Abu Dhabi

in Chris Wright puts Bears on topWarwickshire v MCC:Warwickshire fast bowler Chris Wright carried on where he left off last season to help the Bears take total control against the MCC in Abu Dhabi.

Only three MCC batsmen made double figures, Hampshire captain Jimmy Adams top scoring with 20, as the Bears' opponents struggled, scoring at less than two an over in the the 40 overs possible before the close. 

Resuming on 370-3, the county champions had fifties from Laurie Evans (72) and skipper Jim Troughton (54) to thank for being able to declare on 561-6.

But Wright, the Bears' leading wicket taker in 2012, then took over as the MCC slumped to 73-7 in reply.
He took 4-23 as well as running out young Kent opener Sam Northeast.

Conditions at the Zayed Cricket Stadium on the second day of the Champion County match were unusually dark, the floodlights being switched on just 15 minutes after play began (at 10:30 GMT).
And a heavy rain shower prompted umpires Trevor Jesty and Peter Willey to call the players off a few minutes prior to the scheduled lunch break.
It had taken a piece of fortune in the penultimate over before the break to earn the Bears their breakthrough, Adams' straight drive being deflected onto the stumps at the non-striker's end by Wright to run out Northeast.
And the day's final session saw Warwickshire continue to dominate, with just 59 runs added and six wickets taken, along with Joe Denly retiring hurt on 19 due to a migraine.

  Wright took 62 wickets last season to guide Warwickshire to their first County Championship title since 2004.

And, at one stage, in their first two sessions in the field in 2013, he had been involved in all five dismissals, until Rikki Clarke and Bears debutant Oliver Hannon-Dalby both got in on the act.