It was also notable (audible) that when the game starting getting away from us, Davies started shouting at fielders - which was absolutely not what was needed.

He lost the plot last night.

He's been our most consistent bowler for a long time and probably still has a good few years left in his playing career

Well you need more than 3 batsmen to score when chasing a score like that.

Lack of depth in the batting highlighted. Yates could come in but other than that we have no other options to change it up.

If both the Blast and the Championship have reduced fixtures next season then the domestic game really is in a right mess

Good win, the team is starting to take shape but still a few things need to sort out.

Mousley seems a bit out of form with bat (strangely) and ball.

Lintott is struggling too.

Good to see Garton do well and hope he can maintain it. The two Alis and Briggs the only consistent bowlers.

Agree with pretty much everything said:

• the game turned on the Lintott wicket/Hassan Ali catch. Genius field positioning or brainless batting
• Briggs and M Ali are our two banker bowlers
• Yorkshire are a poor team, especially batting, and we'll have to better against better teams
• Low crowd was due to weather but also partly due to the fact we lost the first two?

I also thought Davies' glovework was actually pretty poor up until the leg side catch he took.

Need to win Sunday to maintain momentum if we wanna qualify

Well that run out was definitely out - not sure how the umpire didn't give it

Seems crazy to have not offered him a deal

And this article pretty much confirms the above, Bears need experienced players back - Westwood: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cy901x4wxnzo

I would say he could've reasonably expected to have had Ali, which with Gleeson and Mousley takes away three bowlers and potentially the opening bowling partnership

GerryShedd wrote:

Ian Westwood, looking a bit downbeat, reflects on the losses and, and one point, says:
"We need to find our formula", which is quite a revealing comment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lui6iZkXpPQ

I would say it's fair enough to say we need to find our formula. Multiple players he expected to have, he doesn't, so he could have had the best laid plans but they're useless now without the players. I'm sure the plan wasn't to have Barnard opening the bowling...

There is a better formula/selection out there with what we've currently got but not sure even that gets us to knockouts.

I would expected him to go to Surrey based on their lack of frontline spinner (which could potentially cost them the title this season).

And I wouldn't be overly disappointed if we missed out on him as I think we should be investing our time and money into Taz Ali.

Do we know who O Khan is?

Just to add to all the misery above, Gleeson didn't finish the final over the Mumbai game last night...

Was stretching his leg before the start of the over, bowled 3 balls then went off

Andy wrote:

Why is this Sylvester chirping the batters after getting whacked for 6?

My lip-reading read "f** arrogant t***". Something wound him up...

Related to his specific thread though he definitely could shed a few pounds. Barely got off the ground for that potential catch.

KingofSpain wrote:

No mention of Moeen Ali. Is he available? Does he even want to play?

He is contracted to us until July. https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/czjed1rnwejo

Especially when we need him more than ever since he re-signed!

You can buy on the day - expect a bit of a queue though

I have also heard that they have some concerns about whether his body will hold up, but I'm sure even with those concerns he can manage more than 9 overs

I think more than 20 or 30, Andy. I think they got an extra 50 there.

Bad decision on Wheel, bad decision on Yates too

I think Simmons pace won the day. I'm assuming Westwood sees him as the Booth replacement and wants one pace merchant in every game.

Rushworth perhaps to get some overs in for the seconds