Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread

[dubont]

Looks like the Bears have shit the bed yet again.

[taylorsworkrate]

Absolute bottlejobs year after year

[Richard]

Lousy record at the QF stage of this comp, not sure how we get over this mental block.

[dubont]

It could just be that the teams in the South division are much better than the North.

[Richard]

It could just be that the teams in the South division are much better than the North.

Good point. We usually steam roller the North but there's a lot of very weak sides in there.

[taylorsworkrate]

It could just be that the teams in the South division are much better than the North.

There may be something in that. However, player for player, Warwickshire look a lot stronger than Gloucestershire. Its a lack of character

[tomd2103]

Went to Edgbaston earlier and witnessed another poor knock-out stage performance by the Bears.  They were so passive in the first 6 overs of Gloucester's innings and seemed content to let them go along at 10 an over.  To be fair, they bowled and fielded well after that and 138 looked a very achievable score.

They just went out though and had absolutely no momentum in the powerplay and the batsmen always seemed under pressure.  I do think the batting line up was light and they surely could have sacrificed a bowler for another top order batsman.   

Great crowd though and enjoyable evening apart from the result.

[DaveD]

10 off the first ball set the tone. Completely bottled it again.

[Lsvilla]

Weak mentality in that team. Pathetic effort at a run chase.

[dcdavecollett]

Ten off the first ball?!

How did that happen?

[ADVILLAFAN]

Ten off the first ball?!

How did that happen?

No ball that went to the boundary first ball and then a 4 off the subsequent free hit.

Felt like we barely scored from our opening 3 overs, so half of the Powerppay wasted.

[PaulWinch again]

We’ve lost an astonishing amount of wickets for very few runs between the end of the first innings and this second innings.

[dcdavecollett]

A comment on the Test Match, I presume?

[Gareth]

Pears v Bears day one today….

….with an eye on hoping Lancs & Notts (particularly bloody Notts!!) get beaten :-)

[cdbearsfan]

Seems plenty of rain and cloudy weather predicted, I can see it being a draw.