Maybe, for one game only, Rhodes needs to sit this one out?

But like the man says, this game feels like a long way away at the moment!

Root wasn't it?

Moving on from the Worcester game.

Essex away. Essex need a response after we put them in a tail spin!

Sibley back?
Woakes in?

Draw. 13 points. Worcestershire look pretty handy to be fair. Our group is so close points wise.

We move.

2nd game in a row we've failed to bowl the opposition out?

Yeah he'd be in for Bresnan.

I expect him to be available for Essex away, game 6.

Think Worcestershire bowled a little bit better than we have thus far.

60/40 Bears?

Hain, I think the paddle/sweep was probably on to that delivery, just poorly executed.

Lamb, fiddled at one he should have left alone which is unlike him as he usually leaves the ball so well early on in his innings.

Frustrating as it looks an OK pitch.

We're still on top though, Yates has looked majestic. Gotta be ruthless after tea now.

You order via the app and you get a notification when your drink is ready to be collected i believe.

Could see people jumping up mid over to collect their drink before it goes cold or flat or whatever?

OK I'll bite, 94 deaths this week compared to 133 last week, nice 30% drop. NHS not overwhelmed. Incredibly successful vaccine roll out.

Don't even think about wanting to move seats in a 25% capacity outdoor sports event though where the majority of attendees will have been vaccinated.

Rename this the Covid thread.

Not happy with the 2's then?...

It's an absolute joke. All these restrictions for what? 8 or 9 deaths a day? Come on now...

Totally agree.

There's been some pretty brutish deliveries. We know Wood is rapid but this Carse is bloomin sharp too. Extra pace seems to have been key on this deck. This has been an education, onto the next one.

I'm still more annoyed about the way we bowled as opposed to how we batted, odd as that sounds looking at the scorecard.

Getting the gang back together with Raine and Borthwick, Coughlin etc

I sat and thought about Vihari earlier, clearly a very good batsman but he was on a hiding to nothing here. He was never gonna do well over these 3 games. He's gone 0, 8, 32, 52. Not great. Recent form in India domestic was worse! Still got the 2nd dig here though and like I say even in his brief stays at the crease he's looked capable.

I think Malan will find it tough too, he's not gonna have played for a couple of months.

Would Mousley have made more runs? Perhaps, impossible to say. He did look good at the end of last season. 47, 31, 71 I think he went. And did well in T20's.

It's a cruel game. We've had some terrific highs the past couple of weeks, seen Hain, Lamb and Yates bat well and show form, bowlers bowl well. And even bat well. Rhodes getting his first wins. Showing tons of resilience. Resilience we haven't showed in a few years to be honest.

We knew there'd be bad days, we're a team in transition, but this was just too much. I'm still stunned!

Oddly I'm probably more annoyed at how we bowled.

How do we not lose this from here.

The overhead conditions look to have improved but Brez and Miles have bowled dross here, too many leave balls and something on the batsmans hip every over.