Just to put the record straight re your point about committee members, Paul Warren was there all day, Ibrar Hussain after tea and I came down about 1:30. I have been to pretty much every day of every home game despite still working, so sometimes come down after lunch, sometimes book a full days leave.

It was a magnificent effort by the team, particularly OHD and Norwell. I gather Norwell wasn’t fully fit so even more amazing. A good article by George Dobell about Norwell in the Cricketer and it’s not hidden behind the paywall.

mad wrote:

Tremendous advert for the county championship. If the board and committee fail to see the value of 2 division county championship cricket after that well then I have no more to offer and I will give up following cricket forever.

No sign of the committee whatsoever until that final wicket but afterwards there they all were applauding ecstatically - and so they should be

They know or at least have some sense now of what it means and what they must do with the ridiculous bloody Strauss review