Bears/Pears Thread 2013.

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267-4
Hamilton-Brown 50
Joyce 56
Lead of 184...certainly going for it now. New ball was taken straight after lunch.

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A couple more wickets have fallen at Scarborough as well since lunch Yorkshire now 358-7 just a lead of 59.
Sussex moved onto 286/4
Hamilton Brown 66
Joyce 57
Lead of 203

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298-5
Joyce LBW Barker 68
Hamilton-Brown 66
Machan in
Lead 215

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334-6
Hamilton-Brown LBW Patel 75
Machan 27
Ben Brown in
Patels 50th Championship wkt of the summer.
Sussex appear to be just batting on lead now 251 but if were to declare now only be 46 overs for us to get them. Perhaps their logic being that they assume Durham will beat Yorkshire and that Sussex are playing Durham in their next game and banking on beating them

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334-7
Machan Ct McKay b Gordon 27
Brown 0
Jordan in now

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350-7   105 overs 41 left in the day
Jordan 11
Brown 3
Lead 267 - boring b-----ds
At Scarborough Yorks now 419-9 only lead by 120

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366/7 110 Overs Lead 283
Jordan 19
Brown 9

Durham require 121 to beat Yorkshire

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377-8 113.3 overs
Jordan ct Evans b Javid 27
Brown 10
Magoffin in
Lead of 294

Durham 30-1 chasing 121 v Yorks

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378-9
Magoffin LBW Westwood 0
Brown 11
Anyon in

The 7th first class wicket of Westwood's career.

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16:50 Game Over Sussex have declared 394-9
Anyon 7
Ben Brown 20

What a shite days cricket.

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Bears side to make the trip to Trent Bridge this morning. A little lightweight on the batting with Porterfield left out again. Stef Piolet recalled from his loan spell at Sussex to make his first championship game in about 3 years:
Chopra, Westwood, Evans, Javid, Woakes, Piolet, Barker, Patel, McKay, Chambers & Gordon

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Forgot - Porterfield captaining Ireland v England so not left out!!!! Silly me!
Rankin playing for England along with Carberry, Ballance, Taylor.

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A late change to Bears side that was announced yesterday - they have taken a look at the wicket this morning and decided to leave Recardo Gordon out and bring Darren Maddy in to the side.
Notts won toss and put Bears in.
Chopra just got first runs of the day.
4-0

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As this is a Bears/Pears thread i will just mention the first wkt of the day has fallen at Chelmsford and woe it's a Pear: Mitchell Ct Browne b Masters 2      6-1

Boyd Rankin just got his first England ODI wicket Paul Stirling ct Ballance b Rankin 10 25-1 4 overs

Bears meanwhile 15-0
Chopra 12
Westwood 2

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I have just selected a side from players who are injured or just not available through international duty and you can see right away why our defence of the title has been a struggle:
Porterfield, Trott, Bell, Troughton, Coleman, Ambrose, Clarke, Milnes, Wright, Rankin & Hannon - Dalby no spinner in that side but you could select either Metters or Best as a spin option.
Just having 4 or 5 of these being available would have been of great benefit.

Rankin just got his 2nd wkt in a rather unfortunate way....Ed Joyce stepped on his wkt for 1 (10) 36-2 8 overs Rankin 2-19 from 4

Bears 20-0 Chopra 15 Westwood 4