Thump, thump, thump

Warwickshire 207 for 2 (62 overs). Bell 127, Trott 41.

After a brisk start to the day, the scoring has become a bit more sedate as Warwickshire aim to build a big enough total to only have to bat once in the match - almost certainly the only way this contest will yield a positive result after the rain-damage on the first day.

Bell posted the 200 with a glorious on-driven four off Wigley.

Largely soporific stuff in the hot sun, conducted to a backdrop of constant thump, thump, thump of a piledriver on the building site over the road. Thump, thump, thump, it is going, thump, thump, thump. "It's even getting through my wax," said one member of the media.