Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread

[cdbearsfan]

I agree with it apart from not playing on Saturdays, which is the best day to play cricket on, and not scrapping The (men's) Hundred, which is shite. And they can obviously fuck off with any plan to reduce the number of counties, the Tory twats.

[tomd2103]

I agree with it apart from not playing on Saturdays, which is the best day to play cricket on, and not scrapping The (men's) Hundred, which is shite. And they can obviously fuck off with any plan to reduce the number of counties, the Tory twats.

Sadly, I can't see the Hundred going anywhere for the time being and everything I hear in the media when the subject comes up just confirms that.  Will be interesting to see just how much influence the new investors in it have and whether there will be calls for it to change to T20 format (though I do think the women's game should keep it). 

I quite like the structure they suggested, but would rather The Hundred and the Blast were combined to make one big T20 completion in that mid-August to September window, culminating in a finals day at Edgbaston.  That could leave the season up to mid August for County Championship and 50 over competitions (bring back the Sunday League!!).

[Somniloquism]

Talking of the Hundred, I hope all the political twats moaning about the fan ban seriously look at this bollocks.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cx2gnv5w091o

Pakistan cricketers are not being considered by Indian-owned sides for next month's Hundred auction, sources have told BBC Sport.

[cdbearsfan]

Disgraceful.

[dcdavecollett]

Blatant discrimination.

No-one should support this shithouse competition.

[Villan For Life]

Unfortunately this competition is going nowhere so whilst I don’t like it, I believe it will eventually evolve to replace the Blast.


Here’s a link to who owns the individual franchises:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cx29w420vp4o

So the Birmingham lot are free to sign a few of the 67 Pakistan players who have signed up for the player auction, if this is marketed right then it could bring many new supporters to the games; links between the county and the local Asian community have always been poor so in the long term it could help the county.

It was a sad day when cricket sold it’s soul to the highest bidder and this kind of development is wrong but does it surprise anyone?

[Gareth]

Season starts tomorrow - immediate loan action betw the counties with Hannon-Dalby to Worcs for a couple of games as the idiot of an overseas player got himself suspended by SA cricket for walking out mid match to catch his flight to UK

[paul_e]

Surrey already 17/2 having been put in at Edgbaston, Burns run out and Smith gone driving on the up.

Woakes and Bamber opening and both looking really dangerous. Into his 4th over Woakes has had a couple swing quite dramatically.

[cdbearsfan]

LBW bowled sub? That must be a first. Who is the sub?

Edit: They seem to have amended it to LBW bowled Bamber.

Surrey four down at lunch, good start to the season.

[tomd2103]

Surrey already 17/2 having been put in at Edgbaston, Burns run out and Smith gone driving on the up.

Woakes and Bamber opening and both looking really dangerous. Into his 4th over Woakes has had a couple swing quite dramatically.

If only the Bears could field that side for the majority of the County Championship.season (with Bethell in thete as well)!

[cdbearsfan]

Six down now, couple for Woakes.

[paul_e]

This partnership is getting annoying now, after those 2 quick wickets from Woakes we'd have been wanting to be batting by tea.

[cdbearsfan]

This pair are getting on my nerves.

[paul_e]

Ended up all out for 328 in the final over of the day which is both a decent target to chase and feels like an opportunity missed. When we put them in this morning I suspect we were hoping to keep them under 300 though. Tomorrow looks like it should be a decent day to bat so it'll be interesting to see how we get on.

[cdbearsfan]

Glad we skittled the final two but feel like those seventh and eighth wickets will come back to haunt us.