Bears/Pears Thread 2013.

[Villafirst]

I see Sussex 311 A/O. Warwickshire 81/4 in reply. We were 0/2 at one stage! Chopra, Javid and Porterfield all got ducks. Porterfield is useless - I think I could bat better than him! Our bowling attack is decimated by England call-ups and injuries. Well done to Chambers on-loan from Essex; a 5 wicket haul - perhaps he could follow Chris Wright under the guidance of Graham Welch?
This season has been a nightmare especially in the T20 & YB40.

[eastie]

Poor season - sooner its over the better .

[PGW]

Bears 184/5
Ambrose Ct Hamilton-Brown b Jordan 61
Evans 95 no
Partnership of 137 after ducks from Chopra, Javid who i can forgive but another one from Porterfield - happening all to often. Westwood the other wkt to fall for 16. Another fine performance from Evans who has now moved on to 103 for another fine century - he came to crease at 0-2....fair play to the lad!
192-5 now

[PGW]

250/6 74.4
Evans Ct Joyce b Nash 137
Milnes 22
Barker in now
About 5 overs left in the day.

[PGW]

Close of Play
252-6
Milnes 24
Barker 0
Decent recovery from 47-4 bat out the remaining 30 scoring overs and we hopefully will have a bit of a lead. Good debut from Chambers took a further 2 wkts this morning to finish with 5-68 and Barker 3-98
Had to miss these 2 days - work got in the way but could be a good couple of days down there Fri and Sat and no Villa to get in the way.

[PGW]

First wicket of the day: 268-7
Barker ct Brown b Magoffin 8
Milnes 29
Patel in now
Thats 4 wkts now for the Aussie quickie leaving us still 43 in arrears.

[PGW]

Grande Pablo may not be to impressed with the news that Somerset are only 4 wkts away from an innings victory with Middx 106 & 104-6 still 239 behind Somerset so a maximum haul of 24 points taking them to 111 points overtaking Derbyshire who were 219 all out so only 1 point there, Surrey in reply 56-2 so it probably will be Derby back in bottom 2. A real bottom of the table clash at the Oval.Neither side can afford to lose and a draw no good with Somerset sure to win.
Meanwhile back here at Edgbaston Bears moved onto 307-7 only 4 behind.
Milnes highest score of season 45 no and Patel 22 a partnership so far of 39.

[PGW]

Another wicket: We have a lead though now of 14
325-8
Milnes Ct Jordan b Nash 48
Patel 37
Partnership of 57 for 8th wkt.103 overs
Chambers just dropped behind whilst still 0

[PGW]

Chambers dropped twice in first 3 balls
326-8

[PGW]

Lunch
339-8 109 overs a lead of 28
Patel 44
Chambers 7
So 1 over to get 11 runs for an extra batting point, Patel will be facing that over but i don't expect them to necessarily go for it. Conversely 1 over for Sussex to get 1 wicket and maximum bowling points.
Other lunch time Div 1 scores:
Somerset 449 Middx 106 & 148-7

Durham 573 Yorks 274 still 299 behind

Derby 219 Surrey 97-3

[PGW]

Sussex 192-4
Beer LBW Gordon 11
Joyce 41
Rory Hamilton-Brown in
Sussex lead 109
Needs a bit of action for them to set us some sort of target. The fact that Beer has gone may help that it took him 49 balls for his 11.

[jcsutv]

PGW you do a cracking job keep ping me updated. I tend to look at your updates rather than BBC nowadays.  Just thought I'd let you know so you don't think it's a waste of your time! Keep up the good work.

[PGW]

No problem mate....i went down the ground yesterday and my phone went flat so couldn't update....stopping home today unless Sussex set us a decent target...
196-4 now
48 runs and 1 wkt in 19 overs so far this morning....fairly turgid stuff at moment...

[PGW]

Lunch 246-4 82 overs Sussex lead 163
Joyce 50
Hamilton-Brown 36

Bears did NOT take the new ball when available and in fact had Westwood bowling the last over before lunch....which was a maiden.
The other Div 1 lunch scores are:
Durham 573 Yorks 274 & 351-5
Derby 219 & 80-1 Surrey 289

[PGW]

First ball after lunch and McKay drops Hamilton-Brown off Keith Barker.

If you weren't aware McKay keeping wicket after Ambrose broke a finger whilst batting. Sussex allowed McKay to keep wkt.