dAVe80 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Finals Day just about to kick off. Bears to bat first. C'mon boys! Yoooouuuu Beeeaaarrrssss!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 well, looks like the bears won't be winning it this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Well this isn't going well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 this is absolutely pathetic, embarrassing batting display Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Disgraceful, incredibly poor batting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 the batting has been pretty poor all year really. Lots of the t20 games we have won have been won by some excellent bowling defending some pretty poor to average scores. I dont know why they persist with Chopra and Bell opening. All that ever seems to happen is they get us bogged down in a slow start - they nudge their way to a few runs at a strike rate well below 100 and then get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Shocking. Only positive is that the Bears have been very good at defending low scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Well that was pretty terrible. Credit to Northants, and Willey especially with some excellent bowling. Hopefully our bowlers can do a similar job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 managed to get to a score that is not completely embarrassing, but going to be very hard to defend. Evans should have been in earlier, having him (and woakes who can also hit the big boundaries) on the bench while everybody else is nudging it around for singles was not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) Yeah, disappointed Clarke and Javid didn't go for it. Getting the big hitters in would have give us a better chance of a competitive score. Edited August 29, 2015 by dAVe80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Overs 13 to 18 lost it for us. Two set batsman who had no intention of trying to hit us out of trouble. We were four down, yes, but we still had Evans, Woakes and Jeets to come. Laurie only being in the game for the last 11 balls is unforgivable to be honest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) yep, but watching the bears in the t20 this season, that has looked to be the mindset a lot of the time. Not enough big hits compared to the other sides, batters far too happy to just nudge it around and try to play themselves in, particularly from chopra and bell when he has played. Does that negative mindset come from the coach? Levi has shown how an opener should play - take advantage of the power play to get off to a quick start, then just work 1 and 2s the rest of the way, putting away the bad balls when the come. We have relied too much this season on excellent bowling and fielding displays to defend low scores and win tight games. Cant keep doing that. Edited August 29, 2015 by andym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) Meek defence of our title. Very disappointing. Well done Northants, hope they go on an win it. Edited August 29, 2015 by dAVe80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Such is my sporting nature that if the team I support (Warks or Villa) look like losing, I don't watch it anymore; puerile I guess. However, my wife continued to watch those wazzacks at Warks and thought she heard one of the commentators say something about Ashley Giles replacing Povey. Don't want to start dubious rumours but has anyone else heard this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 What a brilliant game of t20 cricket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Yeah, that was really good fun. Thought the Aussies and Smith were going to chase that down. Well played Willey and Stokes at the death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Yes when Maxwell and Smith were going it looked a formality but the wicket of Maxwell changed things. Great partnership between Moeen and Morgan too.I like to see Moeen at the top of the order. They say he might struggle against pace but he seemed to play the 92/93 mph balls from Cummings with plenty of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Seeing England play as a competent one-day side on a consistent basis is rather strange, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Yes different mindset and getting rid of the old-guard who failed repeatedly and that includes Bell has helped us move forward. Willey batting at 9 when he has t20 hundreds, shows the incredible strength of the batting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Yes different mindset and getting rid of the old-guard who failed repeatedly and that includes Bell has helped us move forward. Willey batting at 9 when he has t20 hundreds, shows the incredible strength of the batting. Yeah, it was weird seeing a guy who opened against the Bears, being number 9 for England, two days later. What are your thoughts on Willey Paul? Do you think he'll become a test player? I watched a thing with Nick Knight, talking to him and his Dad on Saturday, and his old man, didn't think he was quick enough to play at test level. It'll be interesting to see how he develops at Yorkshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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