class wickets today- 301 now
144-5
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173-5 44.3
Clarke 22
Leach 21
Other scores Div1
Notts 236-2 @ Somerset
Div2
Derby 134-8 @ Essex
Leic 82-5 @ Lancs
T20
Yorks v Northants delayed by rain. Wouldn't mind that as a no result
Sussex 20-1 4.1 o v Surrey
Glouc 32-1 4.3 @ Middx
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179-6 46.2
Leach Ct & B Rankin 22
Clarke 26*
Cox
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197-7 48.4
Cox LBW Patel 3
Clarke 41
Shantry in
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Derbyshire 148 all out at Essex
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225-8 57.2
Clarke ct Trott b Rankin 50
Shantry 15
Ajmal 0
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At Hove play suspended due to Rory Burns and Moises Henriques have collided i believe going for a catch on the boundary. An ambulance is
on the pitch treating one or both of them.Burns i think has come off worse but Henriques is concussed
Sussex at this time are 141-7 18.4 overs
Meanwhile 234-8 at New Rd
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243-9 64.5
Ajmal Ct Ambrose b Barker 10 FOW 238
3 ambulances on ground at Hove
Shantry LBW Barker 17
Morris Not Out 5
243 65.2
Bowling figures
Barker 16.2 5 65 4
Wright 15 3 63 3
Clarke 9 4 29 0
Rankin 13 1 47 2
Patel 12 2 27 1
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Other latest scores
Notts 287-3 69.2
Div2
Derby 148 Essex 33-0 13 overs
Leicester 138-5 33 overs Raining
T20
Gloucester 214-4 (20) Middx 53-3 4.4
At Sussex Henriques gone to hospital in ambulance but Burns not moving or at least not being allowed to move not sure, obviously not looking good
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Rory Burns leaving for hospital now in ambulance
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Match at Arundel (Sussex) has been abandoned.
Bears 3-0
Chopra 1
Javid 2
We're off and running 31 overs left tonight so if light lasts about 18:30 finish
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T20 started at Leeds Northants have put Yorks in. Not sure if reduction in overs
20-2 4.2
Bears 5-0 2 overs
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T20 started at Leeds Northants have put Yorks in. Not sure if reduction in overs
20-2 4.2
Bears 5-0 2 overs
14 overs i believe at Leeds 25-3 off 5
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Bears 20-1
Javid LBW Leach 9
Chopra 6*
Bell in
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Bears 29-1 in reply to 243
In T20 Gloucester bt Middx
At Leeds match further reduced to 12 overs where Yorkshire made 82-7. I daresay Northants will be set a few more than that due to further reduction.
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Chopra LBW Leach 9
31-2 13.5
Bell 8*
Trott in
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34-3
Trott Ct Gidman b Shantry 0
Bell 11*
Evans in
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35-4
Evans Ct Oliver b Leach 1
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Close of play at New Rd. somewhat of a recovery
Bears 101-4 30 overs
Bell 46*
Ambrose 31*
Other Div 1 game
Notts 391-6 96 overs
Div 2
Derby 148 Essex 108-0
Leicester 207 all out v Lancs
Yorkshire got beat by Northants by 8 wkts
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Rory Burns leaving for hospital now in ambulance
Broke his jaw in three places but should be okay.
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Rory Burns leaving for hospital now in ambulance
Broke his jaw in three places but should be okay.
Wasn't it Henriques who broke his jaw, I'm sure Burns was listed as unspecified facial injuries on the report I read earlier. Either way it's a horrible accident.
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A struggle for Bears this morning, lost Ambrose to his first ball of the day Ct Cox off Shantry 31
Moved onto 141-5 43.2
Bell 66*
Clarke 16*
The last time Bell failed to get a championship 50 was Apr 2012 and he is currently chasing his 50th first class century
Clarke 20*
145-5
Rory Burns has now been released from hospital. Keeping Henriques there for a further 24 hours
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174-5 50 overs
Bell 74
Clarke 37
Whittling that lead away, Daryl Mitchell just dropped Clarke which went for 4
Going for a beer or two now back about 15:30....aint had a pint for about 7 weeks apart from day at Wembley!!!
Holiday to Turkey tomorrow!!!
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Where in Turkey are you going to PGW? And are you passing scorecard updating duties to someone else?
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If it's similar to the bit of Turkey I went to they'll have Sky Sports so he can still update us on the Twenty20 game on Sunday!
I managed to teach a few of the locals the basic rules during a World Cup and had them all doing the umpire's four and six signs.
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Great fight back by Bell and Clarke who have a partnership of 121. Bell 101 and Clarke 60. 227 for 5. I am at New Road getting pleasantly pissed, so don't rely on me for scoring duties. Shantry had a very good hostile spell early on but spinners on for a good few overseas before lunch.
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Great fight back by Bell and Clarke who have a partnership of 121. Bell 101 and Clarke 60. 227 for 5. I am at New Road getting pleasantly pissed, so don't rely on me for scoring duties. Shantry had a very good hostile spell early on but spinners on for a good few overseas before lunch.
Might already be time to start the covering one eye thing.
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340 all out just before tea, a lead of 97.
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Pears
2 now 3 down and still 70 odd behind...COYB !
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28-3 and Ali is the latest to go.
I read somewhere this morning that we're unbeaten in the Championship against the Pears since 2000. It looks like that record will continue.
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At New Road, my first live sport since the Cup Final, and almost as depressing
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49 for 4, come on you Bears!
(Sorry Frank)
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50-5, wickets falling like Jack Grealish after three pints!
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6 down :)....COYB !
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7 now....
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Make that eight.
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Nine!
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80 all out... Bears by an innings
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Bears win inside two days.
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I think this calls for a...
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YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUU BEEEEEEEEEAAAAAARRRSSS!!!
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I think this calls for a...
Pitch inspection? 30 wickets falling in two days?
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Brilliant from the Bears....:)
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I think this calls for a...
Pitch inspection? 30 wickets falling in two days?
Nah, law 17(b): "a team shall only be deducted points for a poor pitch if they come from Birmingham and play in a district starting with "E". Umpires' reports will be ignored. A moany article in a local rag from an opposition fan will be considered sufficient evidence of malpractice."
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Most importantly, Bell is getting some form back.
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Most importantly, Bell is getting some form back.
With Bell I'm not sure he's been out of form at any point in the last few years, what his done is, whilst wearing a England shirt, Walk under a ladder, have a black cat cross his path and drop a bunch of mirrors out of shock. Watch his dismissals for England for the last year and a hell of a lot of them are just brilliant deliveries or ones that do something 'odd' off the pitch. If you then watch the rest of his batting in those test you'd be hard pressed to find anything in his form/technique which is being exploited. I'm not absolving him of blame, I think it's got into his head now, but I don't think he's got problems that he can go away and work on and come back stronger. I genuinely don't know what to think about him, if it carries on he'll have to be dropped but it'll be tough to know what to tell him to do to get back in because there's nothing to 'fix' and his club form shows that very clearly.
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Great fight back by Bell and Clarke who have a partnership of 121. Bell 101 and Clarke 60. 227 for 5. I am at New Road getting pleasantly pissed, so don't rely on me for scoring duties. Shantry had a very good hostile spell early on but spinners on for a good few overseas before lunch.
Might already be time to start the covering one eye thing.
Good call to be fair. It only got worse. I did the last session in the G Hick pavillion, and I felt sorry for them, to be honest.
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Great win for the Bears .To beat the Pears inside two days Ali and Ajmal, included is pretty impressive.For me personally, cricket wise the only thing sweeter than thrashing them at Edgbaston,is to thrash them at New road COYB
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Warwickshire v Yorkshire is live on Sky, in case anyone who has Sky didn't know. Coverage is on now, play starts at half two.
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Easy peasy.
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Still not quite sure how we've won 5 out of 7 and our net run rate is the second worst in the division !
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I think because we got absolutely hammered in the two games we did lose.
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That was a strange game that never really got started. Still a win is a win.
What struck me was the size of the crowd. Sunday has always been a popular county cricket day, going back as far as the John Player League. There was a much bigger crowd today compared to the Friday night games.
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That was a strange game that never really got started. Still a win is a win.
What struck me was the size of the crowd. Sunday has always been a popular county cricket day, going back as far as the John Player League. There was a much bigger crowd today compared to the Friday night games.
Yes the crowd was a lot bigger.......probably 2,000 more people
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Good. Friday nights might work for some teams but I'm not sure it does for us. Trying to get out of Edgbaston at 11.30pm is a pain in the arse.
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Good. Friday nights might work for some teams but I'm not sure it does for us. Trying to get out of Edgbaston at 11.30pm is a pain in the arse.
The game usually finishes well before 9.30, but it is still a pain in the scrotum. I have waited for a bus on the Bristol Road for over 30 minutes on numerous occasions. On Friday, I waited for 40 minutes to get a bus towards the city, and it was an X64 single decker. I can walk to the ground in an hour and a quarter so I should not complain really, as most of the walk is quite peasant. FYI, coming back the wait was 25 minutes.
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After Friday nights disappointment it was good to get back on track against the Tykes. It always feels good to get one over them . Like others on here,not quite sure how we have won 5 out of 7 but I'll take it
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After Friday nights disappointment it was good to get back on track against the Tykes. It always feels good to get one over them . Like others on here,not quite sure how we have won 5 out of 7 but I'll take it
With McCullem to come its a pretty good place to be in.
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McCullum got 18 off 14 balls on his debut, I'm sure better is to come.
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Warwickshire 137/8 (20/20 ov)
Lancashire 136/8 (20.0/20 ov)
Warwickshire won by 1 run
Outer limits territory now.
Recordo Gordon hits our only 6 in the innings, and takes 4 wickets for 20 runs.
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Well done to the Bears. Excellent from Recordo Gordon. McCullum will be a star for us.
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A good win.
I'm still not a huge fan of Gordon though.
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Gordon is still very young - learning fast and 4 wickets for only 20 runs in the T20 Format is truly outstanding.
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Top of the table and still a negative net run rate.
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Warwickshire have named a squad of 14 for the LV= County Championship match against Sussex at Edgbaston, which starts on Sunday 28 June.
Varun Chopra (Captain)
Tim Ambrose (Wicket Keeper)
Rikki Clarke
Laurie Evans
Oliver Hannon-Dalby
Ateeq Javid
Tom Milnes
Jeetan Patel
William Porterfield
Josh Poysden
Boyd Rankin
Jonathan Trott
Ian Westwood
Chris Wright
Play gets underway at 11am and live ball-by-ball commentary will be available on BBC Radio WM and BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire.
- See more at: http://www.edgbaston.com/2359/warwickshire-v-sussex-lv-county-championship.html#sthash.PEpzd38J.dpuf
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When Clarke opens the bowling, you know it is going to be a long day. Patel has already placed him, and we have included Poysner. Wright bowling to one slip in the 6th over. Sussex won the toss and are 34 without loss.
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69-1 20.5 overs
Joyce ct Evand b Rankin 30
FOW 49-1
Wells 29*
Machan 8
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Lunch 90-1 32 overs
Wells 43*
Machan 15*
Other Div 1 Lunch time scores
Hampshire 30-2 @ Middx
Yorks 68-1 @ Durham
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179-3
Machan Ct Wright b Poysden 22 97-2
Wells Ct Clarke b Wright 68 163-3
Nash 46*
Luke Wright 8*
62 overs
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Tea 64 overs 185-3
Nash 47
Wright 13
Latest other div 1
Yorkshire 156-5 58.2 overs @ Durham
Hants 89-5 37.2 overs @ Middx been affected by rain.
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204-3 75 overs
Nash 56
Wright 23
Spinners bowled 44 of the overs
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I would like to know why we prepare wickets like this. The last time I asked it was related to the test team and Graham Swan and heavy rollers or some such.
Whatever the explanation, it is a fucking disaster. The wiley Brummies stayed away in their droves.
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As the sun came out I went down at tea to watch the last session. We didn't take the new ball until 90 overs and then Patel bowled the second over with the new ball. If I was Patel I would ask for a pay rise - 35 overs bowled.
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As soon as i heard Eakin say Nash has hardly scored a run this season , you just knew he would post a good score. Stating the obvious we need some quick wickets this morning
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Another century for Bairstow yesterday, his third of the season and he and Bresnan have helped Yorkshire recover to a decent score against Durham.
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380 for 5. Luke Wright just gone for 110. Played on from Patel. Chris Woakes was on the pitch as 12th man.
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Century for Bresnan, he and Bairstow have now put on 248 for the seventh wicket.
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Partnership is now a record for the seventh-wicket for Yorkshire, surpassing Wilfred Rhodes and Cecil Burton's stand of 254 in 1919!
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480 for 5 here. 550 by tea being predicted
#burythegroundsmanunderthewicket
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500 for 5. Trott bowling. Pleasant breezes in the upper press box.
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Yorkshire 557/6 declared. Bairstow 219 no, Bresnan 169 no, 366 partnership.
Durham 41/2
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562 for 5 at tea. Our pace attack have bowled 45 overs between them. Josh Poysner our yoot leggie has has 1 for 154 off 40. Sussex have 4 centurions.
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They declared 601 for 6, we're already 14 for 2.
The two Sussex matches will cost us the title this year, I reckon.
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Why do we always seem to struggle against Sussex? THey've had a shocking run in the last few games up and til today. Could do with Chris Woakes being fit soon. Barker out for 4 weeks is a blow.
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Edgbaston.com (http://www.edgbaston.com/2360/warvsus.html)
Brian Halford's Match Report Day 2
Sussex found their batting form in spectacular fashion to pile up 601 for six and take total command of their LV=County Championship match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
At the start of this round of games, no team in either division had fewer batting points than Sussex but their middle-order burst collectively into form as the home side's decision to prepare a slow pitch backfired spectacularly.
It was a tale of sun-soaked midsummer misery for Warwickshire as four batsmen plundered centuries.
Chris Nash (121, 203 balls, 14 fours, one six) and Luke Wright (110, 204 balls, 13 fours, one six) laid a platform on which Ben Brown and Ashar Zaidi ruthlessly built. Brown (an unbeaten 119, 150 balls, eight fours, one six) and Zaidi (106, 149 balls, 13 fours) added 191, a Sussex sixth-wicket record against Warwickshire which also took the team to their best total against the Bears, surpassing 562 at Horsham in 2004.
The runfest left Warwickshire contemplating a follow-on figure of 452 and that looked a long way away when Steve Magoffin took two wickets in his first 20 balls to have them 14 for two.
Warwickshire closed on 62 for three after Luke Wells trapped Ian Westwood lbw just before the close. They need Jonathan Trott, a habitual plunderer of Sussex over the years, to bat for a long time tomorrow.
After Sussex resumed this morning on 280 for three, Nash and Wright extended their partnership to 169 before the former charged at Jeetan Patel and was stumped. Wright's excellent innings, watchful on the first evening then more aggressive, ended when he played on to Patel.
If the home side thought removing those century-makers would conclude their punishment they were mistaken. During the afternoon session Sussex added 146 without loss on a pitch offering no encouragement to the seamers and only the slowest turn. Warwickshire's four spinners toiled through 112.4 overs for just four wickets for 374 runs.
Zaidi finally perished when he became Laurie Evans's second victim in first-class cricket and the declaration soon followed.
Facing significant scoreboard pressure, Warwickshire were hit by a superb opening spell from Magoffin. Varun Chopra, having survived several big appeals, nicked to wicketkeeper Brown and Ateeq Javid edged to second slip to leave the Aussie paceman with 3.2-2-2-2.
Few batsman relish a backs-to-the-wall challenge more than Westwood and Trott and they survived to within three overs of stumps before Westwood fell to a ball which turned sharply.
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100 partnership between Trott and Wright. 160 for 3 approaching lunch.
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Durham 208 all out. Following on 33/0 at lunch, 316 runs behind.
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211 partnership for 6th with met between Evans and Ambrose. 34 to avoid follow on.
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Yorkshire have just beaten Durham by an innings and 46 runs.
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Rain at Edgbaston apparently!
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Heading for a bore draw! It's tea at Edgbaston with Warwickshire 563-6. Check out the report here: http://edgb.cc/3tMYj #YouBears
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What an exciting 4 days that must have been at Edgbaston. Are the Bears in danger of a points deduction here?
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Went without alcohol for this match as well. Talk about bad timing.
Dougie Brown, the Warwickshire director of cricket, revealed afterwards that there had been another strip ready for this match but, after an injury to Barker left them a seamer short, they plumped for a pitch used twice before in Twenty20 matches and picked three spinners.
"It was my call," he said. "The one thing we have not been able to do regularly here is get pitches that spin and we thought this one would turn so we could get our spinners into the game but it never happened that way. The pitch just got slower and slower. To be fair, our groundsman Gary Barwell warned us that a different pitch might be better to play on. It was our decision and sometimes you just have to say you got it wrong."
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To be honest, if it was any other county than Warwickshire, I would want action to be taken.
A 600 for 6 plays 600 for 6 pitch is in my opinion as bad, if not worse than a 30 wickets falling in 2 days pitch
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I think the latter circumstance is more to do with the potential for a pitch being dangerous. The rules aren't designed just to stop boring matches.
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I think the latter circumstance is more to do with the potential for a pitch being dangerous. The rules aren't designed just to stop boring matches.
I think Nottinghamshire were heavily fined for the completely dead pitch they produced for the test against India last year.
I agree that maybe there shouldn't be a points deduction for a dead pitch in the first instance. However, I do think there should be some form of punishment. These sort of pitches kill the game stone dead. There should be some sort of contest between bat and ball. There clearly wasn't in this match
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Pears lost their last 7 wickets for 17 runs to lose to Notts
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Bmac has decimated Derbyshire, worth every penny.
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Breathtaking innings from McCullum
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Wow!
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I was there as well..........a truly, truly stunning T/20 innings
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Won by 60 runs.
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Yeah. McCullum just brutal tonight. Almost unfair!!!
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I was there as well..........a truly, truly stunning T/20 innings
I was at Edgbaston earlier as well and all I can say is that was as the level of batting performance I have only ever seen before from Brian Lara. I've seen internationals dominate at domestic level before, but not like that. He was in total control from ball one and seemed to have so much time at the crease. I can't say the Derbyshire bowlers were that bad either, he was just that good. Really special stuff.
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I was there as well..........a truly, truly stunning T/20 innings
I was at Edgbaston earlier as well and all I can say is that was as the level of batting performance I have only ever seen before from Brian Lara. I've seen internationals dominate at domestic level before, but not like that. He was in total control from ball one and seemed to have so much time at the crease. I can't say the Derbyshire bowlers were that bad either, he was just that good. Really special stuff.
A stunningly good performance, he was in total control throughout.
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Noticed Lancashire tweeted 'can we play you every week?' after beating Yorkshire for the second time in the hit and run. Obviously they can't but they could play them a couple more times a season if they were to get promoted from the second division of the County Championship.
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Neither team are called "Bears" or "Pears" though, interloper!
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Neither team are called "Bears" or "Pears" though, interloper!
No but they both play 'County Cricket'.
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It will be interesting to see what pitch we play on for the game v Yorkshire and what the team is
On another issue a good win yesterday in the T/20, good bowling performance
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Neither team are called "Bears" or "Pears" though, interloper!
No but they both play 'County Cricket'.
Ah, I hadn't noticed that second slash in the title!
Big match starting today. Probably need to win to have any chance of the title. Yorkshire look pretty strong so far though.
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Some good news, Hain is back for The Bears.
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Bears side:
V Chopra*, IJ Westwood, IJL Trott, LJ Evans, SR Hain, PJ McKay†, R Clarke, JS Patel, CJC Wright, WB Rankin, OJ Hannon-Dalby
Yorkshire won the toss and are batting.
