They're not that far ahead. A couple of early wickets will put us in the box seat. The ball is only 8 overs old. Agree about the umpiring......shockingly bad decision making at times. COYB!

Woakes ball to Verryenne was excellent - it sent his middle stump cart wheeling out of the ground! Excellent bowling - Booth is also looking so good......the commentators liken his action to Peter Siddle.

Great knock from Michael Booth. He just smashed a six out of the ground off the last ball of the 110th over to gain maximum batting points! 453/8 with a ninth wicket partnership of 118, superb batting!

Why was Kai Smith left out? Anyway a decent day overall. Well done Ed!

Jacob 14 off 10 balls, 3 fours. First batting he's done in 7 weeks. Bound to be rusty.

Davies failed again. Looks to be a decent wicket, weather is good for batting you'd think. Hopefully Webster and Barnard can put together a partnership....

Jacob definitely needs to play in this one, he's not played any meaningful cricket since March 5th - that's 7 weeks now. Apparently he's only played in one first class game for Warwickshire since August 2024.

Webster was reckless with playing a T20 shot when he got bowled. He played a similar shot earlier and got away with it. He should've been far more patient like Sam Hain.

Warwickshire lost the toss, and naturally, Essex decided to bowl under cloudy conditions with rain forecast. Bears already 12/2! The wicket has a green tinge.

Not even on the RCB bench today vs Lucknow Super Giants! Jacob isn't getting any meaningful cricket at all. He was on the bench last Sunday vs Mumbai Indians. His last cricket was on 5th March with that epic 105 against India.

Really poor to not defend over 300 on a worn track. Comeback OH-D!

Important that we start solid this morning. Yates has batted so well with patience. There's no need to take any risks with so much time still available.

Not a good start to the second innings with the Bears already 25/3! Terrible judgment by Hain leaving the first ball and out lbw!

Jacob is fielding for RCB. Some action at last. I couldn't help noticing Sooryavanshi for Rajasthan Royals - he only turned 15 about 2 weeks ago and he's just scored 78 off 26 balls!

Jacob is not benefitting at all apart from financially. I don't get it. He's not played for sometime since his brilliant 105 score in the T20 WC semi-final.

Yes, not the best decision to bat first. Up to our skipper now to try and get the score up to a competitive total. But it looks doubtful. Oh, Barnard has just been bowled!!

If you recall, in that last test against India last year, Jacob lacked game time, and looked short of any rhythm. England kept denying him playing for Warwickshire in the championship. He got only limited white ball cricket. I don't get it with how he's treated. At 22 you need to play!

The new ball in 6 overs is the only glimmer of hope, even then a draw is almost certain.

Bethell left on the subs bench again for RCB? I can't help thinking he'll be rusty if and when he gets a chance. Still, he's picking up a nice pay cheque!

Great day, especially for Dan Mousley and his first ton! We can really kick on tomorrow and get a commanding lead. We can win this. The bowlers had a good rest today!