The Bears / Pears 2010 Cricket Thread

[hilts_coolerking]

382 all out.

Woakes unbeaten on 136.  He and Imran Tahir put on 103 for the last wicket.
Unbelievably, the Bears lead by 99.

Great stuff.

[Percy McCarthy]

Well done. Let's hope the bowlers do their 'day job' just as well.

[Dave Cooper please]

Woakes is already being talked about in England circles, that won't harm his cause at all, now grab a few wickets Woaksey lad.

[cdbearsfan]

Excellent comeback. Nice to see Maddy back too.

[Villan For Life]

Great comeback and very pleasing to see the lower order showing their top-order colleagues what to do.

Trott seems to be out of sorts, an England hangover perhaps?

[Mazrim]

Woakes is a legend in the making. If he can just find another yard of pace he could be a top top player.

[hilts_coolerking]

Woakes is a legend in the making. If he can just find another yard of pace he could be a top top player.

George Dobell's report on cricinfo says that Woakes does lack that bit of extra pace which could make the difference at Test level but he also makes the point that Chaminda Vaas lacked pace too and he took 350+ Test wickets.

[Karl Bridges]

Woakes isn't ready for England yet. It could knock him backwards getting called up now.

[hilts_coolerking]

Hants 40 for 4.  Carter with 3 wickets.

[Villan For Life]

Hopefully the Bears have turned the corner after a poor start to the season.

Looks like the weather will be the only winner in this one though which is a pity.

[Chris Smith]

Hants 129/8.

If the weather forecast is corect we're going to have to finish it off before lunch to be sure of a result.

[hilts_coolerking]

147 for 9 now.  Woakes and Carter with 4 wickets each.

[Chris Smith]

It's raining in Brum now, that might be it for the day.

[ADVILLAFAN]

1/0

77 runs to get before rain or light stops play

[Jonathan Collett]

1/0

77 runs to get before rain or light stops play

Get Carter!