Come on You Bears!
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17-1 7 overs
Rhodes b Wright 10
Lees 7
Leaning in
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Leaning Ct Patel b Wright 4
21-2 9 overs
Lees 7
Gale in
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26-3 11.5
Gale ct Chopra b OHD 1
Lees 11*
Bairstow in
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I assume this means they are not using the same pitch as last time!
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Well so far it looks a good toss to lose! #COYB
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55-4 21 overs
Lees St McKay b Patel 18
Bairstow 21*
Finch in
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Lunch 75-4 29 overs
Bairstow 38
Finch 1
Bears morning
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I'm sure Chris Jameson will agree that these are comfortably the two strongest county sides in cricket meeting today at Edgbaston
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It's looking that way.
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Rain getting in the way of a good day for Bears here, latest score:
184-7 58 overs
Finch LBW Clarke 28
Bresnan Ct McKay b Clarke 10
Middlebrook Ct Clarke b OHD 5
Bairstow 94*
Patterson 7*
Need to get Bairstow if there is a resumption....storm pretty heavy to be fair.
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Bairstow is in superb form with the bat this season, his average was 106 before the start of this match.
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Back on at Edgbaston - Bairstow got his ton
192-7
Bairstow 101
Patterson now Ct McKay b Wright 11
195-8 60.5
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208-9
Bairsow b Wright 108
Brooks 6*
Sidebottom in
63 overs
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Yorkshire all out for 213. 5 wickets for Chris Wright.
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Then Chopra out 1st ball 0-1 bowled Sidebottom
Wright in as night watchman after one ball!!!!
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Make that 0-2
Wright LBW Sidebottom 0 2nd ball
0.3 overs
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Don't judge a score until both teams have had a bat...
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Sidebottom is getting massive late swing into the right hander.
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Close of play 5 overs played
Trott 2
Westwood 8
11-2
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35 for 6. Sidebottom has got them all.
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He's a promising youngster is our Ryan.
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35 for 7 now. Trott gone. Follow on beckons.
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35 for 7 now. Trott gone. Follow on beckons.
Jesus what's going on ? we are now collapsing like a pack of cards
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35 for 8.
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Five wickets fallen on 35.
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We have got 36 by virtue of Rankin's helmet.
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Decent partnership developing.
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37/9
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Anyone there? Are the pitch inspectors gonna get us again?
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Avoided the follow on! YOOOUUU BEEEEAAARRRSSSS!!!
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Listening to the online commentary and talk got round to the players Warwickshire were missing, the topic was soon changed when the opposition absentees were brought up.
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Do they still charge to get in after tea?
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Don't judge a score until both teams have had a bat...
Just to repeat.
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Anyone there? Are the pitch inspectors gonna get us again?
I was there. It is a very good pitch, giving a chance to the bowlers, unlike several of the abominations this season. I agree with Jason Gillespie who said there were no demons in the pitch.
The atmospheric conditions on the other hand, were quite peculiar. Yesterday there was bright sunshine and humidity followed by a wind which threatened to blow the flags off the poles in the upper pressbox stand and then black skies with thunder and hail. And then bright sunshine again. No hail or thunder today but it was very changeable, and I would say about 30% of the crowd left after the first weather break of the morning, such was the bleakness.
Bottom line is that we have 2 genuine swing bowlers, Barker and Woakes before he decided to add pace for England. I have sat behind the bowlers arm for most matches in the last 4 seasons and Barker is the only one of our pacemen with genuine swing. Chris Wright gets movement off the seam with the new ball, but Clarke and Rankin rely on bounce, which can be lethal in the right conditions.
Sidebottom gave a masterclass in swing bowling. The old banana metaphor came to mind time and again. He got an ovation from all sections of the crowd when the players left the field.
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Play got under way at 12:45 with lunch being taken at 13:15
Currently 145-1 a lead of 289
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Gone off for rain once again.....we may somehow get out of this massive hole we have dug for ourselves with all
these interruptions.
151-1 295 ahead.
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Come on youuuuu raaaaaiiin!
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Tykes moving it on a bit now 217-2
361 ahead
one wicket fallen
Leaning Ct Sub (Ambrose) b Rankin
Ambrose behind stumps as McKay injured his hand yesterday.
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Hannon-Dolby has just had Rhodes caught by Ambrose. He is bowling with no slip cordon. 219 for 3.
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219-3
Rhodes Ct Sub b OHD 79
Finch 40*
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227 for 4 at tea. Patel bowled someone or other. Ominous clouds coming I'm from the south west.
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227 for 4 at tea. Patel bowled someone or other. Ominous Wonderful dark clouds coming in from the south west.
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Raining again....delayed resumption.....keep coming rain.
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Whoever is the commentator for Radio Coventry & Warwickshire has given out the wrong score as it stands on the last five occasions he's said how many Yorkshire lead by, he's 100 behind each time.
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434 to win for Bears - 14 overs remaining tonight
Yorks declared on 289-7
I dont think there will be any further interruptions tonight but fairly certain there will be tomorrow.
So Yorks will probably hang on for a draw!!!!!!
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Sneak McCullum on in disguise and we'll piss it.
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0 for 1
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A pair for Chopra LBW Sidebottom 0
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Got Yorkies worried now deficit below 400
35-1 - Bears biggest partnership of the match
7 balls left tonight.
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43-1 at stumps.
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Close 43-1
Trott 25
Westwood 17
Only another 391 to get!!!!
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Trott and Westy looked mostly comfortable from my lofty perch. Sidebottom was getting prodigious late swing into the right hander again but these 2 worked out how to play it. Chopra was bamboozled again.
Looking at the current forecast, we will have to survive 2 sessions to avoid defeat. It Trott and Westy survive for the first hour, we might just do it.
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58-3, Sidebottom all 3, Westwood still batting.
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We should've just killed Sidebottom before the game.
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Still think it will be a draw.
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Fuck me - Bell gone 1
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was about to update on Bears progress when Bell dismissed:
Anyway 95-3 Westwood is still batting but has been dropped twice in slips one of which very easy chance.
Westwood 35,Hain 22
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Gone off for rain early lunch taken at 12:45 4 overs currently lost.....hope they are the first of many!!!
103-3
Westwood 35
Hain 22
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109-4
Westwood LBW Sidebottom 40
10th wicket in the match
Injured McKay coming in before Rikki Clarke, don't understand that.
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McKay caught in the slips from Patterson. 123 for 5. The jig is up.
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55 overs left in the day now
133-5
Hain 35
Clarke 8
Middlebrook coming onto bowl
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Sam Hain on 52. 157 for 5.
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Clarke out to a brilliant catch at short lek off Middle room. He had looked very slid. 170/lfor 6. Chris Wright in.
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Correction
It was Patel that came in but now he out and Wright is in. 189 for 7.
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Eight down....rain urgently needed!
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*Does reverse rain dance*
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come on the wet stuff......
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217-8 at Tea minimum 29 overs left, but no small matter of new ball due soon, sun shining - would be nice to see Hain get to 3 figures but i somehow doubt that
is gonna happen now. Only batsmen i would be critical of is probably is Patel....very loose.
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3rd ball with the new ball OHD b Sidebottom....11-64 in the match for him.
Got 3 balls at Boyd Rankin
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YOOOOORRRKKKSSSHHHHIIIIRRRREEEEEE!
Yorkshire win and Ashes century for our Joe, a good day.
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There's nowt as bad as a gloating Yorkshireman.
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Not gloating, just enjoying another good few days for Yorkshire after the good win at Durham.
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I know you wasn't.
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It'll take a good team to finish above Yorkshire this year. Outclassed.
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Watching the Bears v Tykes is similar to watching Villa v Arsenal .Totally outclassed ,it seems both the Bears and Villa are beat before they even start!
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Gloucestershire stuffed Northamptonshire inside 2 days.
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Bears need 6 off the last over.
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Only needed 3 balls.QF berth secured.
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Why do we persist with Lewis? Trott should play and Woakes was in the squad tonight. Strange thinking. At least we won although almost to the wire again.
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Trott is not at all suited to a 20 over slog. Leave him to the 50 over and four day stuff where he has time to build an innings. He will never dominate an attack which is what you need in T20.
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Agree about Trott, personally I'd like to see Hain given a go as I think he's more attacking than people think.....throw Woakes back into the mix and it's another Finals Day for sure
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Trott and Hain have virtually identical mannerisms at the crease and like to fanny around and take their time. They do not like loud PA systems blasting in their ears and the bowler running up from 5 paces with no slips completing an over in the time that it takes them to their gardening exercises between balls in the 4 day game.
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Jonathan Trott was the highest run scorer in T20 cricket in England before international cricket came calling.
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Jonathan Trott was the highest run scorer in T20 cricket in England before international cricket came calling.
He was, but I really think the T20 game has changed since then. Traditional players playing traditional shots no longer dominate games like they did 5 or 6 years ago.
As an aside Trott is missing the game at Durham as he's been given paternity leave.
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Jonathan Trott was the highest run scorer in T20 cricket in England before international cricket came calling.
He was, but I really think the T20 game has changed since then. Traditional players playing traditional shots no longer dominate games like they did 5 or 6 years ago.
As an aside Trott is missing the game at Durham as he's been given paternity leave.
I'm not sure, I think there's a place for Trott is you plan on him being there for 15+ overs and fill the rest of the top 5-6 with people who are just going to go for it. if he can get 40-50 at a 90-100% strike rate by just rotating the strike and letting the fireworks go off at the other end that's enough in English T20, not sure you could carry him in the IPL or internationals though but over here the game isn't at the point where 180-200 is par.
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Jonathan Trott was the highest run scorer in T20 cricket in England before international cricket came calling.
He was, but I really think the T20 game has changed since then. Traditional players playing traditional shots no longer dominate games like they did 5 or 6 years ago.
As an aside Trott is missing the game at Durham as he's been given paternity leave.
I'm not sure, I think there's a place for Trott is you plan on him being there for 15+ overs and fill the rest of the top 5-6 with people who are just going to go for it. if he can get 40-50 at a 90-100% strike rate by just rotating the strike and letting the fireworks go off at the other end that's enough in English T20, not sure you could carry him in the IPL or internationals though but over here the game isn't at the point where 180-200 is par.
But that's my point, the domestic T20 competition is becoming more like the IPL/BBL. You only have to look at the calibre of signings this season with the two most destructive T20 batsmen in world cricket playing in England this summer.
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Jonathan Trott was the highest run scorer in T20 cricket in England before international cricket came calling.
He was, but I really think the T20 game has changed since then. Traditional players playing traditional shots no longer dominate games like they did 5 or 6 years ago.
As an aside Trott is missing the game at Durham as he's been given paternity leave.
I'm not sure, I think there's a place for Trott is you plan on him being there for 15+ overs and fill the rest of the top 5-6 with people who are just going to go for it. if he can get 40-50 at a 90-100% strike rate by just rotating the strike and letting the fireworks go off at the other end that's enough in English T20, not sure you could carry him in the IPL or internationals though but over here the game isn't at the point where 180-200 is par.
But that's my point, the domestic T20 competition is becoming more like the IPL/BBL. You only have to look at the calibre of signings this season with the two most destructive T20 batsmen in world cricket playing in England this summer.
it's not there yet though, look at the scores that have been winning games, 150-160 is a decent target right now so Trott has a role to play for the time being.
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He's got a better strike rate than Chopra, Ambrose and Westwood with a significantly better average.
I think it's very unfair on Trott to say he can no longer cut it in domestic T20.
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Warwickshire team
V Chopra*, IJ Westwood, JP Webb, LJ Evans, SR Hain, TR Ambrose†, R Clarke, CR Woakes, JS Patel, TP Milnes, OJ Hannon-Dalby
Durham 219/4 (60.0 ov)
Warwickshire
Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
Woakes has bowled 9 overs and taken a wicket.
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Durham 253/6 (69.4 ov)
Clarke to Collingwood, OUT
PD Collingwood lbw b Clarke 31 (96m 61b 4x4 0x6) SR: 50.81
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Durham all out for 314. Not bad when you consider they were 183 for 1 and we are missing Barker, Wright and Rankin.
Clarke took 5 for 62 and Milnes took 3.
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On the Trott T20 question, I don't think it s a question of whether he can cut it in this format; of course he can. It is more a question of how we marshal our resources as a club across all competitions. On the face of it you would include Keith Barker in the T20, as he can swing most balls in most conditions and is a big hitter. But no, he hardly ever plays this format. We want to give him a rest, and not disturb his rhythm.
Fielding is a very big issue in T20 as well. Barker and Trott are not great in this respect compared to the alternatives, to be honest. Porterfield, probably Trotty's rival for a place in the Rounders, is an exceptional fielder.
Consider the case of a certain Ryan Sidebottom. He has destroyed us at our ground for the last two seasons in the county championship, but he propelled us almost single handedly into the quarter final stages of the Rounders last year with an over of astonishing ineptitude.
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Delayed start this morning and finally got going but only managed 4.2 overs before rains came but in that short time
disaster struck Bears top order Chris Rushworth taking 3 - 0 including 3 x LBW's taking the wickets of Chopra, Webb
and Evans the latter two for 0 and Chopra without adding to his overnight score.
At the stoppage we are 20-3
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I'm not a fan of T20 but saw that Andrew Gale was getting a lot of abuse yesterday at Derbyshire where Yorkshire lost. This is Andrew Gale who hasn't lost a Championship match for two seasons and has lead them to the top of the league once more despite losing players to International call ups, sadly although it attracts decent crowds it does seem to attract a lot of pissed up morons to the games. The two players they've imported for the hit and run have barely made a contribution and I've noticed Bresnan has played solely as a batsman a couple of games this season whilst Rashid opened the batting yesterday.
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Sam Hain just out for 57 ending a partnership with Ambrose worth 98.
Durham 314
Warwickshire 138/5 (39.4 ov)
Warwickshire trail by 176 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
165 to avoid the follow-on.
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Ambrose out now. Woakes in.
Warwickshire 142/6 (40.2 ov).
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Clarke out for 13. 159 for 7. Patel joins Woakes.
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We have avoided the follow-on.
167/7 and they have gone off for bad light.
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Bears all out for 198 and in their 2nd innings, Durham are 9-4, a lead of 125. Woakes has taken 3-5.
We really need to pick up our championship form. The loss to Yorkshire has left us uncomfortably close to the relegation spots.
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Durham 34-5 at lunch a lead of 150. Woakes has 3 and Clarke has 2.
Eight wickets have fallen during the morning session. It's live on Five Live Sports Extra and the commentators are saying that accurate bowling is the key and that the pitch has no demons. Another strong session after lunch should see the Bears right back in this. As it stands, I wouldn't want to chase much more than 175.
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Dur v War
Dur lead by 211 runs
Dur 95 for 8 (32.1 overs)
WKT - Pringle c Ambrose b Milnes 22
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The Durham lead is now up to 252
Durham 314 & 136/8 (47.0 ov)
Warwickshire 198
Durham lead by 252 runs with 2 wickets remaining
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143/9
Patel has dismissed Rushworth ending a partrnership of 48.
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Durham 314 & 148 (50.3 ov)
Warwickshire 198
Durham lead by 264 runs
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doable if we can bat sensibly :)
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I think 265 seems like a tall order tbh. Weather looks reasonable in Chester-Le-Street tomorrow.
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That's a huge ask.
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33/0 after 5.1 overs.
They are not hanging around.
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Chopra out for 11 to Onions.
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Webb bowled by Rushworth for 0 and the dreaded pair.
38/2 (9.0 ov)
Warwickshire require another 227 runs with 8 wickets remaining
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50 partnsership for Westwood and Evans.
88/2 (18.5 ov)
Warwickshire require another 177 runs with 8 wickets remaining
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Westwood just out when he looked comfortable
103/3
65 partnsership
Sam Hain in
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Stumps - Day 3
Durham 314 & 148
Warwickshire 198 & 125/3 (32.0 ov)
Warwickshire require another 140 runs with 7 wickets remaining
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I am thinking we need Hain and Evans to get the majority of the 140 runs, we could so with winning this game so
COYB !!!!!!!!!!
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It is certainly possible, particularly if the cloud cover dissipates and the humidity abates somewhat.
The betting on Bet365 is Durham 4/5 against Warks 10/11. I plowed in at teatime yesterday at considerably more favourable odds, but I am far from confident.
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Decent hitting from Ross Whiteley for the Pears (Rapids) tonight :-)
Both Bears & Pears into qtrs!
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Decent hitting from Ross Whiteley for the Pears (Rapids) tonight :-)
Both Bears & Pears into qtrs!
Congrats to The Pears.
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So will teams qualifying from the same group be kept apart in this? If so then could it be a Bears-Pears final? That would be good.
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Big day today #COYB
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So will teams qualifying from the same group be kept apart in this? If so then could it be a Bears-Pears final? That would be good.
The T20 Champions League has been shelved:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/898873.html
The ECB missed a trick there. It would have been ideal for September in the UK. As they dug their collective heels in, it was held elsewhere making it difficult for the domestic T20 champions to take part.
I'm sure it will be back in some form though, particularly as the domestic competition is reinventing itself and attracting top players like Gayle and McCullum.
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Hain out ............
Now 150 for 4 - Ambrose & Evans @ crease and we need 114 to win
COYB !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Evans gone :-( for 70
158 for 5.......Ambrose and Clarke in
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Progressing nicely at the moment (hope that's not kiss of death) 192-5 another 73 required
Ambrose 25
Clarke 7
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I'm a fukcin curse
Ambrose Ct Collingwood b Harrison 25
Woakes in
192-6
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COYB !
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The game is so close, could go either way still.
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226-7
39 to win
3 wickets
It will be close!
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Getting even closer now Woakes gone LBW Rushworth
40 still required - Patel in the way he is playing we will require about 28 with 2 wickets left....been very rash of late has Jeetan
226-7
39 now required
Clarke 27*
Woakes got 14
Come on Jeets get your act together......please
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Come on Warwickshire...
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Clarke LBW first ball after lunch to Onions 38 to win just 2 wkts in hand ....228-8 37 required now....Tom Milnes in.....Durham got to be favourites now.
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done it ....what a great win for the Bears :)
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You Bears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You Bears!
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265-8
Patel 24*
Milnes 14*
An excellent result which if we hadn't have achieved we may have been looking over our shoulders a little but the 19
points gained here have cemented us in 4th place 7 pts behind Durham and 18 behind Middx in 2nd. I suppose this result suits Yorkshire
who are well clear on 165 points with game in hand on everybody bar Middx where 2 games in hand.
A good double for us though having won the reverse fixture at Edgbaston.
Next up Somerset starting noon on Saturday in championship obviously Lancs at home Friday night in T20 blast.
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I suppose this result suits Yorkshire
Damn right it does, well done Warwickshire!
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Was in a meeting for the last hour, so can I just say:
YOOOOOUUUUUUU BEEEEEEEAAAARRRRRSSS
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Well done Warwick, and breathe!
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Great few days for the Bears.Beating both the Pears and Durham in games they looked like losing at one point .Considering we were without Trott,Wright,Rankin and Barker no mean feat to win at Durham
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Great win and puts a decent gap between us and the relegation spots.
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Birmingham Bears have named a squad of 13 for the NatWest T20 Blast match at Edgbaston on Friday 17 July.
Varun Chopra (Captain)
Tim Ambrose (Wicket Keeper)
Rikki Clarke
Laurie Evans
Recordo Gordon
Oliver Hannon-Dalby
Ateeq Javid
Tom Lewis
Brendon McCullum
Tom Milnes
Jeetan Patel
Josh Poysden
Chris Woakes
Play gets underway at 6.30pm and live ball-by-ball commentary is available on BBC Radio WM and BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire
- See more at: http://www.edgbaston.com/2407/birmingham-bears-v-lancashire-lightning-natwest-t20-blast.html#sthash.6fxKSqdr.dpuf
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Lancashire 145/6 (20/20 ov)
Warwickshire 137 (19.5/20 ov)
Lancashire won by 8 runs
Croft named man of the match, scoring 64 not out of 51 balls with 3 sixes and 6 fours.
