The Bears/Pears/County Cricket Thread 2015

[ACVilla]

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.

[Dr Butler]

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...

[adrenachrome]

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. 

[pooligan]

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.

[Chris Jameson]

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.

[pooligan]

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.

[Chris Jameson]

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.

[steffo]

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?

[peter w]

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.

[Villan For Life]

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.

[adrenachrome]

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

[adrenachrome]

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)

[adrenachrome]

Warwickshire 268/4 (96.3 ov)

Westwood on  on 151

[adrenachrome]

Edgbaston.com

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.”

[pooligan]

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