Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread 2016

[PGW]

Durham 137/5

[AVH87]

Great bowling from the Bears, and who else but the spearhead of the attack, Keith Barker.

I'd be happy if we repeated our first innings low score now! That would leave Lancs needing 287.

Hants threatening to do what they did last season by climbing out the bottom 2 by winning their last game, lets hope it's Lancs who replace them and not us.

[Exeter 77]

It looks like Hampshire are going to win with maximum batting points (not sure about how many overs they batted for though) and decent bowling points so we need to win to send Lancashire down.

[PGW]

Tea scores Durham 152/5
Notes 120/6
York's 106/4
Long session of 40 overs for bears to get through and hopefully build a substantial lead. 4/0 Westwood improved on first innings with 4
Lead 71

[aev]

It obviously going square at Ciderabad.

120-8...Bess and Leach sharing 6.

[Chris Jameson]

Yorkshire aren't going to win this but (in a Keegan style) I'd love it, just love it if they prevent Middlesex from taking the title.

[aev]

Yorkshire aren't going to win this but (in a Keegan style) I'd love it, just love it if they prevent Middlesex from taking the title.

Yup....it would be soooooooooooooooo Yorkshire to tuck up the southerners.

[PGW]

12/0 6 each westie and Mellor, gone off for bad light, 33 overs left.
Durham 162/5
Yorks 127/4
Somerset doing everything expected from them bowling Notts out for 138, 227 behind.
Last thing we needed was losing time from the game, saving grace being that at least we're in third innings...lead 79

[AVH87]

Somerset cruising towards an innings victory or close to it I'd say, means Middlesex must win v Yorks, or the title goes to Somerset for the first ever time!

[aev]

12/0 6 each westie and Mellor, gone off for bad light, 33 overs left.
Durham 162/5
Yorks 127/4
Somerset doing everything expected from them bowling Notts out for 138, 227 behind.
Last thing we needed was losing time from the game, saving grace being that at least we're in third innings...lead 79

Christ, how dark is it? Can't they whack the lights on?

[Villan For Life]

12/0 6 each westie and Mellor, gone off for bad light, 33 overs left.
Durham 162/5
Yorks 127/4
Somerset doing everything expected from them bowling Notts out for 138, 227 behind.
Last thing we needed was losing time from the game, saving grace being that at least we're in third innings...lead 79

Christ, how dark is it? Can't they whack the lights on?

Cricinfo reporting that they're now off for rain.

[PGW]

Somerset have not enforced the follow on, batting again.
Durham 175/5
Tea at lords yorks 127/4

[cdbearsfan]

Yorkshire aren't going to win this but (in a Keegan style) I'd love it, just love it if they prevent Middlesex from taking the title.

Yup....it would be soooooooooooooooo Yorkshire to tuck up the southerners.

I've never forgiven Middlesex for being all out for 51 when we needed them to avoid defeat against Essex to win the league. Hope Zomerzet win it, Yorkshire have won enough in the last few years!

[aev]

Stokes is out.

[PGW]

Hovercover only on to start with but now the sheets being put out. Not too heavy but they certainly won't come back out whilst like this. May pack up and go home and listen if they should get back out.
Durham 183/5 228 behind get it down to 149 please.
Coming down quite heavy now