Not waving but drowning

Warwickshire 35 for 1 (10 overs). Bell 18, Troughton 15.

Trott, drawn into playing away from his body, edged Wright to second slip for 1 in the second over.

It is a good batting pitch. The Bears should be looking for 280-plus.

Sun breaking through. Tiny crowd.

Broadcasting legend Clive Eykyn and I, sitting here in the pavilion, have just given the spectators round us a good laugh when it became evident that the commentary we had been putting our heart and soul into for 45 minutes was, in fact, going out to no-one and had only been heard by the spectators round us.