Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread 2016

[Chris Jameson]

And the passenger Westwood is out for 1 off 26 balls,exactly the same as in the first innings. If he is not dropped for the next championship match he never will be

I've a feeling you'll be saying similar next season in the match thread.

[PGW]

Other Lunch time score Div 1 & Pears
Durham 411 Lancs 299-8
Somerset 562-7 Yorks 167-2 Raining Due start at 13:45
Middx 395 Surrey 200-7
Worc 491 Sussex 278 & 6/0 following on

[Villafirst]

Westwood out for the grand total of 1!  Brown needs to be harder and drop him. Sorry, but I'm beginning to have my doubts over Brown. Team seems to be stagnating. Look at Giles at Lancs - wish Ashley was back at the Bears!

[paul_e]

I think in cricket you have to give batsmen a chance to bat themselves back into form, Westwood is probably very near the end of his window to sort things before he gets dropped but I'm glad they give people a chance like this.  In much the same way with international cricket I think dropping a batsman after 1 series is harsh unless they're clearly out of their depth rather than struggling for form.

[PGW]

Bears starting to motor 78/1 17
Trott 40 off 40 with 8 x 4's
Chopra 29 (40)

80/1 now lead of 70

[AVH87]

Anyone waiting for Westwood to come back into form, will be waiting a long time, he never showed any form in the first place. We must be able to do better, won't be challenging for the league with passengers, Yorks n others don't carry any, even when they have half their team on International duty.

[ACVilla]

Westwood's scores including the final 4 matches of last season:

1 - 19 - 7 - 16 - 34 -17 - 2 - 0 - 4 - 3 - 4* - 1 - 1

13 innings, 109 runs at an average of 9.083. This is at a time when we are seeing massive totals racked up on batsmen friendly wickets

[PGW]

103/2  22.5
Trott LBW Patel 59 To a ball that kept low 60 balls 10 x 4's Also brought his total of 1st class runs to 16005
Chopra 34*
Evans 0*

[AVH87]

Westwood's scores including the final 4 matches of last season:

1 - 19 - 7 - 16 - 34 -17 - 2 - 0 - 4 - 3 - 4* - 1 - 1

13 innings, 109 runs at an average of 9.083. This is at a time when we are seeing massive totals racked up on batsmen friendly wickets

Just when I thought I was going to get a break from watching a crap Westwood represent my team in sport.

[PGW]

Updates on other games
Durham 411 & 43/0 Lancs 326
Somerset 562/7 Yorks 193/4 (Lyth 106)
Middx 395 Surrey 242 Not sure if enforced follow on (153)
Worc 491 Sussex 275 & 54/0

[paul_e]

Anyone waiting for Westwood to come back into form, will be waiting a long time, he never showed any form in the first place. We must be able to do better, won't be challenging for the league with passengers, Yorks n others don't carry any, even when they have half their team on International duty.

I don't watch enough county cricket to have an opinion either way, I just have a general principle that once you pick a batsman you have to give him around 10-12 innings before making a decision to replace him.  Once you take everything into account that could be 5-6 mistakes, a few good deliveries and a couple of good bits of fielding which is enough to make a decision on.

[PGW]

Chopra 50
132/2 31.5
Chopra 58*
Evans 4*
Evans struggling somewhat his runs were as a result of a boundary but has faced 31 balls in all.

[PGW]

Evans Run Out 4 brilliantly by Jackson Bird but an unnecessary run
149-3 34.4
Chopra 75*
Hain in on a pair

Incidentally Chopra's 4th 50 of season one of which he made into a ton.

[PGW]

159/4
Hain Ct Read b Bird 9 a good ball
Chopra 76*
Ambrose 0*
Lead 149

[PGW]

Tea
180/4 45 overs
Chopra 82*
Ambrose 13*
Lead 170 with 32 overs left tonight, should have sizeable lead going into wednesday