McCullum got a decent 41 off 25 balls with 4 sixes and 2 fours. The only other batsman to get more than 20 was Lewis with 22.
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Disappointing night for the Bears losing to Lancs by 8 runs. Chopra as far as i am concerned cost us that game with his strange decisions in their innings. Clarke was bowling really well,3 overs for 7 runs and a wicket ,so he takes him off never to return to bowl his one remaining over.Javid also had overs left ,so who does he go for to bowl the last 4 overs,OHD and Gordon who went for a sackful ,just as they did last week .To make matters worse he failed with the bat yet again.The only reason he is still in the team is he is the captain
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Agreed, Chopra should be nowhere near the T20 side and should concentrate on improving his 4 day form.
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Somerset 265
Warwickshire 22/0 (10.0 ov)
Warwickshire trail by 243 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Good day in the CC game against Somerset, although we let the tail wag strongly again. They were 186/8 at one point.
Jeets seems to get wickets in any conditions and deserved his 5.
Chris Woakes took 3 wickets an an excellent 4 over spell after lunch. Barker is playing, but he is obviously not back to full fitness.
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Decent day for the Bears but could and should have been better. The last pair added 65 but were let off the hook at the start of the partnership by a dropped catch The culprit was Chopra,the bloke is having a torrid time at the moment
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Overnight and early morning rain meant a delayed start this morning but now moved on to 45-0
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Chopra fails again caught at gully by Peter Trego off Overton for 33.
Now moved on to 71-1 Evans coming in at 3 instead of Trott.
Westwood 28*
Not since April 2014 have we had a century stand for the first wicket!!!
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Evans LBW b Allenby 7
90-2 36.5
Westwood 36
Trott 4
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Disappointing night for the Bears losing to Lancs by 8 runs. Chopra as far as i am concerned cost us that game with his strange decisions in their innings. Clarke was bowling really well,3 overs for 7 runs and a wicket ,so he takes him off never to return to bowl his one remaining over.Javid also had overs left ,so who does he go for to bowl the last 4 overs,OHD and Gordon who went for a sackful ,just as they did last week .To make matters worse he failed with the bat yet again.The only reason he is still in the team is he is the captain
Chopra's captaincy has always been a little odd. I remember a t20 against Somerset a couple of years ago, where rankin bowled 3 overs for about 10 runs and he didn't bowl him his 4th. The last over went for about 25 I recall
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Bears responding well here moved onto 145-2
Westwood 54*
Trott 41
53.3 overs
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Other Div 1 latest scores:
Yorkshire 136-3 v Worcs
Notts 163-3 at Sussex
Durham 133-4 at Hants
Bears up to 150-2
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161-3 57.1
Westwood b Thomas 66
Trott 45*
Hain in
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Trott 50 (61) 7 x 4's
166-3 58 overs
Only his 2nd of the season
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Bears 200-3 71.4 overs
Trott 67*
Hain 17*
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Another century for the most in form batsman in the country, Bairstow helps Yorkshire recover from 57/3 to 227/3 against Worcester.
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Another century for the most in form batsman in the country, Bairstow helps Yorkshire recover from 57/3 to 227/3 against Worcester.
You will end up losing him after debacle at Lords.
Tea at Edgbaston 210-3
Trott 71*
Hain 23*
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Somerset have just taken the new ball....and guess what first ball does for Trott, caught the edge and caught behind (Bates) b Overton 87
Hain 40*
243-4 87.3 overs, 2 balls with old ball.
Ambrose in
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Other Div1 scores
Yorks 275-3 v Worcs....Bairstow 130*, Gale 80*
Notts 290-5 at Sussex James Taylor 108*
Durham 235-6 at Hants
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246-5
Ambrose Ct Overton b Thomas 0
Hain 41*
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Starting to make a pigs ear of this
Clarke ct Cooper b Overton 1
265-6
Hain 59*
Woakes in
So scores are level....what will our first innings lead be.
Woakes 4 first ball 269-6
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Yorks 311-3 now v Pears
Bairstow 139*
Gale 106*
Hold on 311-4
Bairstow ct Fell b D'Oliveira 139
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275-7
Woakes ct Cooper b Overton 8
lead of 10
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Barker Ct Overton b Thomas 5
282-8 101.0 overs
Hain 61*
Patel in
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Close
319-8
Hain 78
Patel 20
106 overs
4 overs to get 31 for 4th batting point....doubt if its possible but knowing Patel as he is he will have a bash.
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Second Innings:- Somerset 90/4 at Tea and still trail us by 10 runs.
Have to make us favourites at this point, think weather forecast suggests a full days play tomorrow. Bit cloudy today mind you.
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War v Som
Som lead by 64 runs
War 6 for 0 (4.2 overs)
Rain
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Great day so far for the Bears!
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Sam Hain is class
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Great stuff. It better not rain all day tomorrow!
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A very good day for the Bears. I have been most pleased with Rikki Clarke's recent form with the ball, and Chris Woakes's too, although he has just returned from injury. Patel seems to be able to get wickets in any conditions, and has been exceptional since he arrived.
The rules about bad light seem to be driving sections of our support to madness, and the umpires did not help matters.
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A very good day for the Bears. I have been most pleased with Rikki Clarke's recent form with the ball, and Chris Woakes's too, although he has just returned from injury. Patel seems to be able to get wickets in any conditions, and has been exceptional since he arrived.
The rules about bad light seem to be driving sections of our support to madness, and the umpires did not help matters.
The lights were on weren't they.........Well they were @ 3.00pm when I left work
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A very good day for the Bears. I have been most pleased with Rikki Clarke's recent form with the ball, and Chris Woakes's too, although he has just returned from injury. Patel seems to be able to get wickets in any conditions, and has been exceptional since he arrived.
The rules about bad light seem to be driving sections of our support to madness, and the umpires did not help matters.
The lights were on weren't they.........Well they were @ 3.00pm when I left work
Yes. They were on all day. I am not sure it helps, to be honest.
At Lords, the lights did not come on at all, even thought the light was far worse than today for the first 3 days, but the only interruptions were for rain.
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There were that many interruptions today that at 16:45 one or thereabouts i left and went home to watch the conclusion of the golf, it got that frustrating.
It doesn't help that we have two totally inexperienced umpires standing in this game, i think it is both their first championship games.
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There were that many interruptions today that at 16:45 one or thereabouts i left and went home to watch the conclusion of the golf, it got that frustrating.
It doesn't help that we have two totally inexperienced umpires standing in this game, i think it is both their first championship games.
Good point, PGW.
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Another failure from Chopra after the 3rd ball of the morning plays at a wide one and edges to Allenby off Thomas 4
11-1
A sign that Somerset have give up on this game is the fact that the Bears flag is flying solo this morning....Somerset have removed theirs overnight!!!
18-1
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35-2
Westwood Ct Trescothick b Allenby 16
Evans 11*
Trott in
36 wanted
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Trott Ct Groenwald b Overton 0
36-3
Hain in to join Evans
No reason to panic but disappointing to lose this amount of wickets
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Must be a difficult wicket to bat on judging by the low scores.
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Not sure about Westwood but Chopra and Trott were just rank bad shots.
In a little fairness to Chopra i think he just wanted to finish the game in double quick time and paid the price 3rd ball of the day....somewhat rash.
46-3 Evans just slapped a couple of 4's
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Pears all out 280 a total of 150 behind Yorkshire so technically could enforce the follow on.
60-3 11 wanted
Evans 26*
Hain 10*
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Yorkshire have enforced the follow on.
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Shouting of YOOOOOUUUUU BEEEEAAARRRRSSS!! is imminent.
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Yorkshire have enforced the follow on up at Scarborough
Bears about to take 22 points from match v Somerset taking us albeit temporarily up to 2nd place in the championship
Evans 32
Hain 10
70-3 1 run required which Evans duly obliges by striking a 4 so Evans finishes on 32
Warwickshire win by 7 wickets.
Other Div 1 scores
Worc 1-0 following on
Notts 570-7 dec Sussex 213 all out i assume Sussex will be following on.
Durham 421 all out Hampshire 159-4
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I see James Taylor got 291 for Notts.
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I see James Taylor got 291 for Notts.
When you need runs he's your handy man
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Day 4 Highlights
youtu.be/PNU9yY-Fpeg?a
Hopefully!!!
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That didn't work did it....i'm crap at posting things like that.
Anyway other Div 1 scores
Worc following on 150 behind are 125-4
Sussex following on v Notts are 153-3 still 204 behind
Hampshire 292-6 replying to Durham 421
In womens ODI England 104-4 (25) responding to Aussies 238-9 (50)
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YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU BEARS !!!
Made hard work of it
Anyway moving on anyone know ?
a) Is Porterfield injured ? or why isn't he in the squad for the T/20 2moro as he cant be on Ireland duty anymore
and
b) How far Wright and Rankin are from playing again
Thanks
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Why is Lewis is in against Northants? Surely Woakes should be in the eleven?
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Bears 55 for 0 after 7 overs.Highlight has been hilarious drop of McCullum at deep square leg. McCullum just caught at backward point.
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Chopra needs to get his arse in gear here. Hurting us at the moment
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Why is Lewis is in against Northants? Surely Woakes should be in the eleven?
Extremely odd. I can understand resting some of the other bowlers, but surely it would have been beneficial for Woakes fitness and the team if he played?
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If you could have put a mature head on Rikki Clarke's shoulders 10 years ago he would have played 150+ ODI's for England. Absolutely phenomenal T20 bowling.
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Just about got away with that one!!
Home quarter now. You Bears!!
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Well that ended up being closer than it should have been. I thought OHD & Gordon were going to blow it for us but Gordon managed to turn it around off the last 3 balls.
A home quarter final secured. YOU BEARS!!
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I like Gordon but I think Woakes needs to come back in for the knock out stage especially as that adds to the batting
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Edgbaston.com (http://www.edgbaston.com/2426/birmingham-bears-vs-northants-steelbacks.html)
Match Report: Birmingham Bears vs Northants Steelbacks
Report by Brian Halford
Reigning NatWestT20Blast champions Birmingham Bears booked a home quarter-final this time round by beating Northamptonshire Steelbacks by one run in a thriller at Edgbaston.
Set a target of 154 for a victory which would have booked their own place in the last eight, the Steelbacks needed 23 from the final over, from Recordo Gordon - and almost got them.
But despite the heroics of Alex Wakeley (51 from 42 balls) and Rory Kleinveldt (29 from 11) they fell just short so must win their last game, at home to Durham on Friday, to be sure of qualifying.
The Bears hopes of a valedictory Brendon McCullum masterpiece in his last home game for the club floundered when he perished for just 26 but captain Varun Chopra's 54 (48 balls) assured the Bears a decent total, albeit one that looked a little below par.
But the loss of early wickets undermined the Steelbacks' pursuit and it was only down to that spectacular last over that they came so close.
The Steelbacks chose to bowl and face the threat of McCullum straight away, a decision they might have questioned when he cracked four of his first ten balls for four. That was as far as his boundary count went though before he was superbly caught at point by Kleinveldt off Steven Crook.
It was left to Coventry-born youngster Tom Lewis to show McCullum how to clear the ropes, but that blow was one of only two sixes hit by the Bears as the Steelbacks' seamers, led by Azharullah (4-0-24-1), bowled an excellent length.
Chopra hit five fours and a six before becoming one of three victims for Steven Crook.
On a good batting track, the Steelbacks began their reply as slight favourites but lost early wickets. David Willey, Ben Duckett and Richard Levi all went for broke in the first six overs and sent up catches, the latter superbly taken by Lewis at deep mid-wicket.
Another fine opening spell by Rikki Clarke (4-0-16-0), providing more ballast to those who believe he is worth an England recall in limited-overs cricket, cranked up the required run-rate and spinners Jeetan Patel and Josh Poysden maintained the pressure to send the Steelbacks into the last six overs needing 69.
That came down to 23 from six balls and when Kleinweldt clobbered the first two for six it was game on - but, with four needed from the last ball, Gordon held his nerve, just and conceded only two to long on.
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Gordon really does not inspire confidence in me...good win though.
Anyone heard anything about McCullum staying on or returning for finals day?
COYB!
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Does anyone know - is the draw on Friday night on Sky after the last round of games ?
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Gordon really does not inspire confidence in me...good win though.
Anyone heard anything about McCullum staying on or returning for finals day?
COYB!
As far as I know he isn't contracted to return and the Kiwis start a one day series against Zimbabwe and South Africa on 2nd August.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/match/fixtures.html?team_country=5;future=1
Looking at those fixtures, he would almost certainly miss the quarters which are split over 4 days from 12th to the 15th August but he could presumably be back for finals day on the 29th August. I'm sure the conversation will be had, the Bears seem much more efficient than the Villa!!
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Gordon really does not inspire confidence in me...good win though.
Anyone heard anything about McCullum staying on or returning for finals day?
COYB!
As far as I know he isn't contracted to return and the Kiwis start a one day series against Zimbabwe and South Africa on 2nd August.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/match/fixtures.html?team_country=5;future=1
Looking at those fixtures, he would almost certainly miss the quarters which are split over 4 days from 12th to the 15th August but he could presumably be back for finals day on the 29th August. I'm sure the conversation will be had, the Bears seem much more efficient than the Villa!!
I'm sure I've seen or heard somewhere that he reckons he's available for finals day. Just gotta get there. Having been to all the home games, I'd say we've hardly looked invincible. Last night was ridiculous; after a bright start with the ball, a couple of fielding errors from Poysden nearly cost us. It really shouldn't have been that close.
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Tom Milnes has joined Derbyshire on a months loan.
That will do him the world of good getting some games under his belt.
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Four players have signed new contracts- Barker another 3 years, Josh Poysden and 2 youngsters - the young Scottish international Andy Umeed(19) and 18 yr old Aaron Thomason have both earned their
first professional contracts..
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Lewis Ct Leaning b Plunkett 4
McCallum 0*
Ambrose in
Evans, Clarke, Javid, Patel (c), Woakes, Gordon, Poysden, OHD
Yorks
Lees (c), Rhodes, Leaning, Hodd (w), Pyrah, Plunkett, Gibson, Waite, Coad, Carver, Fisher.
Now 11-2
Ambrose 1
McCallum b Fisher 6
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According to the Yorkshire Twitter account it's McCullum who is out.
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Chris that's what i said, 2nd wkt to fall. He hit a 6 then bowled
40-2 end of powerplay
Ambrose 16
Clarke 11
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57-4 9.1
Clarke Ct Lees b Coad 21
previous to that Ambrose Ct Hodd b Coad 19
Evans 1*
Woakes in
Pressure completely off Bears as we have won the group as Pears abandoned
Woakes off mark 59-4
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77-4 12 overs
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77-5 Woakes ct Fisher b Pyrah 6
12.1
Ateeq Javid in
81-5 12.2
Evans 14*
Javid 0
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Chris that's what i said, 2nd wkt to fall. He hit a 6 then bowled
40-2 end of powerplay
Ambrose 16
Clarke 11
Apologies, it's this new fangled crash, bang, wallop stuff that confuses me!
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92-6 13.3
Evans ct Hodd b Rhodes 25
Javid 0
Patel 0
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5 overs left:
101-7
Patel Ct Leaning b Pyrah 4
Javid 5
Gordon in
May not bat the overs out here.
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3 overs left
130-7
Javid 12
Gordon 18
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131-8 17.2
Gordon Ct Gibson b Rhodes 18
OHD in
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135-9 18 overs
OHD b Rhodes 1
Poysden in, come on son celebrate your 2 year deal in style!!!
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145 all out
8 balls left
Javid Ct Lees b Fisher 22
Poysden 1*
Disappointing not to see out the overs
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I didn't realise but Woakes won't bowl tonight.
Yorks reply underway
5-0 1 over bowled by Clarke
OHD opening at t'other end.
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Rhodes ct Poysden b Clarke 5
Lees 8*
Leaning in
16-1 2.3
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Power play complete
Yorks 42-1 by comparison we were 40
Lees 22
Leaning 11
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10 overs...comfortable so far for Yorks 74-1
Lees 42
Leaning 20
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Does anyone know - is the draw on Friday night on Sky after the last round of games ?
I don't think there is a draw. It's based on the Group Stage positions.
1st North Group v 4th South Group
2nd North v 3rd South
1st South v 4th North
2nd South v 3rd North.
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106-1 14 overs
Looks like Yorkshires first ever T20 win against the Bears, this is so comfortable
40 off 6 req,d
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Play not got under way at any of the other matches all been abandoned without a ball being bowled with the exception of Glamorgan v Glouc
who are hoping to get some sort of 5 over slog but hoping to start at 20:57. If Glamorgan win this they will qualify in 4th place of South group
if they lose Essex will get 4th spot.
I assume as North group winners we will play one of these at home at Edgbaston
We have taken a wkt Lees LBW Patel 63
Leaning 48
Hodd 3
124- 2 16 overs
Patel 79 wkts in T20 2 behind Neil Carter
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Just said on commentary we will draw Essex/Glamorgan or Hampshire who finished 3rd in South group presumably then Worcester would get others at home.
136-2 17.4 10 off 14
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Yorkshire win with with 3 balls to spare, i wonder what a difference it would have been if we had batted those 8 balls out.
Glamorgan 37-1 3.5 overs
Next game in RL Cup tomorrow away at Notts at Wellbeck colliery somewhere near Mansfield, then Sunday at Lords in same competition.
Four away games on the trot, then 4 home games on the trot
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Essex @ Home then
Any idea when.....Its 4 days around the Man Ure game
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Thurs 13th of August
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Squad of 14 including Ian Bell for tomorrow
Chopra, Ambrose, Barker, Bell, Clarke, Evans, Gordon, OHD, Javid, Patel, Poysden, Rankin, Trott & Woakes
See the other news emanating from Edgbaston today Peter Povey quitting as Chief Executive in December, as a rank and file member of the club i see that as good news
he seems to have forgotten us members to concentrate on bringing the big corporate money in, and at that i suppose been successful, but the whole Birmingham Bears thing
stinks.
Time will tell!!! I know people will have their own opinions about him.
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Where have i got Peter from....Colin Povey
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Essex @ Home then
Any idea when.....Its 4 days around the Man Ure game
Sane team as last year when they were hot favourites to beat us
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Essex @ Home then
Any idea when.....Its 4 days around the Man Ure game
Sane team as last year when they were hot favourites to beat us
And this year they will. Go Essex.
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Why is it we always seem as though we play Notts in the first game of the one day competitions in the T20 Alex Hales smashed us into submission
with some massive striking and now today we play them again and this time it's one of their bowlers that takes us apart.
Dan Christian the Aussie is currently 5-25 (7.3) as we have struggled to 154-6 off 34 overs.Only Bell 52 and Woakes 36 have offered any resistance.
Javid 10*
Barker 5* currently at the wkt.
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191-7
Barker b Ball 27
Javid 25*
41.2 Overs
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202-8 44.1
Patel b Fletcher 7
Javid 29*
Gordon in
This really is poor from Bears, could be 2 days on the trot that we fail to bat the overs out.
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Glenn Maxwell was dropped from the Yorkshire team last night due to a disciplinary breach, one of the things I like about Gillespie is he's not afraid to make such decisions, he did similar with Plunkett earlier in the season despite it handicapping the side on the eve of a county match.
Think Maxwell needed dropping a while ago looking at the results in the crash, bang, wallop.
