The Bears/Pears/County Cricket Thread 2015

[adrenachrome]

BBC

Holders Birmingham Bears will face Northants Steelbacks in the semi-finals of the T20 Blast at Edgbaston.

The other semi-final sees Lancashire Lightning and Hampshire meet in a repeat of last year's Finals Day.

Both matches will be played on Saturday, 29 August before the final the same evening.

Hampshire have reached Finals Day for a sixth consecutive year while Birmingham will look to be the first county to successfully defend the title.

The England and Wales Cricket Board is yet to confirm what order the semi-finals will be played.

[cdbearsfan]

Is it my paranoia, or are Villa ALWAYS at home when the Bears are in a final/ finals day?

[Lastfootstamper]

Is it my paranoia, or are Villa ALWAYS at home when the Bears are in a final/ finals day?

Surely one will have to be rearranged, how will WMP be expected to cope?

[Rotterdam]

The draw we were hoping for? I think so.
COYB!

[PGW]

Is it my paranoia, or are Villa ALWAYS at home when the Bears are in a final/ finals day?

Yes....hoping Bears play first and win - dash to Villa Park and then dash back to Edgbaston for the final.

[cdbearsfan]

I imagine the bastards will put the Bears on second so we miss it.

[PGW]

Well i'm hoping they will do the sensible thing and put us on first to enable supporters of Lancs and Hants a little more travelling time....as they did last year.

[cdbearsfan]

Did they? Seem to remember I missed most of the Bears last year?

[steffo]

As Bears v Northants was pulled out first surely that's the order of play?

[Lastfootstamper]

The Bears FB page says playing order to be confirmed.

[PGW]

From the 13 man squad named for todays game at Rugby school v Sussex Josh Poysden & Recordo Gordon have been omitted so team is:
Chopra, Porterfield, Trott, Ambrose, Clarke, Evans, Javid, Barker, Patel, OHD, and Rankin.
(Woakes not named in the squad)
Bears won the toss and put Sussex in who are 21-1 7.2 Overs
Joyce Ct Clarke b Barker 8 (30)
Wright 11*
Machan in

[PGW]

71-2  14.5
Wright Ct Ambrose b OHD 39 (38)
Machan 21*
George Bailey in

[ADVILLAFAN]

Sussex 114/4

Could we finally beat Sussex??

[PGW]

A couple more wkts to mention
112-3 23.2
Machan LBW Javid 39 (44)
113-4 24.4
Cachopa Ct Chopra b Patel 0 (4)
Score now 115-4 26.3
Bailey 25*
Finch 0*

[PGW]

159-5 32.5
Finch C & B Patel 27 (33)
Bailey 42*
Jordan in