3rd test, Day 4

Thu Jun 25, 2026 2:20 pm

Day 4 Close
Umbria (1st Innings): 35 all in the hole.
Imaginary (1st Innings): 59 for all but one, down 5.

A Test Match of record-breaking surprises continued in similar form today as the Umbrian chuckers tore through the Imaginary battersmen like an excited 8 year old drug-addict told his christmas presents were an ounce, a crack pipe and a pound of heroin.

Starting the day on a solid zero, Imaginary openers Ian Bullson and Jimmy Chives ground out a respectable start, scoring slowly but steadily for the first few hours and ticking the scoreboard up to 5 by the time of the mid-morning drinks. But both looked all at sea when Umbria switched approach and bought on right-arm leggy chucker, Barswat Mandarath. Chives was soon back in the rabbit hole after swiping at a wrong 'un, Bullson following not long after when he was trapped on both legs with a full one caught short.

Greggson and Cookerson provided a bit of resistance after lunch (Chicken Makhani, Naan, side of Matar Paneer, with a chianti for the grown-ups and lagers for the young uns), especially after sharing the remains of an 'overnight' bottle of Lagavullin 12 year old, taking the innings score up past 40 and giving the Imaginary team a small lead, but when they were both out ducking at a Mandarath quacker, the collapse that followed was both unexpected and predictable. Keeper-Wilson's massive gloved hands could barely hold the wrong end of the bat, debutant Debutant Dimson was befuddled by a giggly, and the tail was limp through to the final over of play.

Inevitably, with both teams failing to top 100 in their first innings and the worrying proposition of an actual result a genuine possibility, questions will be raised about the quality of the pitch, which has shown signs of deprivation since the first chuck of the match.

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