The bowling was really good especially the early stuff in the powerplay, to push the scoring rate up to 10+ so early in the game was crucial. A few tight games going on at the moment so it will be an interesting table to look at in half an hour.

Bowled well up to the CC winning season and in THAT game v Somerset where we clinched it but not much after. When he was on song, he was good but on a bad day... A bit like Melvyn Betts when he was here.

Devon Bear, you are right about the selections and you wonder at what point does a young player think he will only get picked if no alternative can be chosen instead. A genuine fast bowler like Simmons should also get some overs with a new ball, if I was an opener, the last thing I'd want first up is to face some pace and England do the same with Wood, wait until a batsman is set and then bring the pace on when the shine is off the ball.

At Latham's scoring rate, we would get an average score of 156 if everyone batted at the same rate. That isn't going to get us very far which suggests everyone needs to 'Get a move on'.

Latham's T20 record was something I looked at before he played his first game and it is not very impressive so why he is at the top of the order where we need to take advantage of the 'Powerplay', is beyond me. Moeen has not been the player we saw when he played against us for Worcestershire. He appeared to relish making big match-winning scores but has not really got going for us.

We just have to win and we might need a bit of help elsewhere. It is a very tight group.

Lickey-bear, I always covet the CC more mainly because I gave up seeing us ever win it as I hated watching Warwickshire teams that were good on paper, finish very low down and I really just hoped for a cup every now and then. From the early 1980's I despaired watching Lloyd, Smith, Kalli, Amiss, Humpage, Oliver, Din, Ferreira, Small, Lethbridge, Willis get us close but not close enough in one-day games. In 1983, we floated about near the top but got to 5th and once we had a good attack from 1988 onwards it seemed on but the little bit of gameswap that Lancs/Essex did in 1991 was me thinking it would never happen. When it finally did 3 years later, it was great to see other teams jealous of our wins. Of course in between times, we did win one-day cups and the 1989 final was amazing as it has been 21 years since the last one which no one has any film of unfortunately. I do have great affection for our cup final victories but they are not as highly thought of now, not played at Lord's and very small crowds. I still prefer a CC title but having seen a very small crowd for the 4 days when we last won it 4 years ago, it makes me wonder how we can get 3-4 times that many for a meaningless T20 game where we can't qualify and yet a title decider is poorly attended. I guess not many feel the same as me but maybe that separates 'Diehard Fans' to ones who just turn up for T20.

Really good, professional run chase, no mad shots trying to give catching practice like we often do.

How do I sign up.

He is impressive and I like an overseas player with enthusiasm and the ability to embrace playing the game rather than just going through the motions.

118 behind, not as bad as it could have been at 410-4. Surely we can see this out, no stupid shots (Yes, I know), keep it on the floor and watch them wilt in the heat.

3 wickets before lunch or we will be 'Chasing leather' all afternoon. Not sure what we might have done without Rocchi, he looks a good signing.

Come on Rocchi 7-50.

What is frustrating is that by the close if they haven't lost too many wickets, they could only be 100 so behind our score and a lead would see us trying to bat out for a draw. If you introduced someone to cricket with them having no knowledge of the game whatsoever, they would wonder why they were watching it and what the whole point was. This game might produce a positive result but I would be surprised if it was us who won it.

I got confused earlier with Taz and Zen which at least stopped my "What Bamber at 7..." panic that I had this morning. A good start though so far.

Bamber at 7 and it looks very weak on that front. I would put Roccchi at 7, he didn't look too bad last game. At least, it seems we have made a move that reflects us trying to bowl Sussex out but hope the long tail won't be something we regret.

Seems a waste of a day to not start the game today seeing as no one has played since Wednesday. There is usually a Sunday start when there has been a T20 game on Friday but cannot see why the weekend cannot be used to its full capacity. Imagine a good crowd today and all the cold beer that Sussex could have sold as well as other food.

I do wonder if the 50-over cup is relevant if nothing changes for it. England's poor showing in the last world cup was put down to the players not playing enough of those types of games amongst other things so it looks as though even though those England players could be free, they will no doubt appear in The Hundread. This further undermines that competition as in last years semi v Glamorgan, we had, missing from out team, Woakes, Moeen, Briggs, Davies, Hain, Bethell and Mousely and would probably have mashed Glamorgan into oblivion whereas Glamorgan could put out a decent team who had been playing together through lack of call-ups. Not sure about a CC final, especially in September which will stretch the season even more and the weather just cannot be relied on. As in the Sheffield shield, would the winner be the best team in the CC standings if the final was a draw which has a good chance being in September. I think the best team should be the team who finish first as it has been since 1873 or we will get a scenario like they have had in T20 where a side who wins it overall have actually won fewer and lost more than side who win their groups but get eliminated. In the CC we could get a situation like they use to have in Rugby where Wasps, for a few seasons used to scrape into 4th (