Another frustrating day for Derbyshire today. Having lost the early wickets of Chris Rogers and Garry Park, the recovery was well underway thanks to Wayne Madsen and Chesney Hughes when the rains came on again and play was effectively over for a session.
Matt Mason and Alan Richardson are both wily old campaigners and were always going to prove difficult in these conditions, but Derbyshire need to get past Worcestershire's first innings score to give themselves a chance of a win. Moving up the table is the goal for the second half of the season and with more play like we've seen on the first two days it is a distinct possibility.
When play resumed after the loss of a session, Hughes and Madsen again did well before both were removed quite quickly. It was then down to Smith and Redfern to continue the recovery as we closed 96 runs behind on 183-4.
If the weather stays out of this the game is winnable, though the batting of Solanki and Shakib in their second innings will again determine the direction of the game. Solanki has been a regular thorn in our side over the years but we need to bat long tomorrow - ideally till tea time or afterwards - to put pressure on the visitors on the final day.
Looks like Wagg is on his way chasing more money! I hope that he will be paying back the money for nothing for we have given him this season!
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