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207-9 46.5
Javid Ct Wessels b Gurney 33
Gordon 1
Poysden in
46.5 overs
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When we are poor god we're poor, no demons in this wkt you should expect to get 300 or thereabouts in this format
we have managed 220 all out 49.1 overs
Poysden Ct Taylor b Ball 5
Gordon 9*
In the other game Paul Collingwood 132 out of 313 v Northants
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In the Durham game there was possibly the worst piece of fielding I've ever seen which resulted in a run out but the wrong man.
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Why are Trott and Hain not playing? The Bears need some stability. Got to be better than Webb or Lewis surely?
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Trott was in the squad along with Rankin, your guess is as good as mine.
Meanwhile at Wellbeck the carnage goes on 126-0 16.1 overs make that 130 off 16.2.
Hales his hit 5 or 6 sixes on 80 and Wessels on 46.
Mayhem ensues....Gordon 1 over for 18
Hales another 6 off Poysden onto 86 and another 4 sixes in the over 144-0 17 overs. Poysden gone for 42 off 3
Patel brings himself on now when the damage is done.
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Hales 100* 5 x 4's and 9 x 6's 56 balls
Wessels 50* 5 x 4's 1 x 6 56 balls
18.3 overs
155-0
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Ridiculously poor performance
Notts win with 21.5 overs to spare
Wessels ended up on 86* and Taylor 24
We didn't hit a single 6 they hit 11, Hales 9 of them.
Probably rained off tomorrow at Lords gives us a great start to the competition
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That was an unmitigated disaster, and may well define our season. I compared it to Villa's thrashing at Southampton to a long suffering fellow member.
I can't say it was not on the cards, though.
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Todays game at Lords abandoned without a ball being bowled.
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Yorkshire 227 v 5 Gloucestershire.
Resounding victory. I think.
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Have tickets for Warks v Glamorgan on Monday at 2pm, so hope the weather improves a bit :(
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Another heavy defeat and after the washout on Sunday we'll struggle to get through the group stage stage.
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Slight delay of 10 minutes due to some damp conditions, no time lost - the break has been reduced by 10 minutes.
Bears won toss and inserted Lancs, Team:
Chopra, Porterfield, Trott, Ambrose, Clarke, Evans, Barker, Javid, Patel, Rankin, OHD
Barker opening bowling to Prince and all run 4 off the second ball.
Lancs team:
Croft, Prince, Brown, Peterson, Horton, Faulkner, Davies, Clark, Parry, Bailey, Jarvis
5-0 1 over gone
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Lancs 27-1 6.4
Brown Ct Ambrose b Barker 7
Prince 15*
Peterson 4*
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Leach has taken a hat trick for Pears v Northants with first 3 balls of the match
Northants 19-5 now
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19-6 now. That's quite some feat really. Hat tricks are rare but to get one of the first three balls of an innings is astonishing.
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Chaminda Vaas was the last person to do it.
62-1 12 overs at OT
Shantry took the next 3 wkts to fall at Worcester for only 5 runs as well
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79-2 16.1
Petersen Ct Barker b OHD 22
Prince 46*
Horton in
81-2 17
Northants now 68-6 18.5
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Chaminda Vaas was the last person to do it.
62-1 12 overs at OT
Shantry took the next 3 wkts to fall at Worcester for only 5 runs as well
Wasn't Vaas also the first person to do it in an international? I'm sure I read that somewhere at the time.
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Northants now 69-7. Worcs are well capable of losing this though!
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Yes it was an international....was it v Bangladesh not sure really.
95-2 19
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Just seen it on BBC website it was against Bangladesh in 2003 World Cup he even took a 4th wkt in the same over.
99-2 19.3
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154-3 30.5
Horton Ct Ambrose b Rankin 37
Prince 79*
Croft in
158-3 31.5
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159-4 32.1
Prince Ct Ambrose b Rankin 82
Croft 2*
Faulkner in
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161-5 34.3
Croft Ct Ambrose b Rankin 2
Faulkner 2*
Davies in
Rankin 3 for 27 off 6.5
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Northants all out 126 35.1
Leach 4-30
Shantry 4-29
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240-6 47.4
Faulkner Ct Clarke b OHD 20
Davies 60*
Clark in
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Going to watch the Bears tomorrow, could do with a win today or it's already starting to look like a dead rubber!
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247-7 48.4
Clark Ct Javid b Barker 2
Davies 64*
Bailey in
CD - i wouldn't recommend going tomorrow i'm down there tomorrow(nothing unusual there) but with a crowd celebrating my mates birthday so
would not recommend members bar at City end!!!!!
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End of innings
265-7 50
Not helped by 15 off last over including 5 wides
Davies 73*
Bailey 3*
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Bowling Figures
Barker 9 0 51 2
Clarke 5 0 27 0
Rankin 8 2 33 3
Patel 10 0 45 0
OHD 10 0 59 2
Javid 8 0 42 0
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247-7 48.4
Clark Ct Javid b Barker 2
Davies 64*
Bailey in
CD - i wouldn't recommend going tomorrow i'm down there tomorrow(nothing unusual there) but with a crowd celebrating my mates birthday so
would not recommend members bar at City end!!!!!
Ha! I'm not a member anyway so wouldn't be allowed in there would I?
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If you approach from the seats and enter that way shouldn't be a problem, through the open patio doors.
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Worc 29-4 at Lunch in their reply
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Bears underway in their reply:
22-0 5 overs
Chopra 5
Porterfield 15
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End of 1st powerplay
Bears 60-0 10
Chopra 21 (30)
Porterfield 37 (30)
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64-1 12.4
Porterfield Ct Croft b Parry 38
Chopra 24*
Trott in
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Game at Cardiff called off due to state of wkt - uneven bounce one reared up and hit Jimmy Adams in head so no result!!!
Pears 59-6
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71-2 15.1
Trott Ct Ctoft b Faulkner 1 (8)
Chopra 29 (46)
Ambrose in
Being strangled currently
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92-2 20.2
Chopra 39
Ambrose 10
Pears 89-9 What must that wkt be like
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116-2 25
Chopra 50 (75) 5 x 4's
Ambrose 23 (30)
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161-2 31.1
Ambrose 51 (45) 5 x 4,s
Chopra 65 (97)
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If you approach from the seats and enter that way shouldn't be a problem, through the open patio doors.
Ah ok. Might do that. We usually have a bit of a wander during drinks breaks and try a few different stands out.
The Glamorgan abandonment is a bit annoying as means they won't have had such a tiring day in the field before playing us.
It also seems unfair that they get awarded one point each. Glamorgan prepare a bad pitch, and Hampshire looked in a good position, surely Hants should just be awarded the game?
Meanwhile... Bears need 44 off 30 balls with four wickets left.
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Six needed off three balls. Three wickets left.
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6 off 3 now
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Four! Two needed off two balls!
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all over
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Another four... YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU BEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRSSSS!!!
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Game at Cardiff called off due to state of wkt - uneven bounce one reared up and hit Jimmy Adams in head so no result!!!
Surely that shouldn't stand as a no result, if Glamorgan have prepared a dangerous pitch then their opponents should be given the points.
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The wicket didn't misbehave at all in the Glamorgan innings but it appeared to dry out and break up very early in the
Hampshire reply and balls were rearing up ridiculously or staying low.
The players were taken off due to safety concerns and apparently the rules say a no result. In a selfish way i suppose
the result suits Bears, if we beat Glamorgan tomorrow we go above them and equal with Hampshire who we play on Wednesday.
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It's incredible that the Pears had Northants 19-6 and still lost!
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Yeah, I didn't even bother keeping track of the score, just assumed they'd won. Have they won a match since Hick retired?
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We have just taken the wicket of in form Ingrams. Glamorgan 53 for 2 off 14.2.
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On other county cricket news, Northants are in financial trouble:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/905971.html
I've thought for a while that a county would go under. It really shows the difference between the haves - the counties that stage test and one day games - and the have nots, the rest.
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Spectacular catch by Porterfield off Poysden to dismiss Bragg. Glamorgan 95 for 5 off 27 overs.
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COYB !!
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Another wicket for Poysden. 108 for 6 off 30.5.
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Missed it getting beers :-(
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Another brilliant catch by Porterfield. 141 for 7.
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Another miracle catch from Porterfield. Hannon-Dolby makes up for dropping Wagg earlier. 141/7
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149/8
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All out for 179. Hannon-Dalby got 5 wickets. Should be an easy target. It is the test match wicket which is now as dead as a dodo.
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A comfortable 9 wicket win with 71 balls remaining. Chopra 80 no Trott 73 no
You Bears!
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Klinger has just twatted another century for Gloucestershire.
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The weather forecast does not look too promising for tomorrow evening and Messrs Duckworth and Lewis might well be heavily involved in proceedings.
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The weather forecast does not look too promising for tomorrow evening and Messrs Duckworth and Lewis might well be heavily involved in proceedings.
Yes i was looking at the forecast....may just watch on sky.
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Annoyingly it looks like the weather will be fine... up until the exact point I'm likely to get home from work to watch the match.
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So if we win the toss should we bat second, on the basis that the score is likely to be revised and then we will know what we have to get off say 20 overs?
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Good call. We won the toss and elected to bowl. Chopra confirmed your reasoning. Been raining and wicket just uncovered.
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Team:
Chopra, Porterfield, Trott, Ambrose, Clarke, Evans, Javid, Woakes, Patel, Poysden and OHD
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Hants 39/0 off 4 overs.
Not the finest of starts!
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39 from 4 overs. Not what the doctor ordered.
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COYB....got to start to drag that run rate back down...
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Poor start from Bears attack 5 overs gone and Hants 46-0
Clarke and Woakes struggling length and width
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50-1 6.2
Carberry Ct Ambrose b OHD 33 (22)
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51-2 7.2
Wheater Run Out(Porterfield) 0
Great piece of fielding by WP
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63-2 10 overs
Adams 19 (21)
Vince 10 (10)
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63-2 10 overs
Adams 19 (21)
Vince 10 (10)
getting better....COYB..
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86-3 14.5
Vince Ct Ambrose b OHD 16
Adams 36*
Dawson in
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94-4 19.1
Adams ct Porterfield b Patel 41 (48)
Dawson 3*
Smith in
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The slower/spin bowlers seem to be causing them problems.
99/4 at 4.71 an over.
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122-4 25 overs
Dawson 11
Smith 19
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The slower/spin bowlers seem to be causing them problems.
99/4 at 4.71 an over.
better......
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The slower/spin bowlers seem to be causing them problems.
99/4 at 4.71 an over.
better......
Thats very true, we have just brought our 3rd spinner into the attack....Javid.
The problem maybe the fact that they have 4 spinners in their attack
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I worry about Will Smith. It may be my imagination, but I think he always does well against us.
*hopes to cause Smith's douwnfall*.
We'll just have to get Trotty spinning the ball.
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anything under 250 would be great especially after the start they got....COYB
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Last time I looked Gloucestershire were twatting the Pears attack all over New Road.
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210-4 40 overs
Smith 49
Dawson 64
Gonna be a hard slog from here on this wkt (Test match pitch) 8 days old now
Smith 53* now 217-4 40.5
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210-4 40 overs
Smith 49
Dawson 64
Gonna be a hard slog from here on this wkt (Test match pitch) 8 days old now
Smith 53* now 217-4 40.5
Isn't the rain due to start at about 5pm?
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217-5 41.2
Dawson Ct Poysden b Clarke 67
Smith 53*
Berg in
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210-4 40 overs
Smith 49
Dawson 64
Gonna be a hard slog from here on this wkt (Test match pitch) 8 days old now
Smith 53* now 217-4 40.5
Isn't the rain due to start at about 5pm?
Light rain at 1820 according to AccuWeather.
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Poysden got Will Smith for 65 (caught Patel).
236/6 with just under 5 overs to go.
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234-6 45 overs
Smith Ct Patel b Poysden 65 (64)
Poysden 10 0 62 1
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277-7 49.4
Berg b Woakes 26
Wood 21*
Arafat in
Finished at 280-7
If it rains we may have a chance but with their 4 spinners plus Yasir Arafat i think this total will be beyond us.
Bowling figures:
Clarke 6 37 1
Woakes 10 67 1
OHD 10 47-2
Patel 8 30-1
Poysden 10 62-1
Javid 6 32-0
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Other scores:
Yorks 175 all out Lost to Somerset 178-4
Glamorgan 9-0 no result v Sussex
Worcs 264-8 (50) v Glos 220-3 35.5
Essex 188-3 33.2 chasing Middx 296-5
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I don't fancy our chances under Fuckworth-Dufus unless we change the batting order. AccuWeather still predicts rain from 1820.
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4-1 1.2
Porterfield Ct Carberry b Wood 0
Chopra 4*
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I hate Carberry. Not only does he always seem to do well against us, but his name sounds like "Carvery". So whenever watch him against us I'm pissed off and hungry at the same time.
Ah shit, 4 for 2.
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4-2 1.3
Trott LBW Wood 0 (1)
Left it and absolutely plumb
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Trott gone.
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Should be 4-3
Ambrose edged one between keeper and 1st slip, should have been taken, instead went for 4
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Gloucester have beaten Pears by 4 wkts
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7 overs gone:
Bears moved onto 32-2
Chopra 10*
Ambrose 18*
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After 10 overs we are 51 for 2. DLS par is 72 but rain does not seem imminent.
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At the end of 15 we should be on 76 according to my calculator providing no more wkts go down and we're on that now during 15th
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Thought i'd download a D/L app but it's miles out.
Stupid run out turns us over Ambrose run out 41
89-3 18.3 overs
Rain stopped play and a fair way behind on D/L
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I've missed the majority of the game but is there any reason we appear to not have tried to keep up with D/L, what with rain forecast most of the evening????? It seems to me that we seem to play pretty negative cricket in all formats which doesn't really fit in with Dougie Brown's persona.
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Revised target 240 off 37 overs
we are currently 143 short 17 overs to get them
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Gone off again...
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I've missed the majority of the game but is there any reason we appear to not have tried to keep up with D/L, what with rain forecast most of the evening????? It seems to me that we seem to play pretty negative cricket in all formats which doesn't really fit in with Dougie Brown's persona.
Losing Trott and Porterfield so early was a big blow
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Warwickshire need 86 runs to win from 7.4 overs
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Chopra gone for 49
81 off 41
127-4
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Clarke gone now run out 1
72 off 38
136-5
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60 off 30
Evans giving it a go
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Javid gone 3
59 off 28
149-6
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Evans gone
149-7
59 off 27
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Warwickshire need 36 runs to win from 1.5 overs
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Warwickshire need 34 runs to win from 1.0 overs
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We can kiss the RLC goodbye. Just the rounders now, chaps. Just the rounders.
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We lost by conceding 30 more runs on that pitch than we should have. The DL targets were always a tall order after Hants had posted such a good score.
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In today's County game at Aegas Bowl Hants have won the toss and are batting. Team:
Chopra, Westwood, Evans, Trott, Hain, Ambrose, Clarke, Barker, Patel & Rankin
Barker opened the bowling and at end of 1st over Hampshire 2-0
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Woakes trapped Adams lbw for 0. Hants 2 for 1.
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Woakes has another. 4 for 2.
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In today's County game at Aegas Bowl Hants have won the toss and are batting. Team:
Chopra, Westwood, Evans, Trott, Hain, Ambrose, Clarke, Barker, Patel & Rankin
Barker opened the bowling and at end of 1st over Hampshire 2-0
You missed out Woakes, but that is a strong team.
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In today's County game at Aegas Bowl Hants have won the toss and are batting. Team:
Chopra, Westwood, Evans, Trott, Hain, Ambrose, Clarke, Barker, Patel & Rankin
Barker opened the bowling and at end of 1st over Hampshire 2-0
You missed out Woakes, but that is a strong team.
It was a ploy to mislead the Hants team....looks like it's working.!!!
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Hants recovering well on 53 for 2 with Carberry and Smith. Rikki Clarke has bowled 6 overs for 6 runs.
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While a break in proceedings other Div 1 scores:
Yorks 88-5 v Durham
Worc 91-4 v Notts
Middx 76-2 v Sussex
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Not major differences from above but Div 1 Lunch scores
Yorks 94-7 v Durham
Worc 105-4 n Notts
Middx 83-2 v Sussex
Hants 61-2 v Bears
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Rankin had Carberry caught behind. Hants 78 for 3 with a run rate below 2.
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Carberry gone ct Ambrose b Rankin 36
80-3 41.1 overs
Yorks 137-9 v Durham
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Once again Bresnan and Sidebottom wreaking havoc for Yorks!!!!
Put 64 on for last wkt so far.
Hants 85-4
Smith Ct Patel b Rankin 43
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47 overs gone at Bowl 20 of them maidens
88-4
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My kiss of death worked Yorkshire 162 all out, last pair added another 3
Hants 94-4 50 overs
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102-5
Dawson LBW Clarke 7
52.1 overs
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Whilst Tea at Trent Bridge here are Div 1 latest scores in CC
Yorkshre 162 all out v Durham 37-3
Pears 241-7 v Notts
Middx 163-6 v Sussex
Hants 141-5 (63 overs) v Bears
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Hants 194-6
Gatting Ct Chopra b Patel 43
198-7
Wheater ct Evans b Rankin 57
200-7 now
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214-8
Bird Ct Ambrose b Barker 3
Berg 14*
83.3 overs
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Woakes has now bowled 12 overs for 12 runs.
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267-9
Berg Ct Rankin b Clarke 54
Crane 12*
Fidel Edwards in
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285 all out
Crane Ct Trott b Clarke 13
Edwards 17*
Bowling
Barker 22 1-50
Woakes 13 2-19
Rankin 23 3 - 55
Clarke 26 3-66
Patel 24 1- 84
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Hants all out for 285.
Clarke and Rankin took 3 wickets each and Chris Woakes bowled 13 overs for 19 runs taking 2 wickets.
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Westwood gone for 12. 16/1.
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Westwood Ct Berg b Fidel Edwards 12
Chopra 3*
16-1
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Well he's got to get up to Biurnemouth for 3 o'clock to be fair.
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Lunch
27-1
Chopra 11*
Evans 3*
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Well he's got to get up to Biurnemouth for 3 o'clock to be fair.
Westy is a Brummie and a great bloke who well deserves his benefit year, but he is a Blues fan.
Chris Woakes:
Aside from the all-rounder and Ian Bell, the die-hard villians are out-numbered by a heavily-loaded Spurs contingent, the odd Bluenose, and a couple of half-soaked football fans who often have their say.
“There is a strong following, particularly at Warwickshire,” he said,
“Being a local lad I get hammered.
“Belly backs me up but I get it from all angles.
“Westy (Ian Westwood) is a Bluenose, and there’s plenty of Spurs fans which is unfortunate.
“Rikki Clarke, Tim Ambrose, Steffan Piolet, they’re all Spurs fans so they get a bit giddy every now and then!
“Myself and Belly are big Villa fans.
“But Rikki Clarke is probably the most passionate football fan I’ve ever, ever met.
“He’s die-hard Spurs.
“I think he would easily miss a game of cricket to go and watch a football game!
“He’s definitely die-hard but me and Belly are pretty hardcore.
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Warwickshire 50/1 (25.4 ov)
Warwickshire trail by 235 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
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86 for 4. Chopra, Trott and Gain all gone.
Mason Crane the spinner has all 4 wickets.
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Ambrose gone for 0 now as well. 93 for 5. Crane has 5 for 19. Clarke in with Evans who is on 31.
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Clarke out. What a surprise. 99 for 6.
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Woakes out for 4. 105 for 7. Evans hanging in there on 33.
