I wonder what score Essex are targeting - at this rate around 600 i reckon.

This could get messy….quite quickly!

3 hundreds and an 86, so surely that means it's good for batting but scoreboard pressure, etc. We aren't going to win this one so no need for Davies to try and score off every ball, just try and bat and bat and bat......

Only need 452 to avoid the follow on. Easy really!

paulbear wrote:

3 hundreds and an 86, so surely that means it's good for batting but scoreboard pressure, etc. We aren't going to win this one so no need for Davies to try and score off every ball, just try and bat and bat and bat......

Definitely opportunities for those who've struggled for runs to get hundreds if they bat sensibly. I'm looking at Davies (out of form) and Mousley (no Warwickshire century) in particular

Not entirely convinced by that stumping decision, his foot never left the ground and looked like it was always behind the line…

We've made a good fight of it so far, still all of our middle order left to bat so hopefully we can reach the follow on target with some disciplined, resilient batting tomorrow.

Dan Mousley, please ton up tomorrow.

I thought we might see Davies dancing down the pitch at the very end of the day and being stumped by a mile, which would have incurred the wrath of at least one poster on here. It wasn't like that and looked maybe like a poor umpiring decision.
When it comes to outrageous stumpings, I am reminded of the late Robin Marlar who played in a match against Surrey and was sent in as nightwatchman. The result - stumped second ball for six! The Times described him as "the least watchful of watchmen."

Yeah Davies didn't do too badly this afternoon. Is everyone OK?

It is impossible to decide a stumping decision from the angle of the camera used for thr live stream, Essex do not appear to have side on cameras. Therefore you have to accept the decision of the professional umpire, who was in the best, side on, position.

Even in recreational cricket, the umpires get things right most of the time, and usually make less mistakes in the game than the players,

Highveld wrote:

It is impossible to decide a stumping decision from the angle of the camera used for thr live stream, Essex do not appear to have side on cameras. Therefore you have to accept the decision of the professional umpire, who was in the best, side on, position.

Even in recreational cricket, the umpires get things right most of the time, and usually make less mistakes in the game than the players,

As has been said to me when I may (perhaps) have questioned a decision against me: "Look in the scorebook".

Highveld wrote:

It is impossible to decide a stumping decision from the angle of the camera used for thr live stream, Essex do not appear to have side on cameras. Therefore you have to accept the decision of the professional umpire, who was in the best, side on, position.

Even in recreational cricket, the umpires get things right most of the time, and usually make less mistakes in the game than the players,

I agree that the camera angles aren’t the best, but the umpire was an awfully long way away to be judging him out by what must have been a millimetre at best.

The umpire would have been in his usual position when standing at thr strikers end. A position he would have chosen, and used everyday, that allows him the best possible view, but also his safety.
First class umpires wear body mounted cameras, and their decisions are reviewed by the ecb, feedback and coaching will be provided on any incorrect or borderline decisions.

I wonder what the odds are on Bamber making a century this afternoon?