Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread

[paul_e]

The Bears sign Glenn Maxwell for the Blast.

I imagine that means that the Brathwaite experiment is over. An expensive flop.

Was he? He led them to the top of the North Group and we just didn't turn up in the quarter finals. He led an attitude change where they wanted to score 200+ rather than scrapping to 150s and it worked a lot. His individual numbers may not look brilliant but I'd say he had a big impact on the rest of the squad

I agree, his bowling was useful as well.

[Villan For Life]

New performance director at Edgbaston

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/64834355

Welcome to the Bears, Gavin.

[Villan For Life]

A fine development by the Bears

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-64899799

[PGW]

https://wccc.co.uk/rising-star-josh-baker-commits-to-worcestershire/?mc_cid=e09c5e041e&mc_eid=947a8dab2a

One for you Pears, i truthfully haven't heard of him. I hope he does well.
Good to see young English spinners breaking through.

[Gareth]

He’s a good prospect PGW, he has played quite a bit of first team cricket but had a stress fracture late summer…also looks a handy bat, hopefully contribute a few of the runs lost with Barnard moving your way.

[shirley_villan]

Mo's been announced as the Bears T20 captain as expected.

[PGW]

Mo's been announced as the Bears T20 captain as expected.

Yes hardly a surprise but will be good to see him back in a Bears shirt after a somewhat lengthy hiatus down the road.

[Gareth]

You could do with Mo retiring from internationals as you can probably afford to pay him if he drops off the England radar….suspect that has been a problem for us for a few years that if Mo was without a central contract.

If you get him on the pitch for most blast games you’ll surely get to the knock out stages

[PGW]

Bears 106/3 21 overs
Mousley 35 and Davies 42 at the wkt.
Hain 0
Yates 8
Rhodes 17 the men to fall
Pennington 2 & Leach the wkt takers for Pears

[PGW]

118/4
Mousley LBW Pennington
Davies 49*
Barnard 0*

[PGW]

Barnard gone 5
Pennington on hat tick which Burgess survives
127/5

[PGW]

Lunch 141/5 27 overs
Davies 63
Burgess 4

[hilts_coolerking]

County Championship starts tomorrow, with the Bears down at Taunton.  Stayed up by the skin of our teeth last year and most of our batters are going to have to improve massively to avoid a repeat.  Woakesy should appear more though and Chris Rushworth will take some of the burden off OHD.  We should do well in the one day stuff.

[shirley_villan]

Squad for tomorrow - Brooks and Benjamin to miss out?

Squad

Will Rhodes (C)
Hassan Ali
Ed Barnard
Jacob Bethell
Chris Benjamin
Henry Brookes
Michael Burgess
Alex Davies
Sam Hain
Olly Hannon-Dalby
Dan Mousley
Chris Rushworth
Rob Yates

[hilts_coolerking]

No play at Taunton today.  Wet outfield.