Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread 2016

[Dave Cooper please]

Warwickshire win on Duckworth / Lewis.

[The Left Side]

Nice one Warwick

[Chris Jameson]

In the absence of any football and the lounge to myself I decided to give the hit and run a go. Still not doing it for me, don't think it helps that once a side has batted 5 overs (30 deliveries!) you can get a result.

[peter w]

You have lounges in Yorkshire? How posh are you?

[Chris Jameson]

You've never been to Harrogate I take it?

[tomd2103]

Warwickshire win on Duckworth / Lewis.

Was at Edgbaston earlier and although it was good to get a win, the way it ended was a disappointment.  To be honest, the rain was not heavy at that point and I've seen games played out in worse conditions.  I wonder if the fact there is an ODI at Edgbaston this week was a factor.

On a side note, Ronchi's innings was excellent.  Struck the ball very well at times.

[adrenachrome]

http://warwickshireccc.com

Preview: Lancashire v Warwickshire, Specsavers County Championship

19 Jun 2016

Brian Halford

Dougie Brown knows that Warwickshire face a stern test when they return to Specsavers County Championship action against surprise early-season pace-setters Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford on Monday.

The Red Rose are top of the table after making a strong start to their return to Division One following promotion last season, which was their first under the command of former Bears director of cricket Ashley Giles.

Lancashire v Warwickshire is always a fixture with plenty of edge as two big clubs with big support-bases lock horns. And just now it has an extra dimension. After all, it's not every championship match where the opposing directors of cricket were best man at each other's wedding.

"There is an extra element to the match, of course, because Ash and I are very good friends and know each other unbelievably well," said Brown.

"We are in different camps now but still meet and chat about what's going on and about cricket in general. There's absolutely no harm in that.

"Ash knows a lot about most of our guys, of course, having been director of cricket here until quite recently. But it doesn't matter how much people know about you, if you are good players playing to the best of your abilities you should find yourself in a strong position.

"That's what we will be aiming to do - build a strong position and then push on and maximise it.

"We know it will be a tough game. Lancashire have started the season really well and are quite buoyant. They have a good method which seems to suit their team and their players all knows their roles within the team which is so important.

"But we played some good championship cricket in the opening games of the season and are really looking to getting back out there with the red ball."

Like all counties, the Bears must readjust to four-day cricket in a phase of the season in which all three formats feature. After a flurry of 50-over games, the Bears face 20-over games on Friday and Sunday before the championship resumes on Monday, the schedule throwing them into all three formats in a week.

"It's not ideal but it's the same for every county and certainly no excuse for not performing in any of the formats," said Brown. "As a coach and a player you just focus on what is immediately in front of you and your thoughts are on that alone.

"We are really looking forward to returning to championship action because we know that four strong days and a good result against Lancashire would put us right up among the leaders."

Lancashire-born all-rounder Keith Barker will return to the Bears' squad having recovered from the ankle-impingement which ruled him out of the early 50-over North Group games.

"We would like Barks to be available for 50-over cricket because we know he could play a significant role with the two new balls and bowling with the Kookaburra," Brown said. "But the key for us was getting him right for the championship game at Old Trafford."


Warwickshire Squad

    Ian Bell (Captain)
    Mark Adair
    Tim Ambrose (Wicket-Keeper)
    Keith Barker
    Varun Chopra
    Rikki Clarke
    Sam Hain
    Oliver Hannon-Dalby
    Jeetan Patel
    Josh Poysden
    Boyd Rankin
    Jonathan Trott
    Andy Umeed

[cdbearsfan]

I see the start is delayed. Anyone know if the weather up in Cottontown is as bad as down here? Is there likely to be any play today?

[pooligan]

Great to see we finally got one over Lancs yesterday.Not in the ideal way obviously but they knew there was a forecast of rain around 4 pm and took the chance putting the Bears in and paid the price.Sounded a great innings by Ronchi .On the downside ,batting failures by Clarke and Patel again .I doubt if Patel  has totaled 10 runs in all his one day innings put together this season

[Villafirst]

A good recovery by Ambrose & Barker. 206/6, having been 102/6. What's wrong with Bell, Trott & Hain?? Really out of form. Batting is really suspect.

[cdbearsfan]

Odd that we've had a reasonable batting line-up, added two England batsmen who must rank among the best players to ever play for the Bears... and developed a shit batting line-up!

[PGW]

Lancs declared 266/8
 setting Bears 312 to win 2 and a bit sessions left

[cdbearsfan]

No chance. We couldn't do that in two days let alone two sessions.

[paul_e]

28-0 after the first 5 suggests they're tempted to give it a go.

[PGW]

I assume that with 2 sessions to go there are a further 64 overs left to get them, so a further 284 required at approx 4.5 per over.

Possible but difficult. Needs a few top drawer performances,