The Bears/Pears/County Cricket Thread 2015

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Mid v War
War lead by 130 runs
Mid 212 for 8  (61.0 overs)
Tea

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253-9
Roland-Jones Ct Webb b Rankin 32

Moved onto 260 -9
Dexter 47*
Finn 1*

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Finn LBW Rankin 1
Dexter 47 not out
260 all out a handy lead of 82
Just over 30 overs left today

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Bowling figures
Barker     20      7      80     1
Wright     19      0      65     2
Clarke      14     2       42     3
Rankin     10.2  1       52     3
Patel         9      2        13    1

Bears underway are 4-0 1.3 overs 25 overs to be bowled till close
Javid  1*
Chopra 0*
Extras 3

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26-1
Javid Ct Franklin b Roland-Jones 8
Chopra 15*
Webb in
Lead 108

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Close of play
Bears 58-2
Webb b Harris 4
Chopra 31*
Trott 12*
Lead 140

[The Left Side]

Day Four (Tea)

Joe Burns and Sam Robson took Middlesex safely to 44 for no wicket at tea, after they had bowled out Warwickshire for 187 in their second innings to leave themselves needing 270 to win in a minimum of 54 overs.

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198 required by Middx off a minimum 34 overs.
Not sure what Middx are up to here....0 wickets down but they are allowing the rate to climb

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Double wicket maiden for Clarke
Robson ct Ambrose B Clarke 28
Compton Ct Chopra b Clarke 0
86-2 28 overs
183 required i think

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97-3
Morgan b Rankin 2
30.5

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105-4  34 overs
Franklin B Rankin 9
165 more off  20

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150-5
Burns St Ambrose b Patel 72
Dexter 15
Simpson in
120 off 53 balls or 5 wkts for us!!!!

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Shook hands
152-5
Match drawn....no real surprise 12 points for 10 for Middx which is enough to see them go top

[adrenachrome]

I stayed daahn in the smoke with my sister in Muswell Hill after that football match on Saturday to watch the cricket.

I must say that Lords is no place to be for visiting supporters who are not sufficiently suited and booted to get into the Pavilion when conditions are inclement. There was a mini hurricane from the west which veered to the south for the first three days. Only the maddest bastards stayed in the upper John Edrich stand, and most were heard coughing and weezing in death rattle mode before the end. The big stand which would afford some protection from the prevailing winds was closed. There was one bar which was not indoors either and was a good a long walk away unless you were in the Mound stand. Apparently the pies were good at £6.50 and the Scotch Eggs were popular. £4.70 for a pint of Marstons New World compared to £3.20 at Edgbaston in the Tom Dollery.

As for the cricket, it was a terrible toss to lose. Finn was lethal in the early stages, and had good support from their other seamers. Their spinner was no great shakes, so I was not surprised to see a large patch of green on the wicket which remained throughout the four days.  None of our seamers bowling up the hill from the nursery end seemed to get any swing or seam. Barker in particular was ineffective from that end, and Chopra just carried on as though it was a prearranged plan.

In the Middlesex second innings, Rikki Clarke bowling from the Pavilion End looked our only consistent threat, and he looked well up for it. A shame that his batting form is so poor, because he is a consistently brilliant fielder, particularly in the slip cordon.

I am beginning to wonder about Chopra's captaincy. He and Dougie Brown appear quite willing to go for the draw along as we get some decent bonus points. It worked in 2012, I suppose.

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Away at Durham 14:30 tomorrow in T20 live on sky.
13 squad named:
Chopra
Ambrose
Bell
Clarke
Evans
Gordon
Hannon-Dalby
Javid
Lewis
Patel
Porterfield
Poysden
Rankin