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I listened to the 20 mins before lunch - it's starting to turn quite a bit already, so perhaps with Zaidi in the team we might have a chance.
However, 194-5 is pretty precarious. Brown needs to work with the tails and get another 150 runs.
The season before he left to go back to Surrey he was a very valuable player in the team, both with bat and ball. He took a lot of important wickets in limited overs cricket bowling his leg spin. Who knows where he's be now if he's stayed at Sussex. He would certainly have gone on some...
Great to see Machan getting and taking his chance. With Yardy very much a fading force, and Wells not scoring well at the moment, it's key that he's settled in.
What happened to Rory Hamilton-Brown?
The first session this morning is key now. We must get the best from our top order for a change, as the batting IS weaker than usual (in spite of Machan's ton first time up), and we don't want to leave Worcester chasing less than 275 or so.
The forecast for today is continued cleare skies...
With Nash and Yardy absent Zaidi coming in means we have a full time spinner in the 11 today, which makes this first innings score vital. We need to be bowling last on this wicket.
But, the batting looks weaker than it could be, with Luke Wright at 5.