Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread

[aev]

Richard Whitehead won The Cricket Society Book of the Year for 2026 - well done Sir!

Another Villa fan won it in 2022 with a book about Hutton's tour of the West Indies (fantastic book).

[PGW]

Bears won toss and are batting, may have been wrong choice
12/ 2
Davies Ct Simpson b Robinson 3
Mousley Ct Clark b Hudson-Prentice 1
Yates 8*
Hain 0*

[paul_e]

I can't tell if this is a bad performance from the bears, a good performance from Sussex or a tough pitch. It's probably all 3 because whilst it's not doing loads there's just enough to be awkward.

[Villan For Life]

I can't tell if this is a bad performance from the bears, a good performance from Sussex or a tough pitch. It's probably all 3 because whilst it's not doing loads there's just enough to be awkward.

It’s also the time of year where day one conditions are very bowler friendly. Out of the nine championship games that started today, five of them have the batting side four or more wickets down, so far in those five games 27 wickets have fallen. There are two games where the batting side are 200-odd for none but they seem like exceptions.

[paul_e]

Massive partnership there to turn that into a really good session for us. Still work to do but any batting points are a positive after 117-6 and we should have enough to get at least 250 now.