Pot-holing in Uruguay

Leicestershire 217 for 3 (62 overs). Boyce 73, Allenby 0.

Warwickshire clinch a potentially priceless point as Dippenaar miscues a pull at Salisbury to mid-off where Anyon makes the catch look easy. Salisbury 2 for 26 in 9 overs. Botha 0 for 15 in 8.

Attention focuses on Boyce and his quest for a maiden century. He has become almost becalmed so if he is to get there he will have to stay very patient.

A motor-bike revs loudly up Pershore Road. A pigeon sweeps across the ground, west to east. A spectator in the Wyatt Stand says: "There it is. I thought I'd lost it."

And the game quietly dies...