Injury-ravaged Warwickshire knew they faced a battle when they arrived at Canterbury to face Kent minus seven injured fast bowlers, not to mention Chris Woakes, who these days is on permanent England duty.
"It's been a tough few weeks all round," a rueful Bears first-team coach Jim Troughton told BBC WM. "Even our team coach had injury issues and broke down on the way here, so we had to get a loan coach in to pick us up from Maidstone Services."
Their most "successful" bowler to date in the match is James Wainman with figures of 18-4-69-2. He actually played a couple of games for Kent 2s in April.
Their most "successful" bowler to date in the match is James Wainman with figures of 18-4-69-2. He actually played a couple of games for Kent 2s in April.
now got 3
He's so far this season played for Northants 2nd, Worcs 2nd, Kent 2nd, Lincolnshire and now Warwickshire! Nobody can accuse him of not wanting to play!
Saw Tredwell yesterday. Tredders wasn't exactly lithe when he played, but he's even chubbier now
Indeed that's a massive change from a couple of years ago when we would field Tredders, Stevo, Claydon and Coles all of whom were carrying a few pounds...
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Dickson reaches the 100 mark
240-2
Dickson 146*
DBD 68*
A very good day - you can only bat at what is bowled to you
England match on Sky, Kent match via live stream.....all day.
I love the sunshine but today is all about the cricket.
Good, solid performance by the Spitfire boys , especially young Sean but great to see valuable runs from Zak and DBD too.
I'll refrain from commenting on the England game until it's over but it's looking good ....
Famous last words.
My first visit to Canterbury this year. Masses of runs, sunshine, Masterbrew and the Red Arrows, perfect!
DBD 90no
406-3
DBD 150*
Robinson 21*
Another 150 then declare at tea?
Hopefully we can make a decent attempt at gaining the win. Could be tough for our bowlers in the heat if conditions are benign to bowl them out twice.
He's so far this season played for Northants 2nd, Worcs 2nd, Kent 2nd, Lincolnshire and now Warwickshire! Nobody can accuse him of not wanting to play!
Indeed that's a massive change from a couple of years ago when we would field Tredders, Stevo, Claydon and Coles all of whom were carrying a few pounds...
Slightly surprised we didn't wait until 600!
Hopefully that'll be a daunting enough target to mess with the Warks batsmens' heads and they'll subside (twice) and give us an easy win.
On the other hand, this is Kent ...