Other CC games 24-27 May.

'Visit Worcestershire' have just taken up the naming rights, I can't see it catching on to be honest.

Wantage road doesn't have a sponsor either being known as just the 'County Ground.

Interestingly it also looks like Headingley is no longer 'Seat Unique Headingley'.

The BBC, who are sticklers for this kind of thing, and where the other full names came from, refer to the Yorkshire cricket fixtures as at plain old 'Headingley, Leeds'.

Seat Unique is still one of the clubs official partners but appears to have lost or given up the naming rights. There is always some chance of confusion with the Rhino's and rugby generally calling it 'AMT Headingley' rather than the official 'AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium'.

And Bristol and last season Headingley, all unique in their own special way of course. 


I don't know much about them, came from nowhere obviously with a good idea or a great app.  They will probably disappear just as quickly. 

In our division the performance of the day was by Matt Lamb with his highest ever score of 186 not out out of 434 for 5 for Derbyshire at Bristol against Gloucestershire. 5th much needed batting points just a few hits away already for the bottom club.

At the top it's advantage Sussex thanks to a steady 91 not out from Cheteshwar Pujara and 71 not out from John Simpson in his return to Lords to face his former club.

Other games in the balance.

Shock of the day in Division 1 at Southampton with Surrey all out for 127 and their normally potent bowlers unable to fluster Hants who finished on a painfully slow 102-1 from 47 overs.

At CLS another century by the impressive David Bedingham has given Durham 177-6, the advantage over Somerset who were bowled out for 171 by a combination of Ben Raine, Peter Siddle and Ben Stokes. Another decent shift with the ball by Stokes who is proving he can bowl again, now he needs to work on his batting, a 6 ball duck for him.

Essex 287-4 dug in against Kent, too early to tell.

Very little play at Old Trafford between Lancashire and Warwickshire and no play at New Road between Worcestershire and Notts.

Lots of heavy showers and thunder promised for the next few days so anything can happen.

Surrey eventually succumbed to a big loss at Southampton which will peg them back a little.

Essex have a reasonable chance of getting themselves a win at Canterbury. They will surely enforce the follow-on and make Kent bat again having established a 197 first innings lead. A win would take them to within a couple of points of Surrey, suddenly I'm an Essex supporter.

A draw looks favourite in all the games in division 2 with our game looking the most likely to have a positive/negative result.