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Yorkshire were in big trouble at 75 for 5 but Maxwell and Rashid have moved score on to 315 for 5 against Durham
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Barker out for a duck, our third. 106 for 8.
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Evans out for 35 after 175 minutes. 115 for 9. Clusterfuck central.
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Hampshire 285
Warwickshire 125 (54.0 ov)
Warwickshire trail by 160 runs with 0 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
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Carberry hit Barker for 2 4's in the first over.
I am afraid the wheels are falling off our rickety wagon of a season.
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Hampshire 285 & 82/1 (26.0 ov)
Warwickshire 125
Hampshire lead by 242 runs with 9 wickets remaining
Fuck a duck.
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Century partnership between Vince and Carberry comes with a 6 by the former from Patel. 116 for 1.
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Hants 194-2
Carberry Ct Ambrose b Rankin 91
Hants 204-3
Smith Ct Ambrose b Rankin 2
Lunch 215-3
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Hants lead over 400 now and Vince has his ton. 249 for 3.
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Hampshire have decllared on 283/3 and lead by 443 runs.
Min overs remaining in the day is 56.
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Hants declared 283-3
444 to win
Vince 125*
Lots of time but no chance.
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Bears 34-1
Chopra LBW Berg 11
Westwood 23*
Evans in
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Warwickshire 125 & 47/2 (15.3 ov)
Warwickshire require another 397 runs with 8 wickets remaining
15.2
Bird to Evans, OUT
LJ Evans b Bird 0 (22m 13b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
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58-3
Trott LBW Dawson 5
Westwood 36*
Hain 2*
This could be all over tonight. Certainly ain't doing Pears any favours.
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Yorkshire win again, I'm fairly confident they will retain their title!
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Warwickshire 125 & 71/4 (27.5 ov)
Warwickshire require another 373 runs with 6 wickets remaining
SR Hain lbw b Edwards 11 (37m 34b 1x4 0x6) SR: 32.35
Ambrose in.
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71-4
Hain LBW Edwards 11
CJ - Only fairly confident....typical Villa fan signs of pessismn
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71-4
Hain LBW Edwards 11
CJ - Only fairly confident....typical Villa fan signs of pessismn
Ha! A Villa supporter from Yorkshire is never going to be the most optimistic!
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91-5
Westwood Ct Smith b Dawson 53
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IJ Westwood c Smith b Dawson 53 (149m 106b 8x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
91 for 5
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Rikki Clarke is on 33 from 33 balls.
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Got his 50 now 9 x 4's 55 balls
155-5
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155-6
Ambrose Ct Vince b Edwards
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I do wonder what goes through Rikki's mind on occasions like these. Not that it makes much difference in this game.
From a selfish point of view, I have made a fair bit of money this season betting a ton on him to be the next man out at odds around 8/11.
I would have lost this time.
TR Ambrose c Vince b Edwards 16 (85m 64b 2x4 0x6) SR: 25.00
155 for 6
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I do wonder what goes through Rikki's mind on occasions like these. Not that it makes much difference in this game.
From a selfish point of view, I have made a fair bit of money this season betting a ton on him to be the next man out at odds around 8/11.
I would have lost this time.
TR Ambrose c Vince b Edwards 16 (85m 64b 2x4 0x6) SR: 25.00
155 for 6
He does the right thing for me, which is to go out and play his natural game, the issue is that we're putting him into a position where that's not good for the team far too often. It's the same defence as if Stokes gets 30 from 20 in a game like Lords where run don't matter but keeping your wicket safe does, it's just not what those players do and it's not fair to expect it from them when the players above them have failed to do what they're in the team for.
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Close 161-6
Clarke 53
Woakes 4
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Rain all day tomorrow predicted so we might get away with it !
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Rain all day tomorrow predicted so we might get away with it !
Looks promising, alright!
Met Office (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcp19y6c9#?fcTime=1439164800)
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Clark out for 55
163 for 7.
So much for the weather forecast.
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Getting worse 168-8
Barker LBW Edwards 0
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I was promised rain.
The batting has been pretty poor for most of the season. Need at least two new batsmen in for next season.
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190 for 9. We've completely Australiad this match up.
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Still battling away, dark clouds all over the place, rain closing in albeit very slowly
226-9
Woakes 41
Rankin 16
Started doing rain dance about hour ago with no success
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Got on the field about 10 minutes ago at New Road
Notts now require a further 62 with 7 wkts in hand which assuming Notts get them and we lose puts Pears firmly back in the brown stuff!!
Woakes gone 42
227 all out
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Hants on to 107 points same as Pears obviously Pears have got their bonus points(6 i think) to add on. Sussex require 220 with 7 wickets in hand to go above Hants and Pears
if they should do so.
Yorks 50 ahead of us with game in hand. CJ is only fairly confident of retaining title....yeah right!!!
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Yorks 50 ahead of us with game in hand. CJ is only fairly confident of retaining title....yeah right!!!
Upgraded to fairly confident! I think it's the years of seeing them develop a knack of turning winning situations into losses, it's a strange feeling. Similar to the feeling I had before Villa kicked off, never know what this 'optimism' is that i've heard people speak of before!
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To add to the misery of Bears' supporters the weather forecast for Thursday evening is dire, rendering the rounders quarter final against Essex an even bigger lottery with heavy involvement from Messrs Duckworth, Lewis and Stern.
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I'll ignore your weather forecasts, if you don't mind.
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Ian Bell and Cook have both been cleared to play Thursday (Weather permitting!!!)
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Do you have a ticket?
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No i won't pay the £12. i pay my membership and to me that should suffice.
I'll watch on TV - especially now that you have forecast a dire night!!!!!
Obviously finals day i expect to pay, should we get there.
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No i won't pay the £12. i pay my membership and to me that should suffice.
I'll watch on TV - especially now that you have forecast a dire night!!!!!
Obviously finals day i expect to pay, should we get there.
I agree with your stance, PGW, but I got pressured into taking my nephew.
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To add to the misery of Bears' supporters the weather forecast for Thursday evening is dire, rendering the rounders quarter final against Essex an even bigger lottery with heavy involvement from Messrs Duckworth, Lewis and Stern.
Had a look earlier and rain isn't forecast until 10pm. We'll be securely in the final four by then!
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No i won't pay the £12. i pay my membership and to me that should suffice.
I'll watch on TV - especially now that you have forecast a dire night!!!!!
Obviously finals day i expect to pay, should we get there.
I agree with your stance, PGW, but I got pressured into taking my nephew.
Just had a phone call off my mate....''Been down to Edgbaston and got our tickets for Thursday, i knew you'd want one!!!''
Why the fukc didn't you ask you tosspot.....so looks like i am going now.
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Chopra looks like a fish on a bicycle in T20 cricket. Not hopeful tonight.
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Brilliant from Evans and Woakes here, got us into a very strong position with 3 overs to go - 150/4
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189/5 from 20
Brilliant hitting from Woakes and Evans for 48 and 50 respectively but 21 extras and some appalling fielding gave us a lot more than we should've had there.
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21 extras and some appalling fielding gave us a lot more than we should've had there.
Australia will be calling extras up for the next Test.
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21 extras and some appalling fielding gave us a lot more than we should've had there.
Australia will be calling extras up for the next Test.
He already top scored in their first innings last test!
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102 for 2 off 12.2 for Essex. We will lose at this rate.
We just took wicket to improve our chances slightly.
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Some great bowling by Patel and Clarke, we shouldn't lose from here at a rate of 14 an over
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You Bears! Into finals day
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was already in the bag but that's a fantastic last over from Woakes, he's a very intelligent bowler.
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Where are the finals this year?
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Just got back from Edgbaston. After the gloomy forecast, there was hardly a spot of rain! Woakes and Evans took the game away with the bat and it was always going to be tough for Esssex from there.
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I was thinking of staying at home, and the covers were on when I got to the ground just after 6pm, and there were some brollies up at the City End.
The big difference between the two teams in this format is the fielding. We are very good in this discipline.
Well done chaps.
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I was thinking of staying at home, and the covers were on when I got to the ground just after 6pm, and there were some brollies up at the City End.
The big difference between the two teams in this format is the fielding. We are very good in this discipline.
Well done chaps.
I think the strength in batting was evident tonight. We looked in trouble at one point, but Evans and Woakes stepped up and won the game. When you consider Ambrose didn't bat then it shows the strength that is there. With everyone fit, the bowling attack is very strong as well.
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Well done Warwick
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McCullum back for finals day?
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McCullum back for finals day?
He has said so.
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McCullum back for finals day?
McCullum back for finals day?
He has said so.
I heard he wasn't coming back as it was a long way to come just for one day...........lets hope so though
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It might have been different if Napier hadn't have been injured
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I was thinking of staying at home, and the covers were on when I got to the ground just after 6pm, and there were some brollies up at the City End.
The big difference between the two teams in this format is the fielding. We are very good in this discipline.
Well done chaps.
I think the strength in batting was evident tonight. We looked in trouble at one point, but Evans and Woakes stepped up and won the game. When you consider Ambrose didn't bat then it shows the strength that is there. With everyone fit, the bowling attack is very strong as well.
I still think I'd put Woakes in to bat before Clarke. Clarke takes a while to get going and quite often gets out cheaply trying to produce big shots early in his innings.
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I must admit I didn't fancy us against Bopara, Ryder et al. But well batted Evans and Woakes, especially in the last 2 overs. Clarke aka 'buckethands' seems to have had a new lease of life as well. I did feel a bit sorry for Gordon even though I'm not a massive fan of his.
COYB!
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I must admit I didn't fancy us against Bopara, Ryder et al. But well batted Evans and Woakes, especially in the last 2 overs. Clarke aka 'buckethands' seems to have had a new lease of life as well. I did feel a bit sorry for Gordon even though I'm not a massive fan of his.
COYB!
Every time we took a wicket another dangerous and big hitter seemed to replace them. Ryder, Bopara, ten Doeschate and they had Napier lower down the order. Their fielding wasn't that great though.
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I was thinking of staying at home, and the covers were on when I got to the ground just after 6pm, and there were some brollies up at the City End.
The big difference between the two teams in this format is the fielding. We are very good in this discipline.
Well done chaps.
I think the strength in batting was evident tonight. We looked in trouble at one point, but Evans and Woakes stepped up and won the game. When you consider Ambrose didn't bat then it shows the strength that is there. With everyone fit, the bowling attack is very strong as well.
I still think I'd put Woakes in to bat before Clarke. Clarke takes a while to get going and quite often gets out cheaply trying to produce big shots early in his innings.
Clarke started well last night, but I take your point. Depends on the state of the game I suppose.
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embarrassing for the Pears last night, and indeed the ECB.
It's pretty bad that there are counties left without floodlights in 2015, but knowing that, surely the game should have been played saturday or sunday afternoon?
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Anyone know when the draw is made for T20 semi-finals. Ideally Bears first game & win then nip down the Villa v Sunderland the back to Edgbaston to see 3 wins in a day........
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Anyone know when the draw is made for T20 semi-finals. Ideally Bears first game & win then nip down the Villa v Sunderland the back to Edgbaston to see 3 wins in a day........
We have Northants........not sure about which game is 1st
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BBC
Holders Birmingham Bears will face Northants Steelbacks in the semi-finals of the T20 Blast at Edgbaston.
The other semi-final sees Lancashire Lightning and Hampshire meet in a repeat of last year's Finals Day.
Both matches will be played on Saturday, 29 August before the final the same evening.
Hampshire have reached Finals Day for a sixth consecutive year while Birmingham will look to be the first county to successfully defend the title.
The England and Wales Cricket Board is yet to confirm what order the semi-finals will be played.
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Is it my paranoia, or are Villa ALWAYS at home when the Bears are in a final/ finals day?
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Is it my paranoia, or are Villa ALWAYS at home when the Bears are in a final/ finals day?
Surely one will have to be rearranged, how will WMP be expected to cope?
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The draw we were hoping for? I think so.
COYB!
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Is it my paranoia, or are Villa ALWAYS at home when the Bears are in a final/ finals day?
Yes....hoping Bears play first and win - dash to Villa Park and then dash back to Edgbaston for the final.
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I imagine the bastards will put the Bears on second so we miss it.
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Well i'm hoping they will do the sensible thing and put us on first to enable supporters of Lancs and Hants a little more travelling time....as they did last year.
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Did they? Seem to remember I missed most of the Bears last year?
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As Bears v Northants was pulled out first surely that's the order of play?
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The Bears FB page says playing order to be confirmed.
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From the 13 man squad named for todays game at Rugby school v Sussex Josh Poysden & Recordo Gordon have been omitted so team is:
Chopra, Porterfield, Trott, Ambrose, Clarke, Evans, Javid, Barker, Patel, OHD, and Rankin.
(Woakes not named in the squad)
Bears won the toss and put Sussex in who are 21-1 7.2 Overs
Joyce Ct Clarke b Barker 8 (30)
Wright 11*
Machan in
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71-2 14.5
Wright Ct Ambrose b OHD 39 (38)
Machan 21*
George Bailey in
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Sussex 114/4
Could we finally beat Sussex??
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A couple more wkts to mention
112-3 23.2
Machan LBW Javid 39 (44)
113-4 24.4
Cachopa Ct Chopra b Patel 0 (4)
Score now 115-4 26.3
Bailey 25*
Finch 0*
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159-5 32.5
Finch C & B Patel 27 (33)
Bailey 42*
Jordan in
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160-6 (33.2)
Jordan St Ambrose b Javid 1 (3)
Bailey 42*
Wells in
Good wkt that one, as we know he can be dangerous
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183-7 39
Wells LBW Patel 17 (25)
Bailey 48*
Beer in
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183-7 39
Wells LBW Patel 17 (25)
Bailey 48*
Beer in
Thanks, I owe you one ;)
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186-8 39.4
Beer Ct Ambrose b OHD 2 (3)
Bailey 49*
Liddle in
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213-9 45.1
Bailey LBW Rankin 59 (72)
Liddle 17*
Hobden in
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217 all out 46.5
Liddle Ct Patel b OHD 18 (19)
Hobden 3 (7)
Bowling figures in a minute
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Clarke 6 1 25 0 4.17
Barker 6 1 28 1 4.67
OHD 7.5 0 46 3 6.57
Rankin 7 0 32 1 4.57
Patel 10 0 42 3 4.2
Javid 10 2 43 2 4.3
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cheers PGW......just the 218 to win then :)
COYB
The Doc
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Chopra's fine form continues bowled third ball playing on.
Bears 0-1 .3
Chopra b Jordan 0 (3)
Porterfield 0
Trott in
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End of the 1st over 8-1
Porterfield 0 (0)
Trott 0 (3)
Wides 8
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1.1 overs
10-1
10 wides
Jordan & Hobden all over the place
Hoorah Trott 1
11-1 1.3
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21-2 (2.4)
Trott b Jordan 3 (12)
Porterfield 8*
Ambrose in
Trott also playing on
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Other Scores
Somerset v Surrey 267 Allout( 49.5
Worcs 49-0 8 overs v Leic 172 all out 44.5
Northants v Glouc 215 all out 49 overs
Durham 247 - 8 50 overs v Derby 10-0 3 overs
Notts 55- 0 7.5 v Kent
Hants v Lancs 26-0 3 overs
Bears latest 34-2 5 overs
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91-2 17.1 overs
Porterfield 36 (42)
Ambrose 32 (50)
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100-3 19.5
Ambrose LBW Wells 34 (61)
Porterfield 43
Evans in
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126-3 26.4
Porterfield 57 (71)
Evans 6 (14)
92 required
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127-4 27
Evans LBW b Beer 6 (16)
Porterfield 58
Clarke in
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130-5 27.5
Clarke Ct Cachopa b Wells 2 (4)
Porterfield 59
Javid in
Hope this isn't the start of a collapse
Beer 2 overs left
Wells 5
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If we can keep our heads we should win this. The runs shouldn't take long to get, it's just a matter of keeping wickets in hand.
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As Bears v Northants was pulled out first surely that's the order of play?
The Bears game is confirmed as starting at 11am.
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207-5 45 11 more required
Porterfield 96 (123)
Javid 40 (55)
Hopefully these 2 can see us home also hope gets his ton.....he has 100 off 124 balls 13 x 4's then bowled next ball
211-5
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Will Porterfield completes a magnificent century wit a 4 from 123 balls including 13 4's.
Next ball:
45.2 Jordan to Porterfield, OUT
WTS Porterfield b Jordan 100 (187m 125b 13x4 0x6) SR: 80.00
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211-6 i mean.
Barker in
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Warwickshire 213/6 (46.0 ov)
Warwickshire require another 5 runs with 4 wickets and 24 balls remaining
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Youuu Beeeaaarrrrss!!
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Hants are using their wicket keeper as a fielder without pads and gloves at long stop.
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Sussex 217 (46.5 ov)
Warwickshire 218/6 (46.4 ov)
Warwickshire won by 4 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)
Well done chaps.
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RLC Tables (http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/table?competitionId=1508)
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If we beat Kent on Wednesday we will move above Middlesex and rule out Kent, but Lancs could sill nick the last QF place. We could do with them losing today at the Rose Bowl, but they scored 301/4 in their innings after winning the toss, and their last game is against the dismal Glamorgan.
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But if Lancs do win we can overtake Hampshire whose last game is Notts away
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But if Lancs do win we can overtake Hampshire whose last game is Notts away
Good point.
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Kent just won. Lancs won earlier.
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I make it we qualify if we win and at least one of the following happens:
(i] Hampshire lose
(ii) Lancashire lose, tie or no result
(iii) Essex lose and we overturn their large net run rate advantage (pretty unlikely).
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Warwickshire have named a squad of 13 for the Royal London One-Day Cup match against Kent Spitfires at Edgbaston on Wednesday 19 August.
Varun Chopra (Captain)
Tim Ambrose (Wicket Keeper)
Keith Barker
Rikki Clarke
Laurie Evans
Recordo Gordon
Oliver Hannon-Dalby
Ateeq Javid
Jeetan Patel
William Porterfield
Josh Poysden
Boyd Rankin
Jonathan Trott
Play gets underway at 2pm with gates opening at 1pm. Tickets are priced at £15 for Adults until midnight on 18 August (£20 on the day) whilst Under 16s are priced at £5.
Live ball-by-ball commentary will be available on BBC Radio WM and BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire.
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Another ghastly weather forecast from The Met Office:
Warwickshire CCC (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcqdky03w#?fcTime=1439942400)
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Yorkshire have signed David Willey, whilst he could be a great signing he could also be yet another player we lose to England.
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Yorkshire have signed David Willey, whilst he could be a great signing he could also be yet another player we lose to England.
Quite possibly....but i think Northants will be losing more players as the richer counties come sniffing around picking the bones of a financially bereft
county in Northants.
They could possibly be the first county to go bankrupt.
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Raining at Edgbaston but not before toss had taken place.
Bears have named the same side as Monday and lost the toss and have been put in by Kent when/if play starts.
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Bad news sports fans, more rain at Edgbaston in the #RLODC. We'll keep you updated when we know more.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMxxxJxWUAEZLqX.jpg)
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Notts look like they'll get a good score vs Hants although rain is forecast there for later on.
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UPDATE: I can confirm that it is still raining in Chelmsley Wood.
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Warwickshire CCC @CricketingBears 20s20 seconds ago
There will be an umpires pitch inspection at 6:25pm. We'll update you all after that.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMyWcIIWcAEaOEf.jpg)
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Apparently 2011 is the deadline for the game to be started. Academic, I know.
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Has it rained since the inspection?
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Yes. For the most of the time, sometimes heavily. Expecting it to be called off soon.
In fact:
Warwickshire CCC @CricketingBears 6m6 minutes ago
@thirupathiomsriall over. Match abandoned.
