I would doubt Burgess has been dropped, it must be an injury of sorts. Surely after some of the strangest teams we have seen picked this season, the selection committee cannot surely do something more to piss us all off.

You do have to wonder with someone like Neil Mallender though, how he gave a few stinkers, he played the game for ages and yet we have seen some awful decisions and yet because of Covid, the way Tests had to be played with home umpires threw up some thought of potentially poor games on the horizon and yet out of all that came Michael Gough, now one of the best and most respected umpires in the world having had a career much shorter than people like Mallender and not as successful and yet he is now at the top of his game as an official.

Don't really want him back as he just appeared to want a bigger and bigger job and his handling of the 2014 T20 world cup when he continued to veto the picking of Jade Dernbach (14 runs per over) was nothing short of stupid and ridiculous. It is not always a good idea to go back but for a 3rd time, no thanks.

Because Somerset will still be ahead of us even with a draw, they will not give us a sniff so I would expect them to bat on to get a 350 lead or more as the thought of losing for them would be almost certain relegation. Just goes to show that all those people were right a few years ago that Somerset and their 'Make it turn from ball 1' pitches were their best way of trying to win the title. As soon as Leach became an England regular and Bess went to Yorkshire, they have struggled even though I know this is an away game for them.

If it does there is only 1 winner. I have my suit ready and will shortly iron my shirt and get out my best tie.

Somerset seem to be making sure they don't lose and at this rate might be batting into tomorrow.

Don't like to think of us as a yo yo side seeing as Hampshire have been down a division and would have been relegated in 2016 but for Durham's woes and remain a very lucky county (As the T20 final showed) and it's not that long ago that Somerset were always a stone's throw away from the title, Notts are as much a yo yo side as anyone but I do see your point in terms of where both side are now and 2 divisions is what I think most players/counties have always said they preferred. It just goes to show how bad this whole scenario is and any county who are considered a 'Feeder' will be extremely insulted. I can imagine Leicestershire and Derbyshire thinking, "Well haven't we been a feeder county for Nottinghamshire since they nicked most of our good players for the last 15 years".

OHD was leaving all the scoring to Siraj who seemed to have more idea about how to do it, so I do not blame the tactics seeing as there were plenty of overs left to get a batting point. When I have seen him over the years, OHD has got out most of the time very early when trying to play attacking shots.

Players do not generally act like Rhodes did unless the decision is poor.

And they usually pay for it but when you see decisions like the one Hain got at The Oval then you wonder about umpires who stick their finger up very quickly instead of taking a moment to have a think.

Though 182-8 sounds fine, I get the feeling it's another opportunity when we had a side ready for a 130 all out situation and yet again we failed to cash in.

Completely agree, no point in getting an overseas player in for the CC if he isn't a Test player. Siraj just looks like a huge handful, not only very fast but appears to be bowling on leg stump and then it swings late and has the batmen floundering.

Well done Mr Yadav, 3 balls in and a stumping is achieved, 46-3.

Shall I apply, I am not too happy in my job at the moment and I at least could disagree on some of the team selections to shake things up a bit. I would as my first assignment, insist we give a bloke called Lamb, a game and ask why a bloke called Davies keeps being picked. The latter has played some of the most unbelievably poor shots I have ever seen in over 45 years of watching this wonderful game.

Not very confident with the look of the bowling and the injuries to Miles and Norwell are very strange, a bit like the days of Boyd Rankin whereby he seemed to be injured without really having done anything to explain how this occurred. Lamb will no doubt be looking around to see what other counties need batsmen for next season. We do have a habit of treating people (Yes people, they are not just players after all) with total disdain which reflects shamefully on us as a county. I can imagine Barker and Wright would no doubt feel the same.

It is a bit like Duckworth/Lewis which always seemed ridiculous (Just like the 'faster scoring rate' method before it) as it never took into account, the various strengths of a batting side which is obviously impossible to gauge. It is just another reason why cricket is the best but most confusing/mind boggling sport ever.

Agreed. I have to say I am not one to want to go back to the days where a draw or a defeat got you the same number of points but the draw points that a side gets when they are totally outplayed can sometimes by ridiculous. If a side bats out 100 overs with the last pair securing a draw, they have fought for those points but in the case of sides who don't even get started on a mammoth chase of 350+, it does seem a bit lopsided to get points you haven't really deserved. I think there should be a rethink on draw points and having to bat out a certain amount of overs should come into it, not getting 8 for being stuck in a pavilion hoping the rain carries on all day.

That is the one thing that people who don't like cricket, cannot understand, a team well on top getting denied because of the weather. Had Gloucestershire won, Somerset would have been a point behind us having played the same number of games but now they will go ahead of us in the table having been outplayed for the whole game. Come the end of the season, that could make a big difference and I believe it will.

County members want to see 'Competitive' 4-day cricket, not some games that players just coast through to so as not to injure themselves or games where they really cannot be bothered as nothing is riding on it. I would sooner, Strauss got a team to thrash out a new proposed format rather than sit down and think "Now this is what I want so I will propose it and tell the counties that this is the best thing for the game".

Woakes and Stone to tour sounds like a waste of plane tickets. They were picked based on what exactly?