Birmingham Bears Twenty20 Cricket Club
| File:Birmingham Bears logo.jpg | ||
| Personnel | ||
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| Captain | Vacant | |
| Coach | Jim Troughton | |
| Overseas player(s) | Jeetan Patel | |
| Team information | ||
| Founded | 2014 | |
| Home ground | Edgbaston | |
| Capacity | 25,000 | |
| History | ||
| Twenty20 debut | vs. Yorkshire, 23 May 2014 at Edgbaston, Birmingham | |
| Natwest T20 Blast wins | 1 (2014) | |
| Official website: | Birminghambears.com | |
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Birmingham Bears are a T20 cricket team located in Birmingham, founded in 2014.[1] They are formally known as the Warwickshire Bears and are a part of Warwickshire County Cricket Club. They currently play at Edgbaston in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham. They have won one Natwest T20 Blast, the 2014 t20 Blast, beating Lancashire Lightning in the final at Edgbaston.[2] Their playing squad and coaching staff are the same as the Warwickshire First-class and List A team, although an additional overseas player is granted for the T20 Blast.[3]
History[edit]
2014
Under the guidance of Dougie Brown and captained by Jim Troughton Birmingham won 7 of their 14 group games, finishing 4th in the North group and qualifying for the Quarter Finals. In the Quarter Finals they defeated Essex by 19 runs, qualifying for Finals day. In their Finals Day semi-final they defeated Surrey by 16 runs, setting up a final with Lancashire. In the Final they defeated Lancashire by 4 runs, securing them their first Twenty20 title. The overseas players were Shoaib Malik and Jeetan Patel, who finished the season as leading wicket taker with 25 wickets.
2015
This season captained by Varun Chopra Birmingham won 10 of their 14 group games, finishing top of the North group and qualifying for the Quarter Finals. Once again they met Essex in the quarter finals, defeating them again by 24 runs. At finals day however they lost their semi-final to Northamptonshire who would go on to win the title. Jeetan Patel returned as an overseas player, but was this year joined by fellow New Zealander Brendon McCullum. The Bears also set the highest team score of the competition, scoring 242/2 against Derbyshire in the group stages, with McCullum scoring 158 not out in this game.
2016
Once again under a new captain in Ian Bell Birmingham performed poorly, finishing 6th in the North Group winning just 6 of their 14 games. Jeetan Patel returned as overseas player for a third season, this year joined by wicket keepers Luke Ronchi and Matthew Wade who both played half the tournament each.
2017
Under new leadership for 4th season, this time by former New Zealand international Grant Elliott and new coaching in former player Jim Troughton the Bears improved on their previous season, winning 8 of their 14 group games, finishing 3rd in the North Group qualifying them for the Quarter Finals. In the quarter final they met Surrey defeating them by 6 wickets in a high scoring game, qualifying them for Finals Day. In the semi-final they met Glamorgan, winning by 11 runs qualifying them for the Final. However they lost the final to Nottinghamshire by 22 runs. Patel returned as overseas player for a 4th season, this year joined by Colin de Grandhomme, with captain Elliott qualifying as a Kolpak player due to being born in South Africa.
2018
Under the same captain and same coaching, with the same overseas players the Bears missed out on the quarter finals for just the second time in their history, winning just 6 of their 14 group games. Former England international Ian Bell though finished as 3rd top run scorer, finishing the season with 580 runs from his 14 games.
Current squad[edit]
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- * denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
- * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
| No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 4 | Ian Bell |  |
11 April 1982 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| 7 | Matthew Lamb | |
19 July 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| 8 | Liam Banks | |
3 June 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| 16 | Sam Hain |  |
16 July 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | UK Passport | ||
| 21 | Adam Hose | |
25 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| 28 | Ed Pollock | |
10 July 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| 45 | Dominic Sibley | |
5 September 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 19 | Chris Woakes | |
2 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | England Test & white-ball contract | ||
| 26 | Aaron Thomason | |
26 June 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| 29 | Alex Thomson | |
30 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| 35 | Will Rhodes | |
2 March 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 11 | Tim Ambrose | |
1 December 1982 | Right-handed | — | |||
| 15 | Alex Mellor | |
22 July 1991 | Left-handed | — | |||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 5 | Jeetan Patel |  |
7 May 1980 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player | ||
| 6 | Olly Stone | |
9 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |||
| 10 | Henry Brookes | |
21 August 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| 20 | Oliver Hannon-Dalby | |
20 June 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| 22 | Ryan Sidebottom |  |
14 August 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | UK Passport | ||
| 33 | George Panayi | |
23 September 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| – | Craig Miles | |
20 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| – | Liam Norwell | |
27 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
Current & Former players[edit]
Administration and support staff[edit]
- Director of Sport - Ashley Giles
- Head Coach - Jim Troughton
- Batting Coach - Tony Frost
- Operations Manager - Keith Cook
- Head Physio - Gerhard Mostert
- Head Analyst - Stu Key
- Scorer - Mel Smith
Reference[4]
Birmingham Bears internationals[edit]
The following players have represented 'the Bears' since their inception in 2014 and have won international honours in Test cricket, One Day International cricket and/or Twenty20 International cricket.
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England
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Australia Ireland New Zealand Pakistan Scotland
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Historical squads[edit]
2014 Birmingham Bears squad Batsmen
All-rounders
Wicket-keepers
Bowlers
Reference[5]
2015 Birmingham Bears squad Batsmen
All-rounders
Wicket-keepers
Bowlers
Reference[6]
2016 Birmingham Bears squad Batsmen
All-rounders
Wicket-keepers
Bowlers
Reference[7]
2017 Birmingham Bears squad Batsmen
All-rounders
Wicket-keepers
Bowlers
Reference[8]
2018 Birmingham Bears squad Batsmen
All-rounders
Wicket-keepers
Bowlers
Reference[9]
Notes[edit]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
This article "Birmingham Bears Twenty20 Cricket Club" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Birmingham Bears Twenty20 Cricket Club. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
- ↑ "Birmingham experiment in the balance". ESPNCricinfo. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ↑ "Woakes denies Flintoff as Birmingham win Blast". ESPNCricinfo. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ↑ "Mens - Birmingham Bears". Birmingham Bears. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ↑ "Coaches - Birmingham Bears". Birmingham Bears. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ↑ "RECORDS / 2014 - WARWICKSHIRE / TWENTY20 MATCHES / MOST MATCHES". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ↑ "RECORDS / 2015 - WARWICKSHIRE / TWENTY20 MATCHES / MOST MATCHES". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ↑ "RECORDS / 2016 - WARWICKSHIRE / TWENTY20 MATCHES / MOST MATCHES". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ↑ "RECORDS / 2017 - WARWICKSHIRE / TWENTY20 MATCHES / MOST MATCHES". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ↑ "RECORDS / 2018 - WARWICKSHIRE / TWENTY20 MATCHES / MOST MATCHES". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
