I greet you from a bedroom in my home in London’s trendy enclave of Finchley, my planned outing to Lord’s scuppered, like the Middlesex team, by Gloucestershire yesterday afternoon. That was one of just two of this week’s eight games to see any action whatsoever on Saturday because of the nasty inclement weather, but today, at least in London’s trendy enclave of Finchley, seems significantly better, verging on balmy.
Shorn of a full day’s play, a few games are smelling quite badly of draw at this point. But it could be a big day for teams whose names begin with an N, with Northamptonshire closing in on victory over Sussex and Nottinghamshire, having ended a 1,043-days victory drought a week ago, chasing a second in the space of eight days and against the champions, no less.
As ever, please do send me details of any interesting things that happen in whatever game you are watching. Or, alternatively, recommendations for top-notch barbecue charcoal, I’ve had it with these Aussie Heat Beads.
This week’s matches:
Group One
Edgbaston: Worcestershire, on 198-4, trail Warwickshire (343) by 145 runs
Trent Bridge: Essex, on 129-3 in their second innings, trail Nottinghamshire by 95 runs
Group Two
Lord’s: Gloucestershire beat Middlesex by seven wickets
Leicester: Surrey, on 146-0, trail Leicestershire (496) by 350 runs
Southampton: Hampshire, on 110-4, trail Somerset by 147 runs
Group Three
Old Trafford: Lancashire, on 22-0, trail Glamorgan by 322 runs
Northampton: Sussex, on 154-4 in their second innings, trail Northamptonshire (441-9dec) by 181 runs
Headingley: Yorkshire, on 240-5, trail Kent by 65