Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread 2016

[PGW]

251/8
Batty Ct Jennings b Stokes 12
Sam Curran 47*

29 to win

[PGW]

Meaker Ct Collingwood b Onions 0
253/9 28 to win

Mark Footitt rarely troubles the scorers

[cdbearsfan]

Surrey all out. Durham safe. Between us, Hampshire and Lancashire for the second and final relegation spot.

[PGW]

259 all out
Footitt b Stokes 4

Durham win an outstanding game of cricket and will be playing Div 1 cricket next season.
24 points for the win by 21 runs.

[PGW]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/county-championship-division-one/table

Updated table

[tomd2103]

Surrey all out. Durham safe. Between us, Hampshire and Lancashire for the second and final relegation spot.

The final on Saturday (heading down to Lord's - £55 for ticket and return coach journey from Edgbaston not bad at all) might be a chance to salvage something from what has been a generally poor season. 

[AVH87]

Surrey all out. Durham safe. Between us, Hampshire and Lancashire for the second and final relegation spot.

The final on Saturday (heading down to Lord's - £55 for ticket and return coach journey from Edgbaston not bad at all) might be a chance to salvage something from what has been a generally poor season.

I'm going too, hope the weather is better than today! Think we could do a Blues, win the cup, then get relegated. I'd actually prefer that than losing the Cup Final and staying up.

[ACVilla]

Dry and cloudy in London most of tomorrow morning.

Let's hope it's not decided on the toss.

[AVH87]

Dry and cloudy in London most of tomorrow morning.

Let's hope it's not decided on the toss.

Unless the conditions really dictate it, I'd like to see us bat first. Bell and Trott to get scores to post something between 270-300, then scoreboard pressure and Jeetan does his thing.

[PGW]

Dry and cloudy in London most of tomorrow morning.

Let's hope it's not decided on the toss.

Unless the conditions really dictate it, I'd like to see us bat first. Bell and Trott to get scores to post something between 270-300, then scoreboard pressure and Jeetan does his thing.

Not sure if your right there...In theory that is our doctrine of late but Lords is notorious for playing up early doors...2014 Durham game prime example. Certainly be watching that toss with interest.

[ACVilla]

Dry and cloudy in London most of tomorrow morning.

Let's hope it's not decided on the toss.

Unless the conditions really dictate it, I'd like to see us bat first. Bell and Trott to get scores to post something between 270-300, then scoreboard pressure and Jeetan does his thing.

Not sure if your right there...In theory that is our doctrine of late but Lords is notorious for playing up early doors...2014 Durham game prime example. Certainly be watching that toss with interest.

Got to agree, a cloudy day in the middle of September at Lords, got to have a bowl.

Let Rikki do his thing against his former club.

[Rotterdam]

I'm with PGW, have a bowl first if it's our choice.

Warwickshire Squad
Ian Bell (Captain)
Tim Ambrose (Wicket-Keeper)
Rikki Clarke
Laurie Evans
Sam Hain
Oliver Hannon-Dalby
Ateeq Javid
Alex Mellor (Wicket-Keeper)
Jeetan Patel
William Porterfield
Josh Poysden
Jonathan Trott
Chris Woakes
Chris Wright

[adrenachrome]

Dougie Brown admits that Warwickshire face some tricky selection decisions ahead of their Royal London Cup final against Surrey at Lord's tomorrow - but says they are the sort of decisions that any side would welcome.

The Bears have powered to the 50-over final largely without the services of England all-rounder Chris Woakes, who has played just one game in the tournament this season, and sometimes without Ireland captain and top-order batsman William Porterfield.

But both are available tomorrow, which means that at least two changes will have to be made from the team which beat Somerset at Edgbaston in the semi-final. Two players will be disappointed to be left watching from the sidelines - but that is an inevitable consequence of having a strong competitive squad.

"We have a couple of decisions to make with everybody being available, but those are the decisions you want as a coach and captain," said director of cricket Brown. "Will Porterfield is available to come into the top five and Chris Woakes is obviously a top-class option to have as a wicket-taking bowler.

"We will have a look at the pitch and likely conditions, because you never quite know what you are going to get at Lord's these days, and then name the team. Then we will have to have a couple of conversations with players who miss out, but that's sport at this level. Everybody in the squad understands that we will just pick the team we think gives us the best chance of winning the trophy.

"Selection-wise, we are well-covered in all departments and that's a really good situation to be in."

An enthralling match is in prospect against a Surrey side showing increasing signs this season of putting a low-key era behind them in all formats. They are a strong, experienced, talented team in fine form in 50-over cricket - but so are the Bears, insists Brown.

"Our championship form this season has too often been disappointing, there's no getting away from that," he said. "But in 50-over cricket we have played really well all through and got better as the tournament has gone on. Our top five batsmen have scored the runs, which is the way you want it, laying the foundation for the guys later on to improvise and accelerate. Then the bowlers have taken wickets so that very rarely have we been needing to bowl big death overs.

"Surrey are similar to us, in terms of both method and form, so it is a very even-looking contest and should be a cracking game."

Alex Mellor has been included in the Bears' squad, though Tim Ambrose is expected to be fit to keep wicket after the buttock-strain which has sidelined him for the last two weeks.

[paul_e]

I'm with PGW, have a bowl first if it's our choice.

Warwickshire Squad
Ian Bell (Captain)
Tim Ambrose (Wicket-Keeper)
Rikki Clarke
Laurie Evans
Sam Hain
Oliver Hannon-Dalby
Ateeq Javid
Alex Mellor (Wicket-Keeper)
Jeetan Patel
William Porterfield
Josh Poysden
Jonathan Trott
Chris Woakes
Chris Wright

I think I'd also lean towards bowling because I'd back Woakes, Clarke and Wright to get early wickets under the clouds on (I suspect)a slightly green pitch. However I don't think it'd be a bad toss to lose because I'm there's a right answer at Lords, you can get some movement off the seam early on but if we don't get that we'll have given up our other big weapon.

[Villafirst]

Barker injured? Aside from tomorrow I see Stokes bowled for Durham. Will Woakes be released for the Lancs game? It's such an important match. I won't be too happy if he's kept out.