Wise after the event? I did talk Derby up after they beat us and question Notts credentials at the time.

Bit of a big game this all of a sudden, top half of the group has closed right up, Derby won again, Leicester might be sniffing an outside chance after beating Notts (the Yardstick apparently). If we lose tomorrow we will be under pressure.

Really great comp the Blast is. Don't let the smug stattos on social media tell you otherwise.

Will Rhodes added to the squad for tomorrow.

Really interesting point. I'm not sure Robinson and Farbrace necessarily see eye to eye all the time. I don't think there's necessarily any cause for concern but i do wonder who or what is driving some of the ideas behind team selection. Recent recruitment has been patchy at best. Davies, McAndrew, Stirling, Brathwaite (he looks a faded force now) and further back Vihari, Malan and Holder have or had all struggled quite a bit game after game but none seems or seemed to be under pressure for his place. I just get the impression that if your a new signing you will walk straight into the team and play regardless.

There are good players who are not getting the faintest look in at all here. Particularly in the T20 format. It looks a closed shop.

I think in 4day cricket you get given time, that's fair enough (but some get given A LOT of time) but in t20 where you look at players giving you an instant impact it probably wouldn't hurt to shake it up a bit more. Other counties do it.

We seem to have a plan A but plan B seems to be do plan A but better.

Notts have all these matchwinners but they can't seem to win any matches. Only made the 1/4's last year, so did we. I mean if they're the yardstick...yes we beat them twice, we should beat them twice but that don't mean you automatically beat Derby. It just doesn't work like that. County Cricket is competitive and the Blast is such a good comp because anyone can more or less beat anyone on any given day.

Yes I remember that with Steve Elworthy, he got dropped a few times, even got dropped for the Sunday League game against us!

Harsh on Derbyshire, Paul. They've won 4 on the spin now and are 4th in the table on the back of some good form. Bears were below par today, obviously, but give the opposition credit.

Anyway, on Stirling, this is the problem if you don't sign quality overseas players, they don't perform well enough regularly enough and block opportunities for other players as they seem to be undroppable for some reason.

Any word on Briggs injury? And Hain? He looked to moving gingerly whilst batting and didn't come out to field. If we lose them for a couple of weeks we could find ourselves scapping around for the couple of wins we need for 1/4 final qualification...some tough games coming up...

Yeah Derbyshire are decent and are quietly having a good season relative to their usual lower standards.

Re. the Brathwaite 5 run penalty runs, I expect we'll be seeing it a lot more as it happens every game, I mean Stuart Broad does it every over...

Hain brilliant again, just a shame we couldn't get him on strike more.

Stirling, Bethell OUT

Yates, Mousley IN

I'll be disappointed if Mousley doesn't get the nod tonight.

I've seen him like this before, he really does ride his luck.

Really good game this

Buzzing that red ball cricket is back

I'd like to see

Sibley
Yates
Rhodes
Hain
Lamb
Mousley
Burgess
H Brookes
Briggs
Norwell
OHD

I assume Norwell is fit? Might be a little early for Stone?

Thank god for that

Should maybe be one an innings? Imagine seeing 3 or 4 a game!

Not sure how I feel about these tactical retirements. Think it's something that will either start happening a lot or get outlawed pretty quickly. It has happened before, in the IPL? I remember Pollard doing something like that in the T20 World Cup? Think he came back on though.

Hate to say it but Carlos is looking like a bit of a weak link at the moment, he's going at 12 an over.

We've sometimes struggled on this ground in recent times...

The Eric Hollies stand looked a bit lively...

On the brink of being dropped amirite?!

Sensational from Benjamin. It looks easy looking back at the scorecards but at 34-4 we were losing that game.