Smalls on public display

Middlesex 218 for 7 (86 overs). Morgan 6, Udal 0.

Another straight one, which scuttled through a bit, from Anyon clatters into Murtagh's pads and another lbw verdict is banked. If Warwickshire can win this match, having lost Maddy, Salisbury and Zondeki along the way, what a tremendous effort it would be.

One supermarket chain sold more than 1.2million clothes pegs from January to the end of April, up 1,400 per cent in a year. The chain's laundry buyer said: "After decades of decline, the sight of a washing line full of drying clothes is becoming a familiar sight in gardens all over the country once again.

"People have decided that the potential embarrassment of having their smalls on public display on a washing line is far less important than saving energy. They're pegging out their washing to peg back their bills."