ITE7376 wrote:

True to form, a young man gets what must have been a very emotional breakthrough near-century aged like 28, after a long journey into professional cricket where he's been told he isn't good enough over and over again, and more Worcestershire players went out of their way to congratulate him on his knock than posters on this forum could stir themselves to comment on it.

I mean, I know it doesn't have the same allure of saying Davies is rubbish for the 19th time, but still.

Its rarely very active on here when we've won. When we're struggling though...

No danger of confusing the average Bears fan with a ray of sunshine.

Some of Tariq's deliveries had me looking at the umpires to see if they were looking at each other as regards his action. When he appeared to bowl with a higher arm, it appeared as though he got more turn. He is a weird one but we can't fault his economy rates.

paulbear wrote:

Some of Tariq's deliveries had me looking at the umpires to see if they were looking at each other as regards his action. When he appeared to bowl with a higher arm, it appeared as though he got more turn. He is a weird one but we can't fault his economy rates.

The ball he bowled immediately after he recieved treatment on his fingers looked very suspect!

GerryShedd wrote:

No danger of confusing the average Bears fan with a ray of sunshine.

I think confusing online fans with the average bears fan would be the mistake. Online fans in general are whingers.

Andy wrote:

ITE7376 wrote:

True to form, a young man gets what must have been a very emotional breakthrough near-century aged like 28, after a long journey into professional cricket where he's been told he isn't good enough over and over again, and more Worcestershire players went out of their way to congratulate him on his knock than posters on this forum could stir themselves to comment on it.

I mean, I know it doesn't have the same allure of saying Davies is rubbish for the 19th time, but still.

Its rarely very active on here when we've won. When we're struggling though...

I well remember the rapt acclaim that greeted Davies's century against Northants in the 50 overs last year #cricketschirping

Yes, got us out of utter strife too, barely raised a mention on here.

ITE7376 wrote:

GerryShedd wrote:

No danger of confusing the average Bears fan with a ray of sunshine.

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I think confusing online fans with the average bears fan would be the mistake. Online fans in general are whingers.

I've sat near to a fair few whingers over the years at Edgbaston. But maybe I should allow for the possibility that it was sitting near me that made them so miserable.

Andy wrote:

Yes, got us out of utter strife too, barely raised a mention on here.

That was coming in at 4. Best position for him in Ltd overs IMO. He and Kai Smith batted well together that day and made/make a natural partnership. Busy at the crease and running well between the wickets, kept it ticking over and got their boundaries as bonuses, never let a world class leggie settle never mind pin them down, their styles and attributes complemented perfectly. I don't think we think or teams think enough about that sort of thing FWIW, how partnerships do (or don't) gell together.

ITE7376 wrote:

Andy wrote:

Yes, got us out of utter strife too, barely raised a mention on here.

That was coming in at 4. Best position for him in Ltd overs IMO. He and Kai Smith batted well together that day and made/make a natural partnership. Busy at the crease and running well between the wickets, kept it ticking over and got their boundaries as bonuses, never let a world class leggie settle never mind pin them down, their styles and attributes complemented perfectly. I don't think we think or teams think enough about that sort of thing FWIW, how partnerships do (or don't) gell together. I remember Yousuf and Bell putting on 100 in a 40 over game once. Looked like they were born to bat together.

Webster is going to be a huge miss in both comps, which is testament to how good an overseas signing he has been. Given our record with overseas has been pretty poor over the years we have to give the club a lot of credit for this one.

Averages following Worcs game

https://countycrickethub.net/team-averages.html?teamid=16&comp=3&year=2026

Mikkyk wrote:

Webster is going to be a huge miss in both comps, which is testament to how good an overseas signing he has been. Given our record with overseas has been pretty poor over the years we have to give the club a lot of credit for this one.

Ive been hugely impressed with him, this season and last season, and he seems to be popular amongst the group. I'd definitely have him back again.