Dogbert

Isn't there going to be a seeding system in place? In which case it seems pretty certain there'll only be one game between us.

136/8 doesn't look great, but at least it is now our highest championship innings against Essex this season

Looks like it is about to start in Taunton, so probably another hour to reach Bristol - although Mendips may hold it back a bit

So all out by lunch today then? Will Harmer open the bowling?

Abbott seems to be bowling better since lunch

The commentators in the Somerset game were saying there was an extra 10 minutes before lunch as we had 8 wickets down, but I presumed the session was 10 minutes longer to make up for some lost overs yesterday wasn't it?

Ah, those were happy times

Back out by the looks of it ?

I'm not sure I can even watch our batting

3 down. First point of the game

One down already. How many by lunch? 5 I reckon

On the basis of the first hour today it may not even go to a third day

Kent 9-5 ?

Whichever produces the most gas?

The Theatre of Beans

Just spotted the same thing whilst looking at the Filton Avenue company too. It does look like positive news however you look at it. I'm still a bit surprised they appear to be letting the dormant companies get struck off.

I do think winning is too big an ask, at this point I'd be happy enough if a few batsman manage to really dig in and we get to 200ish. Looking at the in play odds though, Essex 1/2, Somerset 13/8, Draw 28/1 so it would appear others have a lot more faith than I do.

Oh dear. I do worry about our batting.

So 5 down by the close then?

To be fair they were still using paper filing for the accounts last year and companies house are currently processing accounts received last Friday so I guess they should appear in a day or two. The slightly odder thing is that the three dormant company accounts were filed electronically last year and haven't appeared yet. The quote regarding why they are late does appear to confirm that it took a while for Hani to agree to fund for a further 12 months

Wow. I was thinking their loss might be in region of 2m, putting them within touching distance of using the 15m Dwane credit facility in the next 12 months, turns out they are probably already over 15m by now if those figures are correct. Will be interesting to see some detail when they get published.

Should flatten out just in time for the start of the second Warwickshire innings?

Four down in the first hour. Not a great start

Still no accounts published. I did just notice that there is a company called Dwane Developments UK https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11253528/ owned by Dwane Sports and with just Hani Al-Qadi as a director. I wonder if Hani is hoping that Dwane may take possession of some real estate they could develop?

It does feel that way, although I wonder if it isn't as easy as Banton and Trego made it look at times