Bears/Pears Cricket Thread 2014

[Dave Cooper please]

According to the BBC, we're at home to New Zealand 'A' and away to Essex on the same day, Saturday. Surely that can't be right?

New Zealand game cancelled once we qualified for the Baseball quarter-finals.

[ACVilla]

I'm looking forward to watching the Essex game on Saturday but I fear we may well get an absolute spanking.

[Richard]

Possibly but have some faith we've just won five limited overs games in a row

[JD]

I'm looking forward to watching the Essex game on Saturday but I fear we may well get an absolute spanking.

That's what Peter W thinks as well.

[peter w]

Southern namby-pamby shandy drinking ponces. We're gonna smash 'em.

[PGW]

Lets just smash Durham first, lost the toss and have been put in;
25-1 6 overs
Porterfield Ct Hastings b Onions 10 (26)
Chopra 8
Trott in
Team the same as Tuesday.

[PGW]

72-2 17.1
Chopra LBW Hastings 26 (43)
Trott 29  (34)
Ambrose in

[PGW]

100-2  22.5
Ambrose 13 (18)
Trott 43 (49)

[PGW]

108-2 24.4
Trott 50 (57) 6 x 4's
Ambrose 14

[PGW]

136-2 30 overs
Trott 67 (75)
Ambrose 25 (36)

[PGW]

150-2 34.5
Trott 74 (79)
Ambrose 31  (43)
54 balls for the 3rd 50 beating 74 for 1st and 64 for 2nd.

[PGW]

172-2 35.3 Overs
100 partnership
Ambrose 40 (54)
Trott 86 (90)

[PGW]

195-2  37.2
Ambrose 52  (57) 6 x 4's
Trott 97 (98)

[Villan For Life]

That's excellent progress.

Trott really seems to be getting back to his best form.

[PGW]

202-2 39 overs
Trott 100 (103) His 16th 1 day 100
Ambrose 55 (62)
4th 50 off 38 balls
James Whittaker at Gosforth watching this