Nottinghamshire's Joe Clarke was dismissed six runs short of a century late on day two Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Trent Bridge (day two) Warwickshire 459: Barnard 165, Booth 70, Woakes 64, Mousley 49; Tongue 5-124, James 3-79 Nottinghamshire 264-8: Clarke 94, Duckett 62; Booth 3-59, Woakes 2-46 Notts (3 pts) trail Warwickshire (7 pts) by 195 runs.

Joe Clarke made a defiant 94 only to be dismissed just before the close as Warwickshire maintained the upper hand at Trent Bridge, where Nottinghamshire are 264-8 in reply to 459 at the halfway point of their County Championship match, still 46 behind the follow-on target.

Needing 310 to avoid being asked to follow on, Nottinghamshire recovered from 154-4 to 257-5 thanks to Clarke's four hours and 18 minutes at the crease, after England's Ben Duckett had been out for 62. But the loss of Clarke, nightwatchmen Dillon Pennington and next batter Liam Patterson-White in the final two overs of the day kept Warwickshire in pole position.

Earlier, a ninth-wicket partnership of 119 between Ed Barnard and Michael Booth had enabled Warwickshire, 375-8 overnight, to tighten their grip against the defending champions, taking maximum batting points for good measure. Barnard, who had batted superbly to rescue Warwickshire from 179-6 on Friday, was out for 165, Booth having made a career-best 70.

England's Josh Tongue was unable to add to his wickets tally, finishing with 5-124. Booth later took 3-59 with the ball. The two had made for a disappointing morning for the home side, who had hoped to claim the last two Warwickshire wickets in quick time.

They looked to Tongue to finish the job but the only damage he could inflict this time was to his own figures. Barnard, resuming on 134, soon struck his former Worcestershire team-mate for three boundaries in a row. Bringing up his 150 from 202 balls, he celebrated with a pull for six and a disdainful uppercut for four. It gave Warwickshire a fourth batting point, and the momentum to chase a fifth. Thanks to Booth, they secured it.

With Tongue relieved after conceding 33 in five overs, the 25-year-old Zimbabwean took on Pennington and Lyndon James. Undaunted by needing 26 off just two overs before the bonus point cut-off, he blitzed two fours and three sixes, sailing past his previous best of 58. He clinched the extra point off the final ball of the 110th, a six over mid-wicket that cleared the roof of the Larwood and Voce Stand. James, the bowler on the receiving end of that blow, had the last word, bowling both Booth and Barnard, the latter dragging one on, but Nottinghamshire faced a steeply uphill task to stay in the game, not helped by losing two early wickets in their reply, one either side of lunch.

Captain Haseeb Hameed, dismissed for 0 and 2 against Glamorgan here two weeks ago, perished again without scoring as Chris Woakes straightened one enough to beat his attempt to work the ball through mid-wicket. Opening partner Ben Slater started fluently, only to misjudge a ball angled in by Bamber four overs after the interval, bowled without offering a shot. Duckett and Clarke rebuilt.

Duckett, the England left-hander, survived some early pressure against Bamber and Woakes but came through unscathed. Duckett's progress was relatively measured, although no less pleasing on the eye for that. He numbered eight boundaries in reaching fifty from 84 balls.

Clarke's half-century followed soon afterwards. As their partnership ticked over into three figures, the two looked to have laid the foundations for a substantial Nottinghamshire response. Yet Duckett was undone just before tea.

Having rotated all their six seamers, Warwickshire turned to spin almost as a token gesture. But it worked as Duckett, having defended five balls from off-spinner Rob Yates, took on the sixth, which he mistimed badly to Woakes at mid-on. The setback was compounded immediately after tea as Booth left new man Jack Haynes with his off stump on the floor.

Clarke, who survived a difficult chance on 60, added 67 with Kyle Verreynne and looked primed to see out the day only to fall into a legside trap, caught at deep square pulling a short ball from Booth, who then removed Pennington lbw before Patterson-White edged Webster to Yates at slip.

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