Birmingham Bears Twenty20 Cricket Club

Birmingham Bears
Personnel
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

T20I kit

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

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

  • 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
4Ian BellEngland11 April 1982Right-handedRight-arm medium
7Matthew LambEngland19 July 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium
8Liam BanksEngland3 June 1999Right-handedRight-arm medium
16Sam HainHong Kong16 July 1995Right-handedRight-arm off breakUK Passport
21Adam HoseEngland25 October 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium
28Ed PollockEngland10 July 1995Left-handedRight-arm off break
45Dominic SibleyEngland5 September 1995Right-handedRight-arm off break
All-rounders
19Chris WoakesEngland2 March 1989Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumEngland Test & white-ball contract
26Aaron ThomasonEngland26 June 1997Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
29Alex ThomsonEngland30 October 1993Right-handedRight-arm off break
35Will RhodesEngland2 March 1995Left-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
11Tim AmbroseEngland1 December 1982Right-handed—
15Alex MellorEngland22 July 1991Left-handed—
Bowlers
5Jeetan PatelNew Zealand7 May 1980Right-handedRight-arm off breakOverseas player
6Olly StoneEngland9 October 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast
10Henry BrookesEngland21 August 1999Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
20Oliver Hannon-DalbyEngland20 June 1989Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
22Ryan SidebottomAustralia14 August 1989Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumUK Passport
33George PanayiEngland23 September 1997Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
–Craig MilesEngland20 July 1994Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
–Liam NorwellEngland27 December 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium

    Current & Former players

    Administration and support staff

    Reference[4]

    Birmingham Bears internationals

    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.

      Historical squads

      Notes

      1. ↑ Rankin played international cricket for both Ireland (2007–2012 & 2016–) and England (2013–2014).
      2. ↑ Rankin played international cricket for both Ireland (2007–2012 & 2016–) and England (2013–2014).

      References

      1. ↑ "Birmingham experiment in the balance". ESPNCricinfo. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
      2. ↑ "Woakes denies Flintoff as Birmingham win Blast". ESPNCricinfo. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
      3. ↑ "Mens - Birmingham Bears". Birmingham Bears. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
      4. ↑ "Coaches - Birmingham Bears". Birmingham Bears. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
      5. ↑ "RECORDS / 2014 - WARWICKSHIRE / TWENTY20 MATCHES / MOST MATCHES". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
      6. ↑ "RECORDS / 2015 - WARWICKSHIRE / TWENTY20 MATCHES / MOST MATCHES". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
      7. ↑ "RECORDS / 2016 - WARWICKSHIRE / TWENTY20 MATCHES / MOST MATCHES". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
      8. ↑ "RECORDS / 2017 - WARWICKSHIRE / TWENTY20 MATCHES / MOST MATCHES". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
      9. ↑ "RECORDS / 2018 - WARWICKSHIRE / TWENTY20 MATCHES / MOST MATCHES". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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