Cumbria face an uphill struggle on the second day of their opening NCCA Championship game with Bedfordshire at Furness.
Nineteen wickets tumbled on the first day and the visitors have a lead of 116 with one wicket remaining when they resume.
Cumbria were put into bat and were bowled-out for 107 in only 39.4 overs and by the close Bedfordshire had moved to 223-9 in 60 overs.
After Freddie Fallows had scored 11 off as many balls, hitting two fours, he holed out to mid-wicket and then only two Cumbrian batsmen managed double figures.
Fellow opener Ben Walkden top-scored with 42 and he was fifth out at 72-5, having batted carefully and sensibly for an hour and 43 minutes.
Ben Davidson got a lifting delivery which he could only help into the wicket-keeper’s glove while JJ Fielding was clean bowled. and Sam Dutton fell to a good diving catch behind the wicket by keeper Matt Taylor.
Matt Coles dismissed Dutton and he also removed Walkden with a cracking delivery which beat his defence.
Skipper Michael Slack was Coles’ third victim on his way to a return of 6-28 from 13.4 overs and Cumbria were grateful to Haverigg wicket-keeper Drew Postlethwaite (23) forgetting them into three figures.
Ed Moulton had opener Sam Bates caught by Walkden when Bedfordshire replied and it became 38-2 when Slack had Oli Soames caught by Matthew Sempill.
But the visitors had nearly reached parity at 98-3 when Sam Sharp clean bowled Harry Gouldstone for 48.
They had a lead of 19 when the fourth wicket went down, as Walkden took his second catch, this time off Sharp to dismiss Gus Miller for 13.
Danyaal Khalid hit a defiant 46 before Moulton trapped him leg before and it became 138-6 when Sharp clean bowled Taylor for 11.
Coles hit a quick-fire 32 but the last wicket pair of skipper George Darlow (17no) and Jack Fuller (14no) frustrated Cumbria at the end of the day.
Cockermouth’s Sharp has 4-69 from his 17 overs with Moulton taking 2-49.
