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Day Two

Morning: It took a sunlit morning of toil before a breakthrough came, and Notts added nearly 80 runs to their overnight total in the meantime. Calvin Harrison holed out to Josh Baker as he tried to pile on the misery after completing a half-century, and that opening quickly allowed Brett D'Oliveira to take another wicket, removing Liam Patterson-White LBW. Dolly continued to influence the game even in the field, producing a direct hit on the stumps to run out Luke Fletcher, and with the session extended by half an hour, Adam Finch successfully denied the hosts their fourth batting point as Lyndon James was removed for 96, leaving Notts all out for 399.

Afternoon: The new ball claimed the early casualties of Gareth Roderick and Jake Libby, and despite a healthy rebuild from there that lasted most of the session, Kashif Ali went for an incredibly ill-advised one-day swipe that spooned the ball up and saw him caught for 40, leaving the Pears 90-3 at tea.

Evening: A much-needed half-century from Rob Jones aided the cause tremendously through a gusty teatime, but neither he nor partner Adam Hose were entirely judicious in their shots, and the latter perished for 33 to as silly a stroke as his predecessor at the crease, lofting up an easily-caught top edge. Jones then departed on 90, Jason Holder edged to slip for a silver duck, and on 186-6 the Pears were teetering on a precipice. Dolly and Nathan Smith shepherded us to stumps on 220-6, trailing by 179 and 30 short of beating the follow-on, requiring some hard work on Sunday.