Bears have feast at Fenner's

May 14 2008 By Trevor Catt

WARWICKSHIRE continued to brush aside Cambridge UCCE on the second day of their friendly at Fenner's.

The students began today's final day on eight for one in pursuit of a target of 395.

In another match which has asked major questions of whether the university sides should retain first-class status, even a second-string Bears unit has overwhelmed Cambridge.

Yesterday it was the seam bowling of Tim Groenewald t hat had the students floundering.

He took five for 24, including a spell of four wickets in 10 balls, as the home side declined to 204 all out. Only Leicester-born Kunal Jogna, with an unbeaten 104 (163 balls, 11 fours) resisted for long.

Warwickshire did not enforce the follow-on, instead allowing their batsmen to fill their boots again.

Navdeep Poonia (50 from 48 balls before retiring), Jim Troughton (90 not out, 117 balls) and Chris Woakes (64 not out, 70 balls) duly did so before Luke Parker's declaration at 215 for one left Cambridge eight overs' batting last night.

Stuart Hole promptly picked up a wicket as the question remained: how useful is practice against the UCCE teams these days?