Andy wrote:

I assume the players will be taking pay cuts if this all happens?

And membership prices reduced ?

They will argue better quality but it's nonsense..they will still squeeze in the county championship in April, May and September

We desperately need some high quality experienced batsman to support the younger guys

I hope Latham and Webster coming in will provide some stability and that will hopefully take pressure off Hain who we really need (again) this season

Honestly it feels as though every year we go into the season relying our youngsters will prove their good enough straight away

Hopefully Mousley can stay in for the rest of the evening, will hopefully do his confidence some good.

Interesting to see what happens when Latham and Webster come in.

Need to get stuck in for the rest of the day

Poor excuse to blame this solely on the weather

Yes they've had the better of conditions but still..

We will see if the pitch/conditions are that bad.

We will end up with 12 red ball games

4 in April, May and September

With June July and August for the blast and an extended hundred competition

Nothing to do with quality, just commercial.

UrsaMinor wrote:

Well that should shut us all up - our bang average side are top of the table. Yes, the batting needs more consistency. Yes, the bowling isn't incisive. But we won one. Well done.

Issues are still there and will show throughout the season however, it's great to see the fight in the players

paulbear wrote:

We didn't take 20 wickets but we still won. Well done YouTube cricket for allowing us this privilege.

YouTube cricket has been a game changer

Well done to the lower middle order and tailenders !

Barnard showing great consistency. Would move him up to 5 and take the pressure off Mousley a touch for next game

Smith looks some player

Going gets tough.. we collapse.

This is a very average side with glaring gaps in quality.

Big innings from Hain required

What was Yates doing leaving that !?

Poor side on paper turning into reality.

white-lightning wrote:

The Bears main problem is a raft of injuries and unavailability in the bowling attack. Rushworth barely played last season., but is injured yet again The absence of OHD is also a major blow. Not being able to call on Woakes is frustrating at this almost crisis time is a similar scenario to 12 months ago. I understand that Hasan Ali won't be joining the squad until the the end of May?
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We can't call it a crisis anymore, happens every season and is the norm now. I'd probably go for the same bowling line up and hope Fernando can have more of an impact

BosworthBear wrote:

The beauty of three day cricket was it made captains get on with the game rather than mindlessly churning out runs as has happened in this match

Neither captain here has the wit, inclination or players to progress the game

It’s awful cricket on an awful pitch!

Bit harsh on the captains, it's a long season. I'm sure they are happy with a draw and to get some time in the middle for their batsman.

Agree though, we do need better pitches throughout the season although I really don't like 130 v 130 games which are over in 2 days. This pitch just needed to spin in the last 4 sessions

Bowling looking toothless again unfortunately

BosworthBear wrote:

It’s a hard watch. Four day cricket at its worst!

Have to see how we bat but it does look very flat

I've really not a fan of 130 v 130 but you need to offer something to the bowlers