Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread

[Steve67]

Decent day for Worcestershire, not losing a wicket later in the day too. 

[Gareth]

At 160-2 and Hain & Latham going along nicely I feared the worst - very happy how the day ended….would be nice to see some batting points first innings…won’t hold breath tho

Surprised to see Woakes bat down at 9 and be first change bowler on that pitch

[Gareth]

80-2, Woakes with both…the hapless middle order now in I’m going 145 all out, 7 for Woakes - as you can see I have real faith in the batting once Libby is out

[dubont]

86-4 now.

[Gareth]

Re evaluating to 120 all out - hopeless

[cdbearsfan]

Great morning for Bears so far after the now traditional horrific last session yesterday. Pears from 64 without loss to 88 for 5.

[paul_e]

Being able to call on a genuine top international bowled makes such a big difference. OHD, Bamber and Booth have all done a good job but Woakes is a class above and Rushworth is a great option to take advantage of an opening with his experience.

That said, this pair have rallied really well get through to lunch on a very bowler friendly wicket. I think the only real option though is to be quite attacking because Latham is the only batsman who's been able to dig in to any real success.

[cdbearsfan]

Well, it probably isn't going to be a draw.

[Steve67]

I reckon the bears already have enough on the board to beat Worcestershire, given how shite we have been with the batting line up.  A poor day for the Pears.

[dcdavecollett]

Rushworth was virtually unplayable in the morning session.

[Gareth]

I reckon the bears already have enough on the board to beat Worcestershire, given how shite we have been with the batting line up.  A poor day for the Pears.

I agree, though we do bat better 2nd innings :-) we occasionally get to 200 all out :-)

Get yesterday, class bowlers in bowler friendly weather conditions and a pitch you are never really in on but this is more about the season….we are great at developing (& losing grr) and recruiting bowlers but our recruitment of batsmen is awful

[paul_e]

I didn't agree with you this morning but target is now 270 and I think that's tough for anyone on this pitch. Weather could still play a part though.

[Gareth]

I didn't agree with you this morning but target is now 270 and I think that's tough for anyone on this pitch. Weather could still play a part though.

We won’t get near 300 with the quality of the bowlers, a pitch that offers assistance and 3 or 4 batsmen who don’t know which end of the bat to hold this season so far ….Libby would need to get 200+ if it were to happen.  We’ll be 5/6 down before the close today if you have an hour or so bowling

Rain dance time for a draw :-)

[Gareth]

Pears collapse in full swing as predicted….pretty much relegated before t20 kicks in & it’s totally on the batsmen…bowlers are Div 1 standard, most of the batsmen are Birmingham League at best

[cdbearsfan]

Raining now. Still need two wickets.