Well done Bosworth - getting them to drop Birmingham is a great start to where it should be.

As for the game now Hain has fallen will we use all 20 overs?

Trouble is most people in the country will wonder where the Bears come from!! Needs to go full circle and refer to Warwickshire Bears.

At least with the game being on Sky I am unable to watch the live stream

We were not as bad as some are saying - IMHO - to me it was those 2 overs to end the PP costing us over 50 runs that did it for us. We were playing catch-up after that. Given an average score in those overs could well have seen Notts needing another 25 runs at the end.

72 in the last 5 overs = tight bowling needed now

Welcome,Charlie

At 3pm yesterday I suggested we should declare with a lead over 250. At that point they could have thrown the bat at the ball and then declared at tea. With over 2 hours left yesterday the result could have been so different.

Restarting at 5.45 with 10.4 overs remaining. Another 4 day knife edge. Let's hope tha rain stays away.

Does anyone know if it has stopped raining in Worcester?

I thought Saturday evening batting was the right move - set it up for the following day and it worked. Problem was we should have declared when we got a 250 lead and definitely when we reached 300. lead. Thank goodness wickets fell otherwise I think we would still be batting now! 15- 20 extra overs at them yesterday could easily have meant the game was won this morning.

Totally agree,Paul. The weather plays a big part in the game of cricket so why ignore it?

Looking a bit black and the covers are on. I do hope not declaring last night is not going to bite us in the bum

I spoke too soon - play resuming on time !!

Andy wrote:

So Smith has the gloves again?!

Re my earlier post perhaps Davies should have a bowl - he does everything else!!

Seriously though - that has been an excellent morning - just 3 wickets to go. Hopefully the rain will not spoil the party.

50 partnership - perhaps give Yates a couple of overs before lunch

Just the start we wanted.

Any short rain breaks will be to Warks advantage - bowlers get a chance to rest while the batsmen have their concentration interrupted. 3 wickets minimum before lunch needed.

Given the weather forecast for tomorrow do you think we should declare now we have a lead over 250 ?

I do think there are good reasons for playing so many players. It removes the oft quoted criticism that out of form players keep getting picked. Another good reason is that when a player is out of form or injured his replacement is more likely able to step up and perform.
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Good morning so far with some good takes behind the wicket

Didn't this drinks thing start in test matches so that Channel 4, or was it Sky, could have a lengthy advert break every hour? Since then it seems to have been introduced in all sports - even my local amateur rugby team has the drinks rushed on every time there's a score or a player down injured. "In our day" it was a slice of orange at half time!

At least Webster looked plumb - looking a bit difficult now.