Arthur Brownlow
RAIN STOPPED PLAY. Somerset 135 for 2 (22 overs). Trescothick 84, De Bruyn 0.
Clarke, Barker and Patel reined the scoring rate in a bit before Botha came on and took a wicket with his sixth ball, beating Hildreth's attempted clip to leg and bowling him for 33.
Drizzle has been falling for some time and it thickened up enough for the umps to take the players off. There is no break in the cloud and the groundstaff have put the big covers on the square.
Joel Garner's championship debut for Somerset, in 1977, was against Warwickshire. His match figures were 44-14-100-8 and he dismissed KD Smith twice for a duck.
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So the Edgbaston redevelopment plans have been approved - no real surprise.
Mind you, when we were sitting in front of the Press Box on Tuesday we were bemoaning the fact that the lovely view over the Raglan and Priory stands of the tower blocks beyond might be blighted by the proposed floodlights.