Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread 2018

[paul_e]

It turned out to be an excellent day for the Bears with Patel taking 4-38 off 18 overs. Middlesex had a mini collapse from 152-2 to 183-6 in 12 overs and they lead by 143. It’s an important first session tomorrow where we need to clean up their tail pretty fast.

Sussex and Leicestershire have both won inside two days and have closed the gap at the top. It’s getting quite tight up there.

If we win it starts to look like 3 teams playing for 2nd place, I hope we don't fuck this up.

On Patel, I said after he lost his wicket that I thought he might be getting a bit excited to bowl on it, I'm really not surprised he did so well, it looks like a dream wicket for a spinner.

[PGW]

Great catch from Trott to remove Raynor off Woakes  9
213/7

[Chris Jameson]

Root took four wickets for five runs including the wicket of Buttler as Yorkshire beat Lancashire. Good job he can bowl.

Good to have proper cricket back.

[Villan For Life]

Root took four wickets for five runs including the wicket of Buttler as Yorkshire beat Lancashire. Good job he can bowl.

Good to have proper cricket back.

What a game! It had everything bar a century and finished in a little over 2 days.

[Chris Jameson]

Root took four wickets for five runs including the wicket of Buttler as Yorkshire beat Lancashire. Good job he can bowl.

Good to have proper cricket back.

What a game! It had everything bar a century and finished in a little over 2 days.

There's been some great championship matches over the last two or three years, don't understand why they continue to mess about with the fixtures to accommodate so many pointless one day matches, apart from money of course! Anyway, well played to whoever is in charge of the Yorkshire Twitter account for their reply to a post from Lancashire after the hit and run match!

[paul_e]

Bears are making hard work of the lower order again, they could've got Middlesex for 350 in total with a bit more of a plan for the tail.

[PGW]

Another wicket for Patel at Lords (5fer)
Simpson b Patel 33
Harris 11*
Fuller in who got 71 in 1st innings

[PGW]

239/9
Fuller Run Out 0
Lead 199

[PGW]

242 all out
Murtagh b OHD 0
Harris 15*

Bears target 203

[PGW]

Bears 1/1
Sibley gone Ct Raynor b Murtagh 0

[Richard E]

1/2 now.

[PGW]

1/2 Bell clean bowled Murtagh 2nd ball.

Gonna be difficult

[PGW]

Lunch 10/2
Rhodes 3
Trott 7

193 more needed.

[adrenachrome]

Bears 1/1
Sibley gone Ct Raynor b Murtagh 0

Sibley has been rank most of the season. When you think that we effectively swapped him for Rikki Clarke it does not seem wise.Young of course, and talented no doubt.

[PGW]

21/3
Rhodes b Harris 8
Trott 11*
Hain in