The day was a classic illustration of the fickleness of cricket when, after an opening partnership of 111 between veteran Chris Hall and new recruit Robbie Morgan finally ended midway through the afternoon session, four wickets fell for the  addition of only four runs.  Both Hall and Morgan scored half-centuries but they both fell with the score on 111 and were quickly followed by Rhys May, who failed to score, and skipper Marcus North [4] before going to tea at a precarious 5/139.

But the final session was dominated by another century stand between a reborn Brendan Mills [43] and  all-rounder Michael Thistle who scored a swashbuckling 70 from only 79 balls featuring 7 fours and 2 sixes.  Rob Peach and Mathew Inness then closed out the day both undefeated on 26 and 6 respectively.

Bayswater Head Coach David Baird may well be pleased with the new found consistency of Mills, who has scores of 68, 38, and 43 in his last three digs, and Morgan, who has recorded half-centuries in his only two innings in the Bears colours since arriving from Claremont-Nedlands.  These performances added to fifties from Hall and Ryan Phillimore in recent weeks augurs well for the Bears campaign for a final six position.

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