We are losing wickets now chasing after runs because of silly decisions and negative batting.

We need to be taking a run a ball off Leach, the boundaries will come off the seamers.

Worcester have won

RR is 2.77 and the innings is going nowhere.

It has been running at around 3.7 for the other sessions but despite a very good partnership between Yates & Davies two silly shots have put the skids under this. Both were going perfectly fine until trying to up the tempo without needing to.

Well played Sam Hain, assisted by Burgess

GerryShedd wrote:

OK, we'll get rid of the batters, bowlers and coaching staff. Can the stewards stay or do they need to go too? And I've just had a word with the cleaning lady who's a bit worried about losing her job in the big clear out.

That is not what I am saying............we have good players but we are just not getting performances out of them in red ball cricket and this has been ongoing for 2 and a half seasons now. That is down to leadership, if the basic talent is there but the performances aren't then you have to conclude that the coaching and decision making is below par, recruitment as well.

Obviously you think that things are ok then and we have just been unlucky?

We should be doing better than this with the players that we have. We cant bowl teams out twice and we cant build innings totals because key batsmen keep getting out cheaply.........despite the fact that we have a deep looking batting line up.

A few of us said last season that there is something wrong and that Robinson should have been dispensed with along with the other coaches. Our bowling attack is toothless once the new ball has lost its shine. Miles is not good enough, Norwell not fit enough.

How is it that teams like Hampshire & Essex keep rolling out their bowlers season after season and get performances from them whilst ours break down and underperform?

We need a new leader with fresh impetus who demands and gets better performances from the players, we also need to review our player recruitment which is just not good enough. Better standards need setting all round.

Woakes not sharp enough to play today for me and we wasted the new ball on him. Poor decision to play him & the ever expensive Miles, Hampshire's top order is very average but we look toothless. The new ball was giving some assistance early on as well but we could not take advantage...........another long match on the way by the looks of things.

Not been on for a while but a couple of things to mention on out T20 so far:

1. Our bowling attack is really on point with lots of flexibility, options and threat.
2. It is really nice to see home grown/youth playing key parts with Yates, Haine, Mousley & Bethell in particular of late.
3. I am worried that our batting is not deep enough when we come up against better attacks and that we over rely on Hain, Mousley & Bethel for the bulk of runs. Barnard needs to play in place of Benjamin, giving us another bowling option and with so many all rounders available we could put in another batsman (Burgess?) if we get through to the knockout stages.

Hampshire looking like they are going to win & Kent looking likely to draw which will put us in the bottom 2

We don't look like we will take a wicket if we play all day

We have had real issues taking 20 wickets for 3 seasons now. Injuries don't help (or bloody misfields) but getting out for 90 odd in the 2nd innings was criminal. Once Essex see off the new ball this game will be done..........no decent side should be losing from the position we were in, even taking into account the injuries.

Well, well, well Che Simmons...............

Good spirit shown today against the best team in the championship by some distance on a pitch that had enough in it to never really get yourself in properly. Hain's dismissal was a dreadful decision by an experienced umpire who should not be getting swayed by the home team like that.

Normally, you would consider all of those scores for 20's & 30's as a lack of concentration and fight but I am hoping that we are starting to see some resilience in this team that can really make a difference.

We need to get as many runs as possible though as we look quite light in attack.

Cracking partnership today. Durham have a bit more pace than most attacks and with it coming onto the ball nicely along with a short boundary, Davies looks like he is in his element.

It does have to be said that there are not many wickets anywhere today (2 for Garrett).

Sorry but this bowling is garbage, I am off out for a couple of pints!

Anything short or wide and Briggs needs to try and get onto it

Terrible LBW decision........high and going down. At best it was clipping off stump, if somebody was holding it in the air!!

Not good from us though, poor stuff this.

Good player Burgess but what was he doing there?

Maybe they know there is rain on its way and are trying to get on with it but he was playing all around that delivery

Poor stuff this

Overcast conditions and the score is currently 111/1 with the RR being close to 5

Worcs would be one of the favourites for relegation this season, I dont want to criticise before our first session has ended but this does not bode well at all.

At least we have kept the BBC happy. All they ever want to discuss is Surrey, with Yorkshire's recent demise they can wax lyrical until the cows come home now.