Rain at Edgbaston, New Road, Derby and Northampton at Chelmsford. And no news on the Grace Road possible points deduction yet.
Arrive at Scarborough, to find that Colin Graves has held a “robust” member’s meeting to discuss demutualisation. In it, he suggested that six other counties were also looking at demutualisation.
Weatherwatch - Thunderstorm warning
Ho hum. The Met office says “ a band of thundery rain will move slowly northwards across England and Wales.” Sunny spells and scattered showers to follow.
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Division One table
Division Two table
1 Durham 169
2 Kent 139
3 Northants 135
4 Worcestershire 115
5 Middlesex 102
6 Derbyshire 102
7 Lancashire 84
8 Gloucestershire 41
Fixtures
Division One
Chelmsford: Essex v Surrey
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan v Hampshire
Hove: Sussex v Somerset
Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire
Scarborough: Yorkshire v Leicestershire
Division Two
Derby: Derbyshire v Middlesex
Chester-le-Street: Durham v Gloucestershire
Northampton: Northamptonshire v Kent
New Road: Worcestershire v Lancashire
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Preamble
Good morning and welcome to the last August round of this year’s County Championship. It was misty at Huddersfield, bone yellow after Leeds, brisk at Seamer. Scarborough, for now, is dry and full of open-top buses.
There are just five rounds to go and every match swells in importance. Kent’s trip to Northants looks a particularly big one, with the two teams still locked battle for the second promotion place. Leaders Notts travel to Edgbaston to take on third-placed Warwickshire, while Sussex, after last round’s disappointment, will be hoping for better against a Somerset side already dreaming that this could be the year. Naughty boys Durham are rewarded with wooden spoonishts Gloucestershire.
Play starts at 11am, put the kettle on and join us. The sofa is endless.
