Essex have really rode their luck v the new ball.

Somwrset always get good runs from their lower order.

Dominic Ostler would like a word...

How on earth that Woakes over didnt get a wicket then...

Hain did this v Essex in the game batting with Gilchrist for the last wicket.

Just seen, cheers. Benkenstein and Auld (FC debut) in.

The Daily Fail are reporting that next season could start on April 2nd with 7 rounds of CC (each county getting 1 'bye' week) and 2 rounds of CC in June and 2 more rounds of CC in July.

Anything been said about Shane Snater? Is he out of the game?

Suthar got a shocker

Wild session as Essex 8th wicket brings up 50 partnership pretty quickly.

Amazing Ethan Bamber

Hmmm

Any word on whats happened to Will Young?

And when the hell did Notts sign Mukesh Kumar?!

Thanks mad. I notice West Bromwich Dartmouth CC is being used, was the National Counties Championship final played there again this year? Ive enjoyed this ground in the past.

Cook available for Essex and Noah Thain is back from injury. No Porter.

We're maybe at the stage where with rain affected games we could see captains getting together and trying to set targets, forfeited innings etc...

On the road again

Love Test cricket, watch it whenever I can if the Bears ain't playing, but I haven't attended a day of Test cricket in years now. Its just too much hassle. Think 2015 Ashes was the last one I actually went to.

He was phenomenal in 2018 the year we got promoted.

Definitely relying on Pennington to Stone at the moment. Easy to forget they had Fergus O'neill amd Tongue throughout April/May though. This Giles lad looks handy enough but Hutton has had a fairly quiet season by his standards, they're missing Lyndon James overs and this Sheat looks, well, shit.

Stone has had an incredible few weeks. That was his 9th 4day game this season.

68 wickets @ 19 from 16 matches in 4day cricket for us between 2017-2022. I think.