What a win - and what a hero Fernando holding out at the end. When Barnard went it looked almost all over but....................

GerryShedd wrote:

5000 watching on the live stream. A great game of cricket whoever wins.

Yes. 4 day cricket is a boring format !! Heading for a great end with all 4 resuts possible.

What a load of rubbish Doggett bowled to get Barnard's wicket. It's a cruel game.
I think Barnard and Smith should move higher up the order.

The wrong sort of Rain(e) could ruin our day. As has been said - Smith looks a good future

I do think Bosworth Bear and AJones should have put the word Work in inverted commas!!

Enjoy the day both of you.

Highveld I did say it was not the club's fault. I was making the point that for whatever reason the club's most successful captain was not retained by the club when he retired and had he been so maybe things would have turned out differently.
If I remember correctly his drug problem first arose only a couple of years after retirement when he was sacked by channel 4. But I agree once he has left the club they have no responsibility for the actions he takes.

SCE What indeed - It was a great format B&H Cup, 60 Over Comp, 40 Over Sunday league and a County Championship played throughout the season. The old saying - If it ain't broke why fix it - comes to mind.

GerryShedd wrote:

I agree that it is a sad story, not least because Dermot was such a hero to all Bears fans thirty years ago.

Gerry, I wish you hadn't put that bit in about 30 years ago!! Where has the time gone????????????????/

That is such a sad story about Dermatt. He gave a lot of supporters a massive amount of enjoyment and brought a lot of success for the club. What a pity the club could not have given him the support and guidance he clearly needed after he retired, That's not to say it was the club's fault just that thing may have been different if he had continued working within the club.

How much do WCCC contribute to making it ridiculously over-priced?

GerryShedd wrote:

In his Cricketer article, George Dobell said:
"It is too early to say for sure if Larsen will be the only member of the administrative or coaching staff to leave or to comment on who may replace him. While former club captain, Jim Troughton, would be a popular appointment, he is thriving in his current role on the coaching staff at Surrey and may prove tough to lure back. Equally, Ashley Giles has his hands full at Worcestershire and is unlikely to return at this stage.
If Larsen really is to oversee the transition, he will, no doubt, suggest a New Zealander replace him."
Liking a joke, George adds: "A return from Mark Greatbatch, however, seems most unlikely."

Most unlikely - I hope George wasn't joking !!

c2aw wrote:

I don't get why we play Somerset at home on 22 June in the championship but I can't find a reverse fixture. Not on the ECB site or Somerset's site.

Same with Durham and Yorkshire. Why do we play some twice, but not everyone?

Been like that for a few seasons now. Was it the 16.4 nonsense that caused it? 9 teams playing 14 games makes home and away impossible!!! It's called ECB Logic

GerryShedd wrote:

Hopefully the rumour that OH-D is resigning to become Archbishop of Canterbury is not true, or we are in deep trouble.

Don't worry - that job's going to Lineker - he is always preaching about something!

Exiled Bear wrote:

I’m not sure what the point of selecting Mousley was just for him to bat at 7 and not bowl…

Well at least in the next game he bowles 2 overs and faced 4 balls!!!!

I remember back in '57 viewing the scoreboard from the top of the 1A bus on the way home from school!!

He sounds a really level headed young man.

Playing in Div 2 will be to his benefit and hopefully enable him to develop his game.

That last post is important. One should look at the dismissal in the context of the game. However, memory does say that on a number of occasions the poor opening came when what was needed was a stay at the crease to wear down the bowlers rather than trying to score runs - we had a few shocking low scores this season.

paulbear wrote:

Was going to watch the You Tube stream but the commentator (No idea who he is, sounds Southern) has the most irritating way of talking, a bit like a pre-teen schoolboy, 'Fink' instead of 'Think' and 'Wiv' instead of 'With', how standards have dropped, can't imagine John Arlott, Peter West, CMJ or Richie Benaud getting a job if they sounded like that. Now the female is at it, 'Anuvver', I give up.

Paul you must have volume control on your TV!!! Just pretend you are Billy No Mates in the ground.

Gerry I do apologise for showing my ignorance. It is obvious really that the Hundread is such a successit it should be extended to the whole of July and August. The Blast can be slotted in in May and Early September. County Cricket reduced further starting at the beginning of March with the final rounds in October. If I put this idea to the ECB do you think I could claim royalties?