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Warwickshire CCC @CricketingBears
Match Abandoned and unfortunately we're now out of the #RLODC.
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espncricinfo (http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/911223.html)
This competition is seriously degraded by not having a reserve day, in my opinion. Nonetheless, we have only ourselves to blame for earlier clusterfucks.
Interestingly, most pundits would argue that we are a better 50 over side than a T20 blast franchise, but results say otherwise.
Rain helps Kent secure quarter-final
Essex, Kent and Hampshire secured progression from Group B into the quarter-finals of the Royal London Cup after a damp evening which led for four no results.
Kent's match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston was called off without a ball bowled, which confirmed Warwickshire's exit - their progression was reliant on them winning and other results going in their favour - but Kent where left needing to see what happened at Old Trafford.
For a while, as Lancashire began a reduced 20-over match and moved to 68 without loss in the ninth over it appeared they may scupper Kent for the second time in a week after their nail-biting T20 Blast quarter-final. However, the rain returned in Manchester and the players could not resume which meant Kent progressed on run-rate at Lancashire's expense. Kent's reward was a trip to the Kia Oval to face Surrey.
Royal London Cup quarter-finals
Tuesday 25 August:
Nottinghamshire v Durham
Wednesday 26 August:
Gloucestershire v Hampshire
Thursday 27 August:
Surrey v Kent
Essex v Yorkshire
Note: Fixtures confirmed, but dates still unconfirmed by ECB
Essex, whose coach Paul Grayson is under pressure for his job, were first to have clarity over their fate when their match against Sussex was abandoned after 32.3 overs of the first innings with an inexperienced Sussex side reasonably placed on 154 for 3. The result took Essex to 10 points and secure of moving into the knockouts. Subsequent results gave them a home tie against Yorkshire.
The final game to be called off was between Nottinghamshire, the group leaders, and Hampshire. The point meant Hampshire took third spot in the group, although given a reasonably strong net run-rate they would likely have progressed even with a defeat given other results.
Nottinghamshire were handsomely placed on 254 for 3 after 39 overs following a powerful top-order display which featured half-centuries for Riki Wessels, Alex Hales and Dan Christian - the latter's 72 coming off 48 balls with five sixes.
Nottinghamshire have a home quarter-final against Durham while Hampshire travel to Gloucestershire.
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Warwickshire CCC @CricketingBears
Match Abandoned and unfortunately we're now out of the #RLODC.
Real shame (obviously not for Kent and Hampshire), as it promised to be an exciting finish to the group with a few teams still with a chance of qualifying.
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The only chance of a trophy is now the T20, would be great to win that again in front of our home crowd.
As I feared pre-season, our batting is not strong enough to mount a serious title challenge in the County Championship. Chopra, Westwood, Porterfield etc. are one of the weakest top 3s in the league.
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Chopra out this morning with a wrist injury, team therefore is:
Porterfield (C), Westwood, Evans, Trott, Hain,Clarke, Ambrose,Barker, Patel,Wright & Rankin
We won toss and put Notts in, cloudy overhead and floodlights on from the start.
35-0 8.3
Taylor 17*
Hales 18*
Hales just dropped by Westwood - a very hard one but definetly catchable
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Other Div 1 scores:
Sussex v Yorks 22-2
Somerset 35-1 v Worcester
Durham v Middx 15-0
Notts 39-0 v Bears
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Notts 61-1 13.2
Taylor Ct Ambrose b Rankin 22
Hales 38* 9 x 4's
Mullaney in
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Hales 50 (68) 11 x 4's
102-1 24 overs
Mullaney 25
Hales 54
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Nipped out at lunch so latest Div 1 scores are post lunch:
Sussex v Yorkshire 110-3
Somerset 118-2 v Worc
Durham v Middx 79-4
Notts 135-1 v Bears
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158-1 36.3
Mullaney 50 (72) 8 x 4's
Hales 82
97 partnership
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239-1 50.5
Hales 123*
Mullaney 89*
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313-1 64.5
Hales 174*
Mullaney 109*
Great choice from Porterfield to insert them!!!!
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Mullaney Ct Patel b Barker 112 (171) 13 x 4's
318-2
257 partnership
James Taylor in
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Hales b Wright 189
Taylor Ct Ambrose b Rankin 29
Wessels 9*
Patel 0*
372-4 85 overs
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Close 404- 5
Wessels Ct Porterfield b Clarke 15
Patel 20*
Wood 4*
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I had planned to go to Trent Bridge on Sunday and Monday, but I think I will give it a miss.
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Don't blame you!!!
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Early strike this morning....still doesn't really bring good news though
418-6 102.3
Wood Ct Evans b Clarke 12
Patel 25*
Read 1*
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457-7 111.4
Patel b Wright 46
Read 18*
Hutton 0*
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600 all out.
We could struggle to win this.
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Nottinghamshire 600
Warwickshire 100/4 (42.0 ov)
Warwickshire trail by 500 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
At one point we were 10 for 3 with Porterfield, Westwood and Trott back in the pavilion.
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The Bears batting has been poor all summer. Need some major changes for next season and perhaps a new batting specialist coach.
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The Bears batting has been poor all summer. Need some major changes for next season and perhaps a new batting specialist coach.
Don't think that will happen Bears generally keep everything in house, Tony Frost tasked with the job, can't think of a decent ex-player still in the game who would go for it
working for Dougie Brown.
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Stumps Day 3
Nottinghamshire 600
Warwickshire 260 & 42/0 (12.0 ov) (f/o)
Warwickshire trail by 298 runs with 10 wickets remaining
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The Bears batting has been poor all summer. Need some major changes for next season and perhaps a new batting specialist coach.
Don't think that will happen Bears generally keep everything in house, Tony Frost tasked with the job, can't think of a decent ex-player still in the game who would go for it
working for Dougie Brown.
I think you right, PGW.
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Should get away with a draw with the way the weather forecast looks
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Maybe not now lost 2 wickets already this morning
59-2
Evans Ct Read b Ball 12 just gone
Westwood first wkt to go same way as Evans for 12
Porterfield 29*
Trott 0*
Rain not due till mid to late afternoon, got to dig deep here.
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101-3
Trott LBW Hutton 22
Porterfield 44*
Hain in
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Sussex v Yorkshire already called off as a draw.
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Hi.I see a couple mention working for Dougie Brown.. is that an issue?
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111-4
Hain Ct Wood b Hutton 7
Porterfield 47*
Ambrose in
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Hi.I see a couple mention working for Dougie Brown.. is that an issue?
Not at all probably just the way i worded it.....but if for arguments sake if say a player like Michael Clarke retires
completely from playing cricket would we as a county expect someone of his profile to come and work for an
ex-player such as Dougie who didn't amount to much on the world stage...although massive on the Bears stage in terms of service and attitude
to the club, we employ Jim Troughton as fielding coach could he be better served as a batting coach.....i don't profess to know the answers!!
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Lunch 116-4
Porterfield 48*
Ambrose 0*
Get the prayer mats out and pray for rain to come sooner than later!!!
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142-5
Ambrose LBW Patel 12
Porterfield 60*
Clarke 0*
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Porterfield b Patel 61
143-6
Bit unfortunate there.
Rain can't come quick enough....at least another hour....but groundstaff now sat on hover cover
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Not v War
Not lead by 132 runs
War 208 for 8 (84.5 overs)
WKT - Patel c Taylor b Mullaney 28
Come on Warwick
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Nine down and over 17 overs (minimum) to survive. Not looking good.
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Minimum 13 overs to go. Not sure it they'll play more than the minimum though, think a bit of time was lost yesterday?
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All out. Another atrocious Championship performance.
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The batting seriously needs looking at, not a single one averaging over 40 this season. Chopra's scored nearly half of his seasons runs in 2 innings....
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A team that was in with a chance of the title a few weeks has imploded terribly. One could argue too much one day cricket - we were going quite well prior to this. Batting is awful and even the bowling is poor.
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Batting is awful but so has our fixture list. Started behind other teams in the Championship and then had spells of 20/20 games and then 1 day games coming all at once and then another relatively lengthy break. But that notwithstanding we are poor batting wise. Laurie Evans hasn't followed up last season, hain's injury has hampered him (if not physically took him a while to get going), Chopra, Westwood, Porterfield etc etc are not a top flight batting line up. Thank heavens for our bowling unit.
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To be fair though it's been pretty much the same for all the teams with the championship put on hold for various one day games. I really wish I could get into 20/20 but it does nowt for me.
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Anybody know what time the final is likely to finish?
Ta.
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The Sky coverage is scheduled at ten so that's a rough guide. It may well be later than that, especially if there are rain interruptions.
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Last train back is 22.25 it might be cutting it too fine.
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Anybody know what time the final is likely to finish?
Ta.
From the Spectator Guide for the day.
KEY TIMES
Gates open 09.00
Birmingham Bears v Northants Steelbacks 11.00 – 13.45
Mascot Race 14.15
Hampshire v Lancashire Lightning 14.30 – 17.15
Final 18.45 – 21.30
End of match presentation 21.40
- See more at: http://www.edgbaston.com/2477/natwest-t20-blast-finals-day-spectator-guide.html#sthash.mre17WYw.dpuf (http://www.edgbaston.com/2477/natwest-t20-blast-finals-day-spectator-guide.html#sthash.mre17WYw.dpuf)
The forecast was not great for the evening when I looked yesterday.
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I'm assuming that you can't re-enter on finals day if you leave the stadium? We have tickets for me and 2 of my kids and eldest wants to pop across to Villa Park for the sunderland game, then come back for the final. just checking before I pass on the season tickets to a friend.
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I'm assuming that you can't re-enter on finals day if you leave the stadium? We have tickets for me and 2 of my kids and eldest wants to pop across to Villa Park for the sunderland game, then come back for the final. just checking before I pass on the season tickets to a friend.
You can leave the stadium, just tell them you will be back, they will scan your ticket when exiting, make sure they do or they won't let you back in as
ticket will say you haven't left.
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I'm assuming that you can't re-enter on finals day if you leave the stadium? We have tickets for me and 2 of my kids and eldest wants to pop across to Villa Park for the sunderland game, then come back for the final. just checking before I pass on the season tickets to a friend.
You can leave the stadium, just tell them you will be back, they will scan your ticket when exiting, make sure they do or they won't let you back in as
ticket will say you haven't left.
This is what happened during the Test Match so I am sure it will be the same just get G4S to scan you out.......
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Is Brendon McCullum playing tomorrow?
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Is Brendon McCullum playing tomorrow?
Nope
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Is Brendon McCullum playing tomorrow?
Nope
Bugger
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Ian Bell has quit ODI's to concentrate on his Test career.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/34082540
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Birmingham Bears v Northamptonshire Steelbacks, NatWest T20 Blast Semi-Final
Birmingham Bears have named a squad of 14 for tomorrow’s NatWest T20 Blast Finals Day.
Varun Chopra (Captain)
Tim Ambrose (Wicket Keeper)
Ian Bell
Rikki Clarke
Freddie Coleman
Laurie Evans
Recordo Gordon
Oliver Hannon-Dalby
Ateeq Javid
Jeetan Patel
William Porterfield
Josh Poysden
Boyd Rankin
Chris Woakes
The match is completely sold out and will be broadcast live on Sky Sports, BBC Radio WM and BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire.
- See more at: http://www.edgbaston.com/2482/birmingham-bears-v-northamptonshire-steelbacks-natwest-t20-blast-semi-final.html#sthash.zOTqwvVm.dpuf
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Ian Bell has quit ODI's to concentrate on his Test career.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/34082540
Not sure I agree with that move. If someone comes in to the one-day side and scores a century, it'll put his test place in jeopardy. Plus, he's won test cricket's biggest series, the Ashes, about seventy times so should be aiming to win the World Cup.
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Disastrous start for the Bears, currently 21-4 and batting first.
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It's not going fantastically, I'll be honest.
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Why are Warwickshire called Birmingham?
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11 overs gone and only 3 boundaries. 47-4
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Why are Warwickshire called Birmingham?
It's just the name for the 20/20 team, commercialism.
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Chopra set the tone as his his wont. Does not understand the concept of an inswinger apparently. 53 for 4 off 12 probably bmeans the jig is up. On the plus side, I can head off to VP earlier than expected.
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Evans in too late. We should've risked the possibility of being all out for seventy to give us a chance of a decent total. As it is, we've got a score which, while not actually embarassing, is unlikely to give us much hope.
Need early wickets to have a prayer.
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Yeah what a waste holding back Evans and Woakes didn't even get on the park - Clarke and Javid should have just thrown their wickets away earlier
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I was going to listen to the Bears game on the drive up but the first voice I heard after tuning in was Daggers.
that sent me straight back to the music
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Watched a bit of the final, with all the stupid sound effects, music and gimmicks it's more like a pantomime than a game of cricket.
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Middx won toss and batted first
66-2 20 overs
Stirling Ct Clarke b Barker 41
Robson LBW Clarke 14
Compton 10*
Malan 1*
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Middx 80-4 25.2
Malan Ct Ambrose b Rankin 7
Compton LBW Patel 18
Franklin 0*
Dexter 0*
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Lunch 82-4 25 overs
Franklin 0*
Dexter 1*
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108-5 38.1
Franklin b Patel 7
Dexter 15*
Simpson 0*
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Latest scores in other Div 1 games
Yorks 258-6 v Somerset 110 all out
Worc 210 all out v Sussex 86-3
Durham 213 all out v Hants 170-6
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114-6 43.2
Simpson LBW Barker 1
Dexter 20*
Rayner 0*
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Middx 168-7 60.1
Rayner Ct Chopra b Wright 24
Dexter 47*
Harris 3*
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Tea: Middx 171-7 64 overs
Dexter 50*
Harris 3*
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174-8 70 overs
Dexter Ct Chopra b Patel 53
Harris 3*
Roland-Jones 0*
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Bairstow just missed out on yet another century, out for 91 as Yorkshire bowled out for 391.
He passed 1,000 runs for the season in only his 13th innings.
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185-9 75.1
Harris Ct Hain b Patel 7
Roland - Jones 7*
Murtagh 0*
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Bairstow just missed out on yet another century, out for 91 as Yorkshire bowled out for 391.
He passed 1,000 runs for the season in only his 13th innings.
Yes he has had a cracking season, surprised he isn't in One day squad.
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207 all out
Murtagh Ct Barker b Patel 12
Roland-Jones 17*
Patel 5 - 59
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Bears 10-1 4.4
Westwood Ct Simpson b Rayner 7
Chopra 0*
Porterfield 1*
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Close Bears 21-1 10 overs
Chopra 10*
Porterfield 1*
Bowling figures from Middx innings
Barker 16 5 23 2
Wright 10 1 52 1
Clarke 14 3 38 1
Rankin 14 5 30 1
Patel 25.1 7 59 5
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Two early wickets this morning, Porterfield falling to 3rd ball of the day followed not long after by Trott.
53-3 22.1
Chopra 31*
Hain 1*
Porterfield Ct Simpson b Rayner 1
Trott Ct Simpson b Roland-Jones 10
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85-4 31.3
Chopra Cr Robson b Murtagh 44
Hain 20*
Ambrose in
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Hain Ct Franklin b Murtagh 21
Ambrose 0*
Clarke 0*
86-5 33.3
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86-6 36 overs Wickets a tumbling
Clarke Ct Rayner b Murtagh 0
Ambrose 0*
Barker 0*
There could certainly be a result in this even having lost a complete day!!!
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Yorkshire on verge of winning, Somerset 110 & 152-8 still trailing by 129 runs
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Yorkshire win by an innings and 126 runs.
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Lunch at Edgbaston a disappointing
106- 6 41 overs
Ambrose 16*
Barker 4*
During this knock Tim Ambrose passed 9000 first class runs......needs to make it 9100 to give us a shout!!!
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Floodlights on. 248 for 6. Ambrose 42.
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I wish you were right!!!
153-6 55 overs gone off bad light....very dark over my house gonna chuck it down
Ambrose 44*
Barker 19*
Certainly shoots of a recovery taking place
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Back on now resumed at 15:00 score moved onto:
169-6 59.1
Ambrose 47*
Barker 30*
Deficit now 38
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173-7 62.5
Barker Ct Compton b Stirling 30
Ambrose 51*
Patel in
34 behind.
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Hmmm, so Barker hit the ball straight out to Compton then.
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174-8 65.1
Patel Ct Rayner b Murtagh 0
Ambrose 52*
Wright in
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We have a batting point, we have the lead
209-8 76.3
Ambrose 72*
Wright 13*
New ball due in 3+ overs
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224-8 81.3
Ambrose 84*
Wright 16*
50 partnership for 9th wkt following on from 87 for 8th
Lead of 17
Umpires got light meters out.....carrying on for the moment
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224-8 81.3
Ambrose 84*
Wright 16*
50 partnership for 9th wkt following on from 87 for 8th
Lead of 17
Umpires got light meters out.....carrying on for the moment
Nope coming off.....bad light
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If Middlesex fail to beat Bears in this game which obviously looks likely with only one day left then Yorkshire will
need just 6 points from their remaining 3 matches.
Job done!!!
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A massive result in Div 1 affecting the bottom of the table, Hampshire have beaten Durham by 7 wickets which
sends Worcester to the bottom of the table, and looking vertain to be beaten tomorrow.
That will leave Worcester by my reckoning 7 points behind Hants having played a game more.
They are also playing Sussex don't forget who will leapfrog Hampshire,messy for Pears.
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A massive result in Div 1 affecting the bottom of the table, Hampshire have beaten Durham by 7 wickets which
sends Worcester to the bottom of the table, and looking vertain to be beaten tomorrow.
That will leave Worcester by my reckoning 7 points behind Hants having played a game more.
They are also playing Sussex don't forget who will leapfrog Hampshire,messy for Pears.
Ajmal has been terrible for them this year, averaging about 50 with the ball. Compare that to last season when he was brilliant, before he re-modelled his action.
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243-9 92.3
Ambrose Ct Rayner b Roland-Jones 89
Wright 28*
Rankin in
68 for that 9th wicket. A lead of 36
Pears 76-4 in their game but off for rain....can they snatch a draw!!!
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254 all out 96.3 overs
Rankin LBW Rayner 4
Wright 32*
A lead of 47
Lets see if we can get 3 or 4 out before deficit eroded.
Still off at New Road.
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Middx 17-1
Stirling LBW Barker 4
Robson 13*
Compton 0*
30behind
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Pears back on at New Rd 91-5
Not looking good. Last thing i want is Worcester getting relegated
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Pears back on at New Rd 91-5
Not looking good. Last thing i want is Worcester getting relegated
Same here. I love our fixture there. This is roughly the time of year when we won the championship there three years ago.
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Barker bowling beautifully has just taken his send wicket. 40 for 2.
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49-2
Robson b Barker 21
Compton 8*
Malan 8*
Worc 114-6
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Malan LBW Patel 10
66-3
Pears 161-6
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72-4
Compton Ct Sub (Evans) b Patel 28
Franklin 1*
Dexter 0*
Pears 175-7
Cox gone 31, Clarke still there 73*
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Pears 200-8
Clarke still there though 86
Middx up to 104-4
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Middx 109-5
Franklin LBW Patel 16
Dexter 18*
Simpson 3*
Pears 213-8
Stirling effort from young Clarke 90* now
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Tea Middx 121-5
Dexter 24*
Simpson 5*
37 overs left.
Pears 221-9
Clarke 97*
Ajmal 0*
Shantry got 13.
Surrey confirmed as promoted from Div 2 with their innings victory (98 runs) over Derby. With Lancs set to join them.
