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paulbear

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I think we are stuffed here and if we don't bowl them out at some stage, I can see them declaring and they have 2 spinners and some cheating to scuff up the pitch. If Ogbourne has been warned twice already (That I know of), how many more infringements before he's taken out of the attack.

This is starting to get worrying now. We really need to win this and we will go top if we do but we have looked a bit flat for the last 2 hours, why hasn't Yates been given a go.

Once it gets to 150 and it's turning, then we might panic a bit. Even 120 would cause a few problems I think.

Suthar is really in a groove but we can't chase too many, after all the bullshit with their substitutions, I would hate it to work in their favour with Leach and the sub, Ogbourne getting wickets.

"Ooo Alfie he's bowled so well today...he thought he was going to be in the dressing room or taking out drinks", they have no reference to him replacing another bowler who appeared to be fine.

This Suthar geezer can really bat. Keep going old bean.

Come on lads another 50 or 60 would be great, a 150 lead and you would have to fancy us to do well.

Cheating bastards, this should hopefully make us angry enough to really get stuck into these bastards.

Let's call it what it is, it's cheating and certain counties are abusing it. I hope Ogbourne gets hammered or told he cannot bowl any more if he keeps infringing to scuff up the pitch on a 'Jack Leach Length'.

We would have settled for that at the beginning of the day, that's a really strong performance.

It's getting to the point where we might as well put someone else in there just for the sake of change. If that person made 30 off 80 balls that would be ideal compared to watching Davies get nothing.

3 down with a lot of inconsistent bowling. What might the score be if we put a few on the right line/length.

Excellent, I have no problem with opposition players missing when we play them. It isn't as if we made it happen. Having said that, I did consult with a local coven and asked for a 'Little bit of help' n the next CC game and they were only too pleased but I do wish their high-pitched cackling laughs didn't go right through me.

Yessssss! That will really piss Yorkshire off as all the talk from them was getting revenge for what we did to them a month ago, I can imagine JB being really red in the face and annoyed. They had 111 overs at us and we fought hard - That's when a team really does deserve their 8 draw points. When done lads, all looking very tight at the top now.

1 wicket lost in 44.3 overs since Bamber was out, come on lads keep going, 8 extra points could be valuable as it's very tight at the top of div 1.

66 overs to go, come on lads, you can do it, 3 lost this morning and one of those was a tailend nightwatchman.

Just when you think that Mousley could have a breakthrough CC season, he doesn't appear to learn anything. What is it that makes a batsman want to go out and smash everything as soon as they get out to the middle, is it a macho thing like you see Rugby players do when they score a try, they go right up to the crowd behind the post a puff out their chests as if to show what warriors they are. The lost art of building an innings appears to be dead for at least half of the batsmen I see and it's such a pity.

Not only is their catchment area vastly bigger but their tradition of cricket is always there and not frowned upon, I doubt you will find anyone in Yorkshire who has ever said, "Flannelled fools" about cricketers which unfortunately is the usual English insult about a game certain people do not understand. In our areas, it's all about football. I know Yorkshire have even more sides than we do in our areas but they make space for all sports, they can all live side by side, cricket, football and both codes of Rugby. I would bet that per 100 pupils, more cricket get played in schools in Yorkshire, it's the ignorance of cricket in so many areas of Britain, that stops it progressing and the area that could produce Warwickshire players is a prime example.

Only 453 to win then. Well, we put 'em in, about 15 overs tonight, it would be superb if we could get through those.

With no real rain forecast and plenty of time left even if they didn't make us follow-on, we are going to get stuffed unless a miracle happens.