With Tom Latham, Beau Webster and later Hasan Ali, things could look a lot better soon. Thankfully we've had a solid start despite so many players being unavailable early season.

I see varying heights for Beau Webster. Some say 6'4" & some at 6'7"? Either way, he sounds a tall guy and powerful!

Update from Ian Westwood on Beau Webster: He should be in the UK by early next week and could be available for the Yorkshire CC away fixture on 2nd May.

Update from Ian Westwood is that Tom Latham is due in the UK for the beginning of May and should be available for the Surrey CC game on 9th May, so good news! We certainly need his batting experience.

Play to resume at 3:45pm.....36 overs remaining. I think this could be a defeat unless the rain returns around 5:00pm. A pity that Kai Smith was dismissed very late last night. Ed Barnard needs to be smart and take the majority of the strike where possible.

Oh Oh.......the groundsmen are starting to roll the covers back as its stopped raining. An early tea is to be taken at 3:10pm. This suggests some play is possible perhaps around 4:00pm? However, the Met office suggests heavy showers around 5 to 6:00pm? This could be awkward for the Bears!

GerryShedd wrote:

BosworthBear wrote:

GerryShedd wrote:

No doubt about having been outplayed, even allowing for the big advantage of winning the toss. I'm not so sure about the suggestion of having been out-thought - Notts may have made a major blunder in batting too slowly and for too long on day three, which puts them at the mercy of the weather gods on day four.

In my defence, your Honour, may I quote the words of that esteemed expert, Mr George Dobell: "Given that forecast, might Nottinghamshire have batted with a little more intent on the third day? Or, indeed, declared? Well, they might. They managed only 52 in the first 22 overs of the day. "

I’m praying you are right Terry but I don’t see how. We still have to score another 111 runs. They batted at 3.88 runs per over. We batted at 2.5 and 2.7. We picked five seamers. They already have a spinner with a wicket.

My forecast is showing only a possibility of rain in the morning and even that clearing around 3pm.

I’m not impressed with our coaching, captaincy or selection this season

I look forward to being wrong tomorrow!

I think (hope) it'll be a washout. Even if it stops raining after lunch it'll take sometime for the outfield to dry out. We've had several hours of persistent rain. We don't really deserve a draw, but it'll be a bonus.

We're still missing genuine pace in our bowling attack. Obviously Hasan Ali joining next month will help - fitness permitting. Chris Rushworth seems to be dogged by injury problems - he barely played last season and is out again. For a big club like Warwickshire we need to assess our recruitment with overseas players in particular.

The weather forecast looks helpful to the Bears today. A rain band moves west to east until this afternoon. Let's hope play gets abandoned! Notts may regret not declaring earlier yesterday.

Josh Tongue looks sharp. Did we not try to sign him before he left Worcestershire?

After the heroics at Durham I thought they would gain confidence. Worrying when the opposition Notts really aren't very good.

It looks like a complete washout tomorrow according to the Met Office.

And the sun comes out as Notts start their first innings....

93 all out! Fernando bowled first ball.....

Now 93/8. A rash shot from Bamber to get caught behind. Smith needs to try and take most of the strike now. Wicket looks pretty green. As I type smith is caught going for a boundary. Not the best decision. We'll soon be bowling....

Andy wrote:

Blimey he only played about 4 games in that comp and that was way back in January.

I love the lad but he's made of glass.

Age and several injuries of late are catching up. England still see him as an important cog in the bowling attack and a useful batsman. I'd still like to see him play a couple of seasons for the Bears, fitness permitting.

Not great losing the toss in these conditions. Shaikh and Hain were just getting accustomed to the wicket. This game looks as though it'll be affected by the weather, particularly today and tomorrow. Sunday looks a bit better. Poor display by our openers this morning.

Very good recovery by Smith and Booth. 232/6. Smith on 59 not out.

157/6. What was Barnard doing with that one day swipe at the ball? He skied it for an easy catch. Completely reckless shot. We'll be lucky to get 200.

Hopefully we can scrape enough runs to avoid the follow on. Oh wait, as I type Hain has gone so 150/5. How I wish Tom Latham hadn't got injured!
This season is mirroring last year. At 234/7 Durham piled on a further 153 runs for the last 3 wickets - they should've got no more than 280. But, with so many bowlers out, we can't seem to polish teams off. This is shaping up to be a relegation struggle.