We win by an innings and 21 runs. Great to get the first win on the board and so emphatically. Rhodes and OH-D with the stand out performances.

A win before lunch on the third day - not many people saw that coming!! As said the others competing to avoid relegation do not look as though a win is a possibility so all in all an excellent round of matches.

Now that OHD has demonstrated his ability with the kookaburra ball, will England want to take him to Australia? (wink)

Unexpected win for Worcestershire today - but the table looks a lot better than it did before this round of matches:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-division-one-2024-1410191/points-table-standings

Yeah, seems Lancashire are now the favourites to go down with Kent. A week ago I remember saying we needed a win v Somerset and although I still think that was true at the time, you can see we now have the same win/loss/draw as Notts but are 16 points ahead, most of which are batting bonus points. Seems you can get somewhere racking up huge first innings scores under Kookabura and drawing games. Just will never be more than mid table.

Graham Smith sums up this round of matches:
https://deepextracover.com/2024/09/week-12-vitality-county-championship-review/