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Pears lost by an innings and 63 runs. Clarke 104*
That leaves bottom of Div 1 looking like:
Sussex 14 146
Somerset 13 133
Hants 13 128
Worc 14 120
Not good
Meanwhile up M5 Middx 143-5 Middx lead by 96
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149-6
Dexter Ct Clarke b Rankin 43
Simpson 11*
Rayner in
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Surprise Surprise match drawn
Middx 173-6
Simpson 14*
Rayner 21*
1 Yorks 13 241
2 Middx 14 198
3 Notts 13 173
4 Bears 14 172
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Pears attack seem to have run out of steam now, hopefully Gabriel injects something to get 2 more performances but I think the fat lady is warbling.
Gidman & Kervezee had to come to the party with no Mo for most of the summer & neither did in any great form.
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Had planned a day at Headingley today but my son had a football tournament. Woke him up this morning and he's ill so not even got to that. Only bonus is can watch on TV whilst wishing I was there!
Yorkshire 119/1 21.4 overs, Lyth 74* and whoever the Gloucester keeper is hasn't covered himself in glory.
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Got to say the fielding from Gloucestershire has been abysmal, think it started with some terrible keeping from the wicketkeeper and reached a new low with Norwood with a simple caught and bowled which he caught and inexplicably then dropped as he was about to celebrate. His punishment is to field in front of the old Western Terrace.
Yorkshire 194/3 34.3 overs.
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From the start they had I thought Yorkshire would have got 350 plus. Gloucester are in with a chance now.
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From the start they had I thought Yorkshire would have got 350 plus. Gloucester are in with a chance now.
Gloucester did well to restrict them, think Yorkshire are at least 30 short.
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Gloucester are going to win this with a few overs to spare.
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Paul Allott and Colville keep banging on about the mystifying decision not to play Brooks or Sidebottom and play the youngsters instead, if they weren't so lazy and useless they'd soon find that Yorkshire use both this and the hit and run to give the youngsters first team experience.
If they played Sidebottom they'd only moan about how difficult it is for youngsters to break into the first team.
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I am not moaning. Stitch that Yorkshire, we are back in a final for the first time in ages.
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I'm not moaning I'm just pointing out what a pair of pricks Allott and Colville are, I'm staggered Colville is still employed.
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Colville is an arse. I am not well placed for a cricket chat this evening though. I am celebratory drunk.
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Enjoy the final!
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The winner of Surrey and Notts will be hot favourites but you never know. If Klinger goes well we have a chance.
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Where would Surrey be this season without Kevin Pietersen's contribution?
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Where would Surrey be this season without Kevin Pietersen's contribution?
I don't know but Sangakkara's innings for them today in the other semi was wonderful to watch. 166 off 138 balls.
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Decent first over from Sidebottom this morning at Lords, triple wicket maiden.
Middlesex 55/5
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With Middlesex 92/7 and Notts 73/6 at lunch looking like Yorkshire will clinch the title this afternoon. Evidently plans have been made to present the trophy at Lords which will be rather nice for Andrew Gale after the pathetic decision last season not to allow him to be presented with the trophy.
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With Middlesex 92/7 and Notts 73/6 at lunch looking like Yorkshire will clinch the title this afternoon. Evidently plans have been made to present the trophy at Lords which will be rather nice for Andrew Gale after the pathetic decision last season not to allow him to be presented with the trophy.
I don't have that much sympathy towards Gale for what happened last season, he shouldn't have called Ashwell Prince what he did, bang out of order.
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With Middlesex 92/7 and Notts 73/6 at lunch looking like Yorkshire will clinch the title this afternoon. Evidently plans have been made to present the trophy at Lords which will be rather nice for Andrew Gale after the pathetic decision last season not to allow him to be presented with the trophy.
I don't have that much sympathy towards Gale for what happened last season, he shouldn't have called Ashwell Prince what he did, bang out of order.
About him being a Kolpac player? Prince himself said there was no race element to it and spoke in defence of Gale. It was pathetic preventing him from being presented with the trophy. Anyway, bollocks to them he'll get to lift it soon enough.
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That will do.
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From espn.com
For Andrew Gale, payback time came six minutes after three o'clock, when applause broke out among the Yorkshire supporters who had made the journey south. Out in the middle with Yorkshire two wickets down but already only 20 runs behind Middlesex's first-innings score, the Yorkshire captain had just pulled James Harris for his sixth boundary but a glance up towards the visitors' balcony confirmed that what he was hearing was nothing whatsoever to do with the shot he had just played.
The hugs and high fives being exchanged by his team-mates and the Yorkshire coaching staff signalled the start of celebrations with the news from Trent Bridge that Nottinghamshire had been bowled out with only one batting bonus point, leaving Gale's team out of reach of all challengers, County Champions for the second year running.
For Gale, if the job were to be completed anywhere other than Headingley, it would be here, at the home of cricket. Actually, I suspect that's probably not true. For the sheer personal satisfaction of being able to stand, arms aloft, trophy raised above his head, putting all the air in his lungs into a long, loud roar of triumph in front of the Victorian pavilion and the Long Room and the blazers and ties and all the other symbols of the cricket establishment that haughtily stole his moment of glory a year ago, for Gale, Lord's would be first choice, second and third.
He has tried not to say so publicly, but you suspect that when he admitted the other day that he had been thinking about this game for some weeks it was about more than simply working out the earliest moment at which Yorkshire could be champions.
It was about a proud Yorkshireman, a Dewsbury lad, standing on the game's most hallowed grass, telling anyone who cared to know that here was Andrew Gale, Yorkshire captain, title-winning Yorkshire captain not once but twice, back to claim his rightful prize, one hand on the silverware, the other metaphorically behind his back, showing two fingers.
Make no mistake, what happened at Trent Bridge last year, with Gale suspended for dissent amid dubious allegations of racist abuse and told that for him to raise the trophy as captain would be "inappropriate", left a deeply bitter taste. A couple of weeks after the incident, he had still been trying to keep his counsel, trying to pretend he was putting it behind him, trying to move on, but the wound he had suffered was never likely to heal as swiftly as that.
It goes back to the day he signed his first professional contract as a Yorkshire cricketer, as an 18-year-old left-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who had wanted to become a footballer but played the summer game so impressively, with Gomersal and then Cleckheaton in the Yorkshire leagues, that it was soon clear where he was more likely to enjoy a sustained career.
He made his mark first in the one-day sides but, by 2008, he was a regular member of the Championship team, showing enough leadership potential that when Anthony McGrath resigned as captain in 2009 Yorkshire turned to Gale who, at 26 years and 24 days old and by now an England Lions batsman, was appointed the county's youngest professional captain.
Gale took on the role both with pride and conviction. In his first season in charge Yorkshire were third in the Championship, only seven points behind Nottinghamshire. A dip followed, 2011 bringing relegation for the team and a broken arm for their captain, although his own form had been good.
The following year, with the fruits of Yorkshire's refocusing on home-grown talent beginning to bear fruit, with Gale now a player with the experience and gravitas to command respect and commitment from the dressing room, and with the international experience and enthusiasm of Jason Gillespie added to the mix as first-team coach, promotion was won at the first attempt.
By 2013 Gale's fitness was becoming a background issue. Restricted by a hip injury in 2012, his form since then has ebbed and flowed, although 2013 did bring his career-highest innings of 272 against Nottinghamshire at Scarborough, where the sea air has brought restorative benefits for his batting more than once.
The quality of his captaincy did not waver, however, and his willingness to sacrifice himself for the greater good of the team has only enhanced the respect in which he is held by both the team and the club. It might also be pointed out that the match in which he left himself out last season - at Lord's against Middlesex, as it happens - was the only one in the Championship that Yorkshire lost.
By last season the possibility of a future in Test cricket had gone, realistically, which meant that he knew that winning the title would almost certainly be the pinnacle of his career. Nowhere is the honour and prestige of winning a County Championship celebrated more than in Yorkshire, where successful captains ascend to a role-call of greats and can look ahead to a lifetime held in reverential esteem.
Yet the moment that matters above all, the one that sits at the very heart of all the memories of every successful Yorkshire captain, is the first touch of the trophy, the symbolic recognition of all-conquering achievement, the confirmation that everything he had striven for had been attained, that the prize is his.
It is why, after his regrettable altercation with Ashwell Prince and what appeared to be a determination within the England & Wales Cricket Board to throw the book at him, the denial of that moment at Trent Bridge last September, when victory over Nottinghamshire clinched Yorkshire's first title for 13 years, was so deeply painful.
It left Gale to contemplate the possibility that he could finish his career, the 12th Yorkshire captain to win the title alongside Lord Hawke, Brian Sellars, Brian Close and the rest, without having experienced the ultimate taste of victory.
He admits now that never a day has passed this summer, whether it has been spent in the nets, on the field or in the gym, where he has worked as hard as any of his younger colleagues to keep ahead of the physical challenges he faces, in which that haunting thought has not crossed his mind.
It has been his own extra motivation, he says, from the first gentle pre-season warm-up to the rallying cry he delivered to his team before they took the field here, to which his bowlers, the old warhorse Ryan Sidebottom in particular, responded with such emphatic, devastating effect.
Now, with Middlesex seen off and Nottinghamshire's hypothetical chance gone too, Gale will have his due, he will feel the euphoria, he will exorcise his demons, and it will be all the more glorious for the coup de grace having been delivered on this field.
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Congrats Chris. Yorkshire were the best by an absolute mile this year.
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Cheers cd, tell you what I don't half miss talking to my dad on days like today!
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Treat yourself to a pint or two for him.
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Yes, well done, Yorkshire. Even more impressive when you consider the players unavailable having been picked for England.
Ryan Sidebottom's bowling performance at Edgbaston was magnificent, and it was a privilege to be there and witness it.
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With Middlesex 92/7 and Notts 73/6 at lunch looking like Yorkshire will clinch the title this afternoon. Evidently plans have been made to present the trophy at Lords which will be rather nice for Andrew Gale after the pathetic decision last season not to allow him to be presented with the trophy.
I don't have that much sympathy towards Gale for what happened last season, he shouldn't have called Ashwell Prince what he did, bang out of order.
About him being a Kolpac player? Prince himself said there was no race element to it and spoke in defence of Gale. It was pathetic preventing him from being presented with the trophy. Anyway, bollocks to them he'll get to lift it soon enough.
From this Guardian article: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/sep/18/andrew-gale-backed-yorkshire-charge-kolpak
“f*** off back to your own country, you Kolpak f*****”.
On a positive note, congratulations to Yorkshire on winning the Championship at a canter.
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Yorkshire about to lose, wonder how much celebrating went on after the first day?
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Finally got some play at Edgbaston after virtually 2 days of being stuck in the changing room.
Notts 89-3
All 3 wickets to Keith Barker, includingf Alex Hales for 6, no massive score for him against what must be his favourite county.
James Taylor leading a bit of a fight back on 42 but has been dropped twice plus a drop off a no ball as well.
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Trott rather than Patel comes on for the last over before lunch and yes!!!!! His first championship wicket of the season
105-4
Wessels Ct Ambrose b Trott 9
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Finally got some play at Edgbaston after virtually 2 days of being stuck in the changing room.
Notts 89-3
All 3 wickets to Keith Barker, includingf Alex Hales for 6, no massive score for him against what must be his favourite county.
James Taylor leading a bit of a fight back on 42 but has been dropped twice plus a drop off a no ball as well.
That's a sign of what worries me about Taylor, when he gets decent scores they usually come with a couple of fielding errors, often when he's in the 20s and 30s. That he punishes those drops is a positive but at test level I just see him getting lots of starts before gifting a catch around that stage. I think it's that transition from getting in to being set that he struggles with, when he's scratching around finding the line, etc he looks ok and once he's in and playing freely he's ok but in betwene he makes too many mistakes for my liking.
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A non -Yorkshire team to play Yorkshire (made up of England qualified players)
Cook
Hales
Bell
Vince
Roy
Ali
Stokes
Buttler
Broad
Wood
Anderson
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Taylor finally trapped by Barker, who has now taken 5 wickets. 307 for 8.
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A non -Yorkshire team to play Yorkshire (made up of England qualified players)
Cook
Hales
Bell
Vince
Roy
Ali
Stokes
Buttler
Broad
Wood
Anderson
Test match? No overseas players, Leaning and Patterson only just miss out.
Lees
Lyth
Root
Ballance
Gale
Bairstow
Rashid
Bresnan
Plunkett
Sidebottom
Brooks
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I'd rather bat at 3 if that's OK.
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Why Notts and Warwicks not agreed to contrive a result? Notts could've declared, we could've each forfeited an innings and left an exciting run chase on for the spectators.
Boring bastards.
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I'd rather bat at 3 if that's OK.
Lees dropped for disciplinary reasons, Root to open and Leaning to bat at four.
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This is a great read, I had no idea Yorkshire played in America in the sixties or who was the first overseas player to play for the county!
Yorkshire try to crack America (http://www.theguardian.com/sport/the-nightwatchman/2015/sep/17/yorkshire-beatlemania-crack-america-1964-cricket-brian-close?CMP=share_btn_tw)
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Why Notts and Warwicks not agreed to contrive a result? Notts could've declared, we could've each forfeited an innings and left an exciting run chase on for the spectators.
Boring bastards.
I said it a while back during the T20 that we do seem to adopt a very negative attitude towards our cricket.
EDIT - negative brand of cricket was the phrase I was searching for.
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139-6
Trott gone now.....probably just as well we didn't try and contrive a result as we probably would have lost it!!!
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153-7
Barker Ct J. Taylor b Ball 11
153-8
Clarke LBW Wood 11
Notts will get max bowling pts here, enough maybe to get 3rd looks like we may be settling for a disappointing 5th
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183 for 9 now. Yet another abject batting display.
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All out for 187. So it goes.
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Heads need to roll. You could argue that Dougie Brown is top of that list but the batting really isn't good enough. But, Evans and Hain haven't produced this season, neither has Trott. I fully expect to hear his retirement announced soon.
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Why Notts and Warwicks not agreed to contrive a result? Notts could've declared, we could've each forfeited an innings and left an exciting run chase on for the spectators.
Boring bastards.
Newell said yesterday he wasnt going to do that as they were happy with a draw
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As expected the final nail went into Pears div one campaign today, personally think there's lots of positives to be taken out of the season but the key reasons for the relegation were not enough batsmen coming to the party often enough and perhaps too much sentiment around Saeed Ajmal who with hindsight should have been jettisoned mid season.
Would imagine the likes of Kervezee & Choudry will be released, Oliver will probs just survive the cut & Gidman has disappointed performance wise as a senior player in a very young side.
As I say though lots of positives, the seam attack has been as good as any until it ran out of steam since the gutting T20 qtr final.
Leach, Shantry and Morris were excellent for most of the year, Barnard looks a decent supplement to those. D'Oliviera will likely be the number 1 spinner next year unless Mo has a bad winter, so massive year for him.
Of the batsmen, Mitchell, Fell & Clarke have impressed in spurts, Whiteley has done well last couple of months.
Would hope with the bowling options available and maybe an astute batsman signing either experienced English or overseas a promotion challenge will be in offing next yr.
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As expected the final nail went into Pears div one campaign today, personally think there's lots of positives to be taken out of the season but the key reasons for the relegation were not enough batsmen coming to the party often enough and perhaps too much sentiment around Saeed Ajmal who with hindsight should have been jettisoned mid season.
Would imagine the likes of Kervezee & Choudry will be released, Oliver will probs just survive the cut & Gidman has disappointed performance wise as a senior player in a very young side.
As I say though lots of positives, the seam attack has been as good as any until it ran out of steam since the gutting T20 qtr final.
Leach, Shantry and Morris were excellent for most of the year, Barnard looks a decent supplement to those. D'Oliviera will likely be the number 1 spinner next year unless Mo has a bad winter, so massive year for him.
Of the batsmen, Mitchell, Fell & Clarke have impressed in spurts, Whiteley has done well last couple of months.
Would hope with the bowling options available and maybe an astute batsman signing either experienced English or overseas a promotion challenge will be in offing next yr.
I agree. Good young team that played brilliantly in some sessions, but could not often sustain it over the 4 days. If they can keep most of their best performers, they will surely improve and get back to the Division 1 sooner rather than later.
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As expected the final nail went into Pears div one campaign today, personally think there's lots of positives to be taken out of the season but the key reasons for the relegation were not enough batsmen coming to the party often enough and perhaps too much sentiment around Saeed Ajmal who with hindsight should have been jettisoned mid season.
Would imagine the likes of Kervezee & Choudry will be released, Oliver will probs just survive the cut & Gidman has disappointed performance wise as a senior player in a very young side.
As I say though lots of positives, the seam attack has been as good as any until it ran out of steam since the gutting T20 qtr final.
Leach, Shantry and Morris were excellent for most of the year, Barnard looks a decent supplement to those. D'Oliviera will likely be the number 1 spinner next year unless Mo has a bad winter, so massive year for him.
Of the batsmen, Mitchell, Fell & Clarke have impressed in spurts, Whiteley has done well last couple of months.
Would hope with the bowling options available and maybe an astute batsman signing either experienced English or overseas a promotion challenge will be in offing next yr.
I agree. Good young team that played brilliantly in some sessions, but could not often sustain it over the 4 days. If they can keep most of their best performers, they will surely improve and get back to the Division 1 sooner rather than later.
Lot of games it was the one bad session problem, usually 3rd or 4th innings, gathered plenty of bonus points
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I'd rather bat at 3 if that's OK.
Lees dropped for disciplinary reasons, Root to open and Leaning to bat at four.
They'll be hearing from my Mum!
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I'd rather bat at 3 if that's OK.
Lees dropped for disciplinary reasons, Root to open and Leaning to bat at four.
They'll be hearing from my Mum!
Tell her to bring her stick of rhubarb, she's batting at three. She'll have no problem against that attack.
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Heads need to roll. You could argue that Dougie Brown is top of that list but the batting really isn't good enough. But, Evans and Hain haven't produced this season, neither has Trott. I fully expect to hear his retirement announced soon.
I think we've been poor since Giles left. Dougie Brown is a good number two but I question his abilities as head coach.
As good as Jeetan Patel is I think we need to look at an alternative overseas player to underpin our woeful batting line up. Our seam attack is still capable of bowling sides out but our batting line up needs a major overhaul.
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An interesting take on the Povey era at Edgbaston:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/921463.html
I don't agree with all he did but you have to give credit where it is due.
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Fucking.... YYYEEEEEEEAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!
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Last game of the season today away at Taunton in the Championship. Somerset won toss and batted and they are currently 43-1 10.4 overs
Abell Ct Ambrose b OHD 4
Trescothick 30*
Cooper 9*
Team: Chopra, Westwood, Bell, Coleman,Evans, Ambrose, Clarke, Barker, Patel, OHD and debutant Mark Adair
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98-2 27.5
Cooper b Clarke 43
Trescothick 50*
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Somerset 360/5 at close of play. Hildreth on 118 not out.
Rankin and Wright not in the team I see.
Everybody I spoke to last week at Edgbaston was glad that the season was over, and that the weather had been beyond awful into the surreal zone.
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Tom Fell has scored 150 at New Road. 236 balls, 24 4s and a 6.
Middlesex 98
Worcestershire 307/3 (87.3 ov)
Worcestershire lead by 209 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
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Somerset 438
Warwickshire 105/6 (43.4 ov)
Warwickshire trail by 333 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
We were 105 for 2 when Bell was out.
Jack Leach has 5 for 9
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Good job the Bears got points under their belt earlier in the season. The last 4/5 games have been relegation form. Trott hasn't performed; so many batsmen out of form. The bowling is awful as well. Things need sorting big time Dougie......
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50 partnership between Patel and Evans to restore a semblance of respectability to our reply.
Somerset 438
Warwickshire 170/7 (62.1 ov)
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I will be glad when this awful season is over. There haven't been too many highlights have there? Even McCullum's innings in the T20 was about him and not the team.
