Blackwell and Barker tons
CLOSE: Durham 322 for 6 (96 overs). Blackwell 107, Stoneman 21.
Curious player Blackwell. Every now and then he puts in an astonishingly crooked defensive shot but he batted jolly well today and, on a wicket already taking turn, Durham have a decent total and if they can get to 400 tomorrow will have a potentially winning one.
Bears tired a bit in the final session. They need to get their slip-fielding sorted out. Rikki Clarke is a big miss there.
Keith Barker, meanwhile, struck 108 (166 balls, 10 fours, 3 sixes) as the 2nds amassed 366 for 9 against Worcestershire at Cov & NW. He added 163 for the eighth wicket with Naqaash Tahir (65)
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Kim will be pleased, now just needs 7 wickets.
Hi Brian,
Is it just my computer or have the blogs suddenly stopped? Hope they continue soon, or my computer starts to work better?!
Where's Brians blog gone? We need it back!
Hi Luke and Paulo. Due to weight of workload in these taxing times I'm afraid something had to give (if my health was not going to!) and sadly it was the blog.
Thanks for your interest chaps and also many thanks to all the people who visited this blog and, most of all, those who commented on it often in such interesting, witty and astute fashion. Any of you who see me around Edgbaston or any other ground, please come and say hi.
I much enjoyed the company of this blog's community. It is great to know there is such a love of cricket beating out there among Bears fans and I would certainly have kept on blogging had I not arrived home at times this season with brains of jelly.
That's a shame Brian but its been great while it lasted. Many Thanks.
Shame. Enjoyed it.
was a terrific read, all the best.
Will miss you Brian.
Thanks for some great blogging and keeping us Bears fans up to dte so well and with such fab humour.
Good luck in whatever you do.
good luck brian
has been some good blogging my disapointment is i never won a ticket stub
Thank you Brian,
The blog will be missed.
England were an absolute disgrace today.
Looks like it's all going wrong for us again...