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Excellent knock by Dom and Chris Benjamin. Regarding Davies, did he open at Lancs? To me, he'd be more useful in the middle order when the ball is a bit older?

Lamb has a hamstring problem...

Davies out for a duck! Offered no shot and lost his off stump. 0/1. Again another poor start. Bowler Bailey looks dangerous for Lancs....

The Woakes situation really is frustrating. I see Mousley is still unavailable, it was supposed to be a two week recovery for the finger injury?

I thought Norwell was ok now?

Any word on why Olly broke down in an over for the seconds? Hopefully it's not his back again, surely?

We really miss Woakes and Stone. Somerset had both Overton and Leach playing and Lancs have had Anderson bowling for them. Woakes even when fit is rarely allowed to play for Warwickshire. The ECB always seem to come up with an excuse to prevent him playing.

Shocking performance. Losing by an innings to a team who've had 3 straight defeats is dire. Hopefully Norwell and Mousley are back for Lancs. Be good if Woakes made a appearance soon!

21/3 now. Awful skied shot from Rob Yates. What was he thinking?? This is abysmal.

11/2, Sibley gone....this is hopeless. Somerset could well finish this inside 3 days....

Davies gone cheaply for nine. 11/1.....not looking good.

I'm afraid OH-D just missed his maiden ton by 92 runs! As predicted, follow-on enforced......we need to dig in!

The only saviour to enable a draw looks to be the weather! Tomorrow in Taunton looks to be wet until after lunch. Somerset will most likely enforce the follow-on this morning. Batsmen need to dig in today......no one day shots (Davies)!

Alex Davies is a good player, but too much in white ball mode for me. Not a great day at all. Can we muster 3 runs tomorrow for a single batting point? Somerset have lost their first 3 games up until now. Suspect they'll enforce the follow-on...

Commentators on the live stream singing Keith Barker's praises! I always thought releasing him 4 years ago was a mistake. Anyway 60/3 now. Sibley was unlucky to be out lbw. The ball looked to be drifting down the leg side. He was none too happy with the Umpires decision!

McAndrew: 25 overs cost 100 runs. Not great at all. Bring back Henry Brookes!

Our overseas recruitment for red ball cricket was poor last season. Thankfully, we basically won the County Championship trophy without much input from 3 signings. Batsman Pieter Malan had visa issues in early April 2021 resulting in Vihari signed as a temporary replacement. West Indies quick Chemar Holder signed in August but failed to make any real impression. Fast forward to now and, not wishing to write-off Nathan McAndrew yet, but this appears to be another second-tier overseas signing. A top red ball signing would really enhance our line-up. Warwickshire is a big County and should be seriously looking at this position in future. I wonder how much was spent last season on Malan, Vihari and Holder?

McAndrew shouldn't have been selected for this game. Too early. I must admit I'd never heard of him. Maybe it's early days, but a worrying decision as the overseas signing. Perhaps Brookes should've played?

157/1. Batsmen coping easily. Really missing Norwell, not to mention Woakes and Stone.

Not the best bowling so far. A bit expensive on an overcast day. A good decision to field first?