September 2008 Archives

Glamorgan 149 for 7 (42.5 overs). Dalrymple 72, Gillespie 0.

Croft is bowled by Trott for 33 and departs to ribald shouts from the crowd who suggest he might like to return to the crease for a third go.

Dalrymple has batted really well as, just like yesterday, batting conditions ease in the afternoon. Clarke's four-over spell for 23 did not threaten too much and included one lbw shout for a ball which would not have hit another six stumps.

Trott and Maddy on. Salisbury still to bowl. Maybe's he still feeling too emotional after receiving his Warwickshire cap this morning, 17 years after getting his Sussex one.

Glamorgan need 17 more to avoid the follow-on.

Glamorgan 113 for 6 (32 overs). Dalyrmple 59, Croft 12.

An unusual incident. Croft, on 11, was adjudged lbw to Carter by umpire Burgess. Croft then strode past the arbiter towards the pavilion grumpily examining his bat and, as he did so, Burgess had second thoughts and re-instated the batsman.

Dalrymple, who reached 50 from 66 balls with nine fours, looks in a mood to take this match into the fourth day.

Clarke is bowling.

Lunch: Glamorgan 53 for 6 (19 overs). Dalrymple 17, Croft 2.

The ground is swathed in sunshine. A damp, grey season endeth in warmth, jubilation and cheers.

Cheers.

Glamorgan 47 for 6 (17 overs) Dalrymple 12, Croft 1.

Watkins misses a fast, straight one from Carter and departs for 4. Glamorgan are being swept away here, a side devoid of belief overwhelmed by a side brimming with it.

Glamorgan 34 for 5 (13 overs). Dalrymple 7, Wattkins 0.

Rankin's fourth ball was slashed into the hands of Frost at gully by Hemp. Woakes then produced a good one which Wallace jabbed at and was superbly caught by Ambrose.

Woakes has four for 27 and is now the Bears' leading wicket-taker this season.

How appropriate that the title-clinching wicket was the work of Woakes and Trott, the Bears' most significant batsman and bowler respectively this season.

Glamorgan 26 for 3 (9 overs). Hemp 11, Dalrymple 0.

Warwickshire clinched the Second Division championship at 11.52am when Woakes, having bowled Maynard neck and crop for six, three balls later had Powell caught in the slips by Trott.

Woakes 3 for 23 in 5 overs. Maddy has just come on from the Pavilion End.

Congratulations, Bears.

Glamorgan 4 for 1 (4.2 overs). Hemp 1, Maynard 0.

Woakes had a huge lbw shout against Rees rejected but then dismissed him for four, caught by Troughton at point. Maynard was then bowled first ball - off a no-ball!

There's plenty in this track for the seamers and the follow-on figure of 166 is no formality if Warwickshire bowl well.

So when will the third wicket - and therefore the Second Division title - be secured?

A pie-stained Rotherham v Wolves Carling Cup ticket stub to the winner.

I'll go for 12.09pm.

Warwickshire 315 all out (82.5 overs). Woakes 11, Rankin 12 not out.

The last pair secured another point with Woakes looking like the number seven or eight he is and Rankin playing like a good, old-fashioned hit-or-miss tail ender but Woakes then left the gate open and Shantry bowled him to secure his first championship five-for - 5 for 77.

Warwickshire 292 for 9 (78 overs). Woakes 0, Rankin 0.

This championship cricket is dull isn't it?

Second over of the morning. Gillespie to Carter: Four, four, four, four - out. Caught at slip for 63 (59 balls, 12 fours and a six). 292 for 8.

Lively.

Two balls later, Ambrose fences at Shantry and edges to the wicket-keeper. Out for his overnight 86.

Can Rankin and Woakes put on 58?

Good morning ladies and gentlemen. It is an overcast morning at Edgbaston but without evident threat of rain so Warwickshire should resume at 10.30am in pursuit of the 80 more runs they need to clinch the Second Division title.

Helpful, especially to Carter, is quite a short boundary on the Rea Bank side, although it's not short enough to have invoked Rule 30 of the Birmingham Suburban Cricket League in 1924. That was, rather harshly to the batsmen: "Scores for boundaries shall be four to and six over, but if the boundaries be less than 30 yards from either of the wickets the scores shall be two to and four over."

Batsmen on small home grounds had smaller averages then!