It seems that Hain's early season injury really affected him, which is hardly surprising. He will come good again. Trott has had a poor season by his own high standards and I am starting to question his hunger. It wouldn't surprise me if he retires soon. The rest of the batsmen have been pretty poor; our openers continually fail and it's a sad indictment that their highest opening partnership is 88 in this current game.
We have a good attack, one of the top two or three attacks on the county circuit. If the batsmen don't score enough runs then the bowlers cannot continually produces miracles.
I think Dougie is out of his depth and that we need a more high-profile experienced coach before we endure another season of under performance and stagnation.
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I think Dougie is out of his depth and that we need a more high-profile experienced coach before we endure another season of under performance and stagnation.
Sad as it is to say, I agree. Good, wholehearted player, has done a fairly respectable job as coach but if he stays on next year I can see us really struggling.
Andy Moles anyone?
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Hoping Hampshire finish about Sussex (only because we have a poor record against Sussex), I think they will if they beat Nott's and Yorkshire beat Sussex.
I would make both Hampshire and Sussex slight underdogs in their matches, both batting second.
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Hard luck, Jeets!
99.5
Leach to Patel, OUT
JS Patel st †Ronchi b Leach 98 (203m 164b 8x4 4x6) SR: 59.75
Somerset 438
Warwickshire 297/9 (100.4 ov)
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This is the chap that did the damage yesterday. Strange looking cove, it must be said.
(http://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/222700/222721.3.jpg)
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A few quick wickets for Hampshire, Nott's 171 ahead with 5 wickets remaining. Yorkshire seem to be batting quite slowly, which may suit Sussex (would a draw be enough for them?).
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Barker has 3 for 12
Somerset 438 & 17/3 (10.2 ov)
Warwickshire 324
Somerset lead by 131 runs with 7 wickets remaining
Somerset safe from relegation, though.
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Nottinghamshire 340 & 176/7 (50.5 ov)
Hampshire 326
Nottinghamshire lead by 190 runs with 3 wickets remaining
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Somerset 44-6 just after tea!
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Hmmm ...
Middlesex 98 & 205 (45.0 ov)
Worcestershire 431/5d
Worcestershire won by an innings and 128 runs
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Nottinghamshire 340 & 185 (62.0 ov)
Hampshire 326
Nottinghamshire lead by 199 runs with 0 wickets remaining
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Jeetan Patel has 5 for 26
Somerset 438 & 74/8 (25.4 ov)
Warwickshire 324
Somerset lead by 188 runs with 2 wickets remaining
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Somerset 438 & 110 (34.0 ov)
Warwickshire 324
Somerset lead by 224 runs with 0 wickets remaining
Jeets took 7 for 38
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Excellent recovery by the Bears. Brilliant from Jeets. Need 205 tomorrow with 10 wickets in hand....no need to take any risks....just take your time....YOU BEEEEAAARRRRS!
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What a turnaround by the Bears. Be nice to finish the job and end the season with a win, but the way this year has gone I always worry that a collapse is around the corner.
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Jeez, the Bears do love a collapse.
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Bell out for 55
Barker on 24, joined by Patel
Somerset 438 & 110
Warwickshire 324 & 144/7 (55.5 ov)
Warwickshire require another 81 runs with 3 wickets remaining
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58.3 Leach to Barker, OUT
KHD Barker st †Ronchi b Leach 46 (41m 41b 8x4 1x6) SR: 112.19
Adair joins Patel at the crease
Somerset 438 & 110
Warwickshire 324 & 170/8 (58.3 ov)
Warwickshire require another 55 runs with 2 wickets remaining
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Underdogs, but it's exciting. No idea who Adair is (a kid?).
Jeets just hit a six.
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Full name Mark Richard Adair
Born March 27, 1996, Holywood, Northern Ireland
Current age 19 years 182 days
Major teams Ireland Under-15s, Ireland Under-19s, Warwickshire, Warwickshire 2nd XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
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Yardy just out to Bressnan for 41, to end his career.
Sussex up against it to avoid the drop
Yorkshire 251 & 305
Sussex 248 & 142/6 (39.5 ov)
Sussex require another 167 runs with 4 wickets remaining
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Leach to Patel, OUT
JS Patel c & b Leach 27 (27m 21b 2x4 2x6) SR: 128.57
He had a six the ball before.
Somerset 438 & 110
Warwickshire 324 & 197/9 (62.3 ov)
Warwickshire require another 28 runs with 1 wicket remaining
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Sussex fans doing rain dances? I think a draw would see the safe?
Bears need 28 runs with 1 wicket left. Unlikely but you never know.
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Adair hit a 6 and a 4 of Cooper in the 64th over
Somerset 438 & 110
Warwickshire 324 & 207/9 (64.0 ov)
Warwickshire require another 18 runs with 1 wicket remaining
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Leach to Hannon-Dalby, OUT
OJ Hannon-Dalby c Cooper b Leach 0 (7m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Somerset 438 & 110
Warwickshire 324 & 207 (64.1 ov)
Somerset won by 17 runs
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Disappointing but thankfully the season is over.
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Sussex look like they're going down, 2 wickets left and 129 runs needed to win.
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Yes. Dismal season for us, summed up by the attendances and the weather at Edgbaston last week.
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At least Sussex were relegated. Sad to get one's jollies from their demise, but they get on my wick.
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Another dreadful batting display to end the season .Same players failing to deliver again .Big rethink needed over the winter for next season
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Need to sign attacking batsmen. The run rate has been piss poor. We struggled for bonus points when it's rained and failed to build any momentum to get a winning score when it's been sunny.
When someone like Chopra has a higher average in the Twenty20 it's clear that they've been too inhibited in the longer format.
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I guess we are picking up Trott's full wages after his international retirement, and he has been (alongside a few others) dissappointing.
Why was he not playing in the latest game?
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I would not be sad to see the departure of Brown and Chopra, and I formed this opinion before the collapse in form on the basis of their apparent conservatism in strategy in some games which I believe we could have won. I believe this lack of belief fed through to the team. Of course, it won't happen.
First order of business is Colin Povey's replacement as CEO.
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On the subject of Povey's departure, I recently read this piece by George Dobell on espncricinfo. I know PGW of this parish, and virtually all of the many members I spoke to throughout this season are happy to see him go, but this is the other side of that argument.
The first time Colin Povey visited Warwickshire in his position as chief executive - but before his appointment was announced - the first member of staff he found was too busy to welcome him as he was studying - if that is the correct terminology - a porn mag.
As Povey explored the ground, he found a "water feature" - actually a serious leak - in the committee room, a "broadcast facility" that was actually a garden shed perched precariously on the roof of a dilapidated pavilion, a club with an ECB staging agreement that was close to expiry and a coach - Mark Greatbatch - who was hopelessly out of his depth. The data cables to the broadcast facility were fed through a cat-flap, which was fine except for the fact that it also let in cats, and there were no commercial deals in place for the following season. In short, the club was living on past glory and was in no way prepared for the cold wind of modernity that was about to hit.
A decade later, he leaves with the ground established as among the best in the country. He leaves with the club having regularly challenged for trophies and regularly provided England players. He leaves with the club guaranteed an excellent package of major matches - an Ashes Test in 2019, an India Test in 2018 and several top games in the Champions Trophy of 2017 and the World Cup of 2019 - with membership rising, with 27 commercial partners tied in for next year and the non-cricket business growing rapidly.
At a time of recession, despite planning objections, despite covenant issues and membership resistance, despite battling an amateur culture that did not understand the gravity of the club's situation, he raised £36m - that figure, the real figure, has never been quoted before - for the new pavilion they had been trying to fund since the 1940s and negotiated a £20m loan from Birmingham City Council. The ground went from one that was rated as no longer fit to purpose by the ECB, to one that surpassed all required specifications.
Where would Warwickshire be without him? Not at Edgbaston, that is for sure. While the club might - at a push - have been able to continue to host domestic cricket, they were in danger of part of their ground being shut for health and safety reasons. There was talk of ground-sharing with football and rugby clubs; talk of relocating to Coventry. It is no exaggeration to state that Povey saved the club in recognisable form.
There have been setbacks. Not long after the completion of the pavilion, the ECB declined to award the package of matches that were required to begin the repayments. There was no Ashes Test for them in 2013; no India Test in 2014. Povey, it was said, was paying the price for having met the IPL founder Lalit Modi - an arch enemy of the then chairman of the ECB, Giles Clarke - in a fact-finding mission to India.
A repayment holiday was agreed with the council, tickets were pre-sold for future series, non-cricket income was driven up and a professional management team was installed. It was tough, but Warwickshire survived. And, in the middle of all that, Greatbatch was sacked and Ashley Giles appointed to his first coaching position. It was to prove a happy union.
There is debt to service, it is true. Substantial debt that will focus the mind of the next chief executive long into the future. Work continues to unlock the potential in the largely Asian inner-city community that is only starting to thaw in its attitude towards a club that has not always welcomed them as it should. Encouragingly, the final of the Parks Leagues is to be played on the main square at Edgbaston in the coming days.
Povey hasn't been to everyone's taste. He is a man who get things done and sometimes, on the journey from amateurism to professionalism that Warwickshire have undertaken, he has ruffled feathers. Things needed ruffling at Edgbaston, though, and his was to prove a wise appointment. Make no mistake, Warwickshire owe Povey as much as they have owed any player at any stage of their existence.
But while players leave the pitch with a raised bat and ovation, administrators hand back their car park pass and shuffle out with a wave from the gateman. The day Warwickshire won the County Championship in 2012, Povey found himself fielding angry calls from a club member who was unhappy with the quality of coat pegs in the women's toilets. He will slip away in the next few weeks - earlier than originally planned - with little fanfare.
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From the BBC website
Warwickshire director of cricket Dougie Brown says the Bears can improve next summer with the players he already has at his disposal at Edgbaston.
The Bears were runners-up in both the Championship and One-Day Cup in 2014 and went one better in the T20 Blast, winning the trophy for the first time. But, in 2015, they lost in the semis, came fifth in the Championship and did not get out of their One-Day Cup group.
"I'm not sure we need to bring players in," Brown told BBC WM 95.6.
"People would need to be better than what we've got and we have a great youth structure with some really good players coming through.
International calls in 2016
Warwickshire still have one player on an England central contract, Ian Bell, but the 33-year-old Bears vice-captain's retirement from international one-day cricket could free him for a few more appearances in 2016.
All-rounder Chris Woakes remains on an England incremental contract, but the club should at least get a full summer's uninterrupted use out of batsman Jonathan Trott, who began the 2015 season late following the disappointing end of his international career in the Caribbean.
"It was an indifferent season and a few senior players have been down on where they need to be, but we need to address that and march on. All we know is we cannot start next season like we finished this.
"In August, we were second in the Championship, well placed in the One-Day Cup and through to Finals Day in the T20. What followed was a hell of a disappointment. For whatever reason, we've fallen away and then ended up losing three of the last four Championship matches.
He added: "The guys feel a bit wounded but they can go and recharge their batteries and collect their thoughts. The inconsistencies we showed in all forms of the game have been disappointing.
"All we can do is address what isn't right and we already know we can do that. There needs to be a line drawn in the sand and it's now case of how we move on from here. Things aren't desperate but we need to be absolutely clear where we're going."
The Bears in 2015
Warwickshire came fifth in the County Championship - their worst finish in five years. They finished exactly 100 points behind champions Yorkshire, but only 25 points clear of relegated Sussex.
No Bears batsman topped 1,000 Championship runs (opener Ian Westwood with 858 runs from 14 matches at 36.67 was the best), while four bowlers earned 40 wickets - Jeetan Patel (58), Rikki Clarke (47), Boyd Rankin (46) and Keith Barker (43).
In the weather-hit One-Day Cup, the Bears won only three of their eight Group B games (two of which were rained off), yet only missed out on a place in the quarter-finals on run rate.
In the T20 Blast, the holders topped their group to again reach Finals Day at Edgbaston, but slumped to a shock defeat against a David Willey-inspired Northants.
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Warwickshire need new batsmen. We won't improve unless we add a couple of quality ones before next season.
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Warwickshire need new batsmen. We won't improve unless we add a couple of quality ones before next season.
Evans has been dissappointing, as has Trott, as has Chopra etc
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Warwickshire need new batsmen. We won't improve unless we add a couple of quality ones before next season.
Evans has been dissappointing, as has Trott, as has Chopra etc
Yeah Trott's not been the same since his off the field problems, we really need him to show his class for us again next season. We could do with a solid, reliable opener and an overseas player or a kolpak with international pedigree to come in at number 4/5.
Chopra
New Opener
Trott
Bell (when available, Hain when not)
New Overseas player
Something like that for the first 5 next season.
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Agree with that. What we'd lose in a spinner we'd gain more in the batting department.
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I'd get rid of Trott and Chopra should be retained but only as a squad player.
Get Evans at four or five to make the team more attacking, and improve the tedious run rate from last year and get more bonus points while we're at it.
Sign at least two batsmen.
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Worcestershire: Richard Oliver leaves after rejecting contract offer
Worcestershire opening batsman Richard Oliver has left New Road after turning down a new one-year contract offer.
Former Shropshire captain Oliver, 25, was a late starter in county cricket when Worcestershire brought him in initially as a T20 player in May 2014. After signing a deal to the end of the 2015 season, he initially scored well in Championship cricket in 2014, making 558 runs in seven matches. But he has lost his place this summer and was offered only a year extension.He made only 452 runs at an average of 21.52 in 12 matches - having averaged 39.85 in 2014 - and was dropped for the final four games of the season as Worcestershire suffered relegation from Division One in the County Championship.Oliver has again headed down under to spend the winter months playing and coaching with Victoria state side Geelong, where has has long established ties. But the free-spirited, strokeplaying batsman would be free to take up any offer from another county if he returns to England for next season.
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Edgbaston (http://www.edgbaston.com/2551/warwickshire-ccc-appoints-new-chief-executive.html?utm_medium=SocialSignIn&utm_source=Facebook)
Warwickshire CCC appoints new Chief Executive
Warwickshire County Cricket Club today announced the appointment of Neil Snowball as Chief Executive. He will commence the role in January 2016, replacing current Chief Executive Colin Povey who is retiring from the position next month.
Neil Snowball is currently Chief Operating Officer of England Rugby 2015 Ltd, the Organising Committee for Rugby World Cup 2015. He was responsible for all aspects of tournament delivery including Match Venues, Host Cities, team services, security, transport and technology as well as managing multiple stakeholder partnerships.
Prior to his current role, Neil Snowball was Head of Sport Operations at the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) where he was responsible for service delivery and operational management for the 26 Olympic and 20 Paralympic sports, and 45 competition venues. Before joining LOCOG, Neil was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs for eight years.
Neil is a lifelong cricket supporter, and has been involved with Guildford Cricket Club for many years, as a player, coach and administrator, including three years as Chairman of the Club and of the Guildford Cricket Festival. Neil also has a long association with Surrey County Cricket Club and in 2012 was invited to be a member of the Surrey CCC Business Advisory Group, and also served on the Surrey Championship committee.
Warwickshire CCC Chairman, Norman Gascoigne, said: "Neil was the outstanding candidate for the role. He will bring a wealth of relevant experience as the Club strives for greater success on and off the field, building on the outstanding platform created under the leadership of Colin Povey. I am delighted to welcome Neil to Warwickshire.”
Neil Snowball, who will relocate to the West Midlands from Surrey, commented: “I am delighted to have been appointed as Warwickshire’s Chief Executive, joining a Club with not only a proud and successful history but with a clear ambition for the future. The strength of the playing squad as evidenced by performances over the last five years and the world class facilities at Edgbaston offer enormous opportunity in the years ahead.”
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Looks like Bell might be around for few more games next season.
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Just as well, because it looks like we are pretty much sticking with the current squad.
Amusing to read Riki Clarke's comments in the members' Behond The Boundary magazine.
My first home game at Edgbaston was brutal. Craig Kieswetter hit me for 18 or so in one of my first overs and someone in the crowd shouted out "Fuck off back to Surrey, ugly" .
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Just as well, because it looks like we are pretty much sticking with the current squad.
Amusing to read Riki Clarke's comments in the members' Behond The Boundary magazine.
My first home game at Edgbaston was brutal. Craig Kieswetter hit me for 18 or so in one of my first overs and someone in the crowd shouted out "Fuck off back to Surrey, ugly" .
#bantz.
Anyone remember the bloke in the 90's who used to follow the bears home and away with an old leather bag with a picture of David "Ugly" Ward on it? Specifically when we won the Sunday League at Cardiff in what was to be Roger Twose's last game but it turned out he stayed another year.
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Looks like Bell might be around for few more games next season.
There can't be many more formidable 3s and 4s than Trott and Bell surely?
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add Hain to that and 5 looks good too
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add Hain to that and 5 looks good too
Agreed, Hain appears to be the real deal and to spend quality time in the middle with Trott and Bell will benefit him infinitely.
My only concerns for the season are that our back up players do not appear to be good enough and Dougie's overly negative tactics last year could hinder us but if everyone can stay fit and we can change our brand of cricket we could be in for an excellent year.
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add Hain to that and 5 looks good too
Agreed, Hain appears to be the real deal and to spend quality time in the middle with Trott and Bell will benefit him infinitely.
My only concerns for the season are that our back up players do not appear to be good enough and Dougie's overly negative tactics last year could hinder us but if everyone can stay fit and we can change our brand of cricket we could be in for an excellent year.
I'd make Bell captain. When he lead us in a Lords one-day final a few seasons ago his captaincy was imaginative and given that he's a Bear through and through he would thrive in the role.
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add Hain to that and 5 looks good too
Agreed, Hain appears to be the real deal and to spend quality time in the middle with Trott and Bell will benefit him infinitely.
My only concerns for the season are that our back up players do not appear to be good enough and Dougie's overly negative tactics last year could hinder us but if everyone can stay fit and we can change our brand of cricket we could be in for an excellent year.
I'd make Bell captain. When he lead us in a Lords one-day final a few seasons ago his captaincy was imaginative and given that he's a Bear through and through he would thrive in the role.
Yep, I think it would free up Chopra to rediscover some form too.
I wonder how Trott will get on next season? I wouldn't at all be surprised to see him retire.
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Worcestershire batsman Tom Fell says he has been given the go-ahead to play next season after revealing he has had surgery for testicular cancer.
Fell, who was the county's top scorer in the County Championship in 2015, had an operation in October after a tumour was discovered.
"I got the results on 1 November and they broke the good news that it hadn't spread," the 22-year-old said.
"It was really the best news that I could have hoped for."
Fell is now back in training at New Road and is set to spend part of the winter in Australia playing grade cricket in Perth.
Tom Fell: 'I should have seen doctor sooner'
"I was quite lucky. I was fairly stupid in the fact I didn't get it checked straight away," Fell said.
"When they did analyse the tumour, it was fairly big at the stage they operated.
"I think if I had left it any longer and I had gone to Australia without being checked, who knows how bad it could have been.
"Because I felt no different, that is why I didn't bother to get it checked sooner than I did."
Fell has chosen not to follow up his operation with any further treatment on the advice of his specialist.
"I was recommended by the professor I saw that if you can avoid chemotherapy it is definitely something I should do - especially as a sportsman - as the side effects and consequences can be quite severe," he said.
"It is something I want to avoid. I've been told there is a 65% chance it is all clear and a 35% chance it can come back and if it comes back, it will most likely be in the next three months and then I would have to go through three cycles of chemotherapy as opposed to two now.
"I've got back into training which has been a bit of a shock to the system this week but it's great to be back - playing cricket is the best thing about it."
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Bears 2016 Fixtures (http://www.edgbaston.com/2016-fixtures/)