Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread 2019

[paul_e]

So just to be clear when this game closes with the almost inevitable draw tomorrow Bears wil lneed 1 bonus point from 2 matches to be safe, I think we can call that in the bag then.

[cdbearsfan]

Or for Notts to take fewer than maximum points in either of their remaining games.

[cdbearsfan]

Wicket! Two to go.

[paul_e]

And all done, 274-6 now.

[Villan For Life]

I think that’s the Bears safe for another season then.

[cdbearsfan]

Good stuff, Bears. Been a very tough season but I think it would have been very harsh if we had gone down, given the number of unavailable players we have had.

Elsewhere, Lancashire are the first team promoted.

[Steve67]

Go on you Pears!!  Nice to win a game of 4 day at last!

[paul_e]

bowled them with a lead of 193 and enforced the follow-on, good decision, takes a defeat off the table and gives us a chance to push for the win ourselves.

Essex 3-1 early in their 2nd innings.

[cdbearsfan]

May as well call it a day now, we've less chance of winning this than England have of removing Smith for less than a hundred.

[paul_e]

Not sure we're that bothered either, if we could've got a couple of cheap wickets we'd have gone for it but a draw suits us fine anyway.

[Villan For Life]

Match drawn and Notts relegated.

[paul_e]

Very professional performance in this match, left nothing to chance and batted out slowly and sensibly to take the defeat out of the equation.

[Villafirst]

Well done you Bears!! These youngsters are talented and have grown up quickly this season through so many injuries. It will be in next Summer!

[Gareth]

Go on you Pears!!  Nice to win a game of 4 day at last!

Hallelujah-a half decent batting performance is a shock :-)

Have to say that seeing the team who are incapable of developing their own players & just pick off others top talent getting relegated is very amusing.

[Richard]

Spot on Gareth and it serves Joe Clarke right in particular.