Good choice, he is Mr Warwickshire, is our top run scorer of all time and has served the club in other capacities very successfully.

I agree with all the above and we all talked about 'Variety' before the Essex game but looking at the scores elsewhere, all the scores were pretty big and the conditions were good for batting. Pitches in general, do not deteriorate any more so the whole scenario of 'Oh no we're batting last', does not appear to play as much of a part in CC games as it used to. It is good that we got maximum bonus points but no doubt the numpties on the BBC cricket website will say something stupid, so I am not going to look, especially if the idiot who was on during the Essex game, materialises - He appeared to be under the illusion that Warwickshire supporters referred to their team as Birmingham and a few of us said that having supported for decades, none of us had ever heard the word 'Birmingham' used to describe the team, ever in CC games and hardly ever in the days when the name was changed for the T20 Blast.

I agree Devon, Taz would have given us some variety and seeing as the weather forecast was bang on, they must have known we would have good conditions for batting. Not sure why Barker wasn't included because he was the difference in the end, in the Essex game. I don't think in this game, it would have made any difference if we had decided against the follow-on, the pitch is dead and it would have been a struggle to get another 10 wickets if we had set them 450 in 110-115 overs.

Notts are scoring so quickly and are nearly 180 ahead, so unless we have a 'Clatter' of wickets, this is looking like it could be done at lunch in terms of us not winning.

I didn't know that, thanks for the update. Their tail is biggish so a couple of early wickets would be ideal.

Should have had a few overs with a new ball and then in the morning, it's still new.

I doubt they will declare until they have put us out of the game. The pitch has done nothing and if they got a lead of 250 at lunch, I don't think the pitch will have anything more in it to give their bowlers a chance.

With all the umpires we have in this country, I am not sure I agree with umpires who played for one of the counties in the game they are umpiring. I am not accusing anyone of being biased but surely that must take that out of the equation if either umpire hasn't played for any of the 2 counties.

I think if we had batted on, we could have been 430+ ahead easily and still had about 15 overs at them tonight. It looks a flat pitch anyway so maybe the draw might be the result that was most expected either way.

Looking flat, both the pitch and the bowling.

We have enough bowlers that any one of them shouldn't get over-bowled. If we had only 4, they would be in a situation where they might have to bowl 20 in a day but short spells between 6 front line seamers, should be fine. Obviously if there is a big partnership, they will be frustrated and look weary but we have enough to force a win here.

4-43 at the end there, lovely perseverance from our lads.

I am claiming the wicket of Clarke, the 8th to go in the 90's. I predicted it, I am the Soothsayer and King of the day.

Come on, let's get Clarke out soon. 7 batsmen in this round of matches, have been out in the 90's.

Well, what the hell do I know. Let me see now, "Oh no, I thought I was going to win the lottery tonight but alas...".

I was hoping with the way we batted in the first 30 minutes, that we might be able to get to 450 within the 110 overs but hey, this is superb compared to 179-6.

We would have probably settled for that at the start with hopefully a chance to get to 400 tomorrow.

Hold the presses, JB has got a game.

Hain does appear over the last 4 years, to have got some awful decisions, usually caught behind when he hasn't got near the ball. We need everyone to 'Chip In' here and get a good score going otherwise if conditions are good for batting, we could be facing a big deficit unless the bowlers do us another favour.

Not having Barker in the side is a surprise unless he is feeling jaded. Also surprised to see Tongue not taking the new ball but that does appear to be a thing with some counties, not giving a Test player first use of the ball.