Good start in the sun, keep going now lads as only the bowlers to come.

Just looked at the live You Tube feed, looking very bleak and even if the rain stopped, it is very dark. I do hope Ed looks at the forecast, it is important in the UK to know what the weather is doing. Andy Lloyd wasn't always a popular captain but he always took the forecast into account and based his plans around it. As I speak, they appear to be taking the covers off.

This was always the danger - British Weather. If it is heavy there, it might take a while to clear the outfield so I hope it isn't too heavy. Here in Halesowen, it is belting down. We do not want to be denied because we batted on too long.

Come on Gerry, I bet you had your sandwiches wrapped in brown paper as people in 'Them There Days' didn't use foil (You could buy a house for the price of a carton of foil) and maybe a thermos of tea. People then, wore suits to go everywhere so come on Gerry, were you cold without a proper jumper and a snorkel jacket. Only joking. : )

Was anyone there for that 1927 game, was the bowling good or just bad batting.

I was worried about tomorrow's forecast but it has improved and a 40% chance of rain at 11pm is the worst it gets from what the Met Office says. I still think the declaration was very late in coming as a lot of overs that were worth 2-3 an over, just made it look like batting practice. 450 was a lot more than Yorkshire could ever get so we wasted a bit of time and could have won by tonight had the same scenario occurred with the first 5 wickets. Another great day, everything has gone right in this game since we were 117-9 on the first day. An hour should hopefully do this tomorrow.

Well, who saw that coming, I said to the staff on the gates, "We don't want to see these 2 together all morning and some of the afternoon". Who would have thought they would both get bowled. Brook is always a candidate as he plays too many shots and shuffles about at the crease. One of the best days we have seen for a while. The bowling was great and then a good opening partnership, felt sorry for Davies as he weathered the storm, didn't feel the need to bash his way out of trouble and just stuck there until he got one that rose at him on a length. Hain as usual was patient but unfortunately Dan gave it away when in control and Yates was really looking good. Strange tactics from Yorkshire near the end, bringing on Brook and Bess with the field crowded in and only 2 outfielders. I have looked at the weather for Monday and it is very poor, I do hope it changes as I will get annoyed if we get a huge lead, it's rained off and we get the same points as Yorkshire.

One thing to take from today, apart from a few starts, Yates looks poor, Davies looks like he has never played before, Mousley is not a number 3 and Webster always appears to look like he has 'Ants in His Pants' when standing at the crease as he keeps moving about too much. A few wickets due to wafting outside off stump and when you are in trouble, you just have to stay and bat it out until you feel 'In'. If anyone remembers Stokes great innings v Australia at Headingley, he hardly scored more than 3 off his first 70 odd balls but stuck around. Batsmen today don't appear to want to fight it out, they would sooner attack their way out of trouble, today it didn't work. Harry Brook did the same but he is still there and rode his luck of which he has plenty. Quick wickets tomorrow or this one could get away from us.

All those bowlers and we still have so many out, that we have to recall someone out on loan. Many fluctuating weather forecasts online, not sure which one to trust.

So cruel. After 6 innings max, maybe give it a few more games.

If you left out Gilchrist, Barker and Malik, in other words, those who haven't played as much as others, the combined averages would give you a mean score of around 364-367. The bowling looks weaker.

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.