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Day Three

Morning: Desperately poor stuff from the Pears bowling attack, who toiled against the tail-end and permitted Hants to raise the lead well above 300 before taking the last two wickets. There was still time to lose Dolly to the new ball before lunch.

Afternoon: No play possible due to rain.

Evening: The sun returned and permitted sixteen overs at the day's end, and Worcs promptly lost both Tom Fell and Joe Clarke. The visitors close on 59-3, needing another 265 on Monday to win. Nightwatchman Josh Tongue is likely to fall early doors, so effectively the Pears have six partnerships with which to chase down the total. It's not quite miracle territory, but I fear we need either torrential rain to guide us to the draw or else blazing sunshine to flatten the track and permit us an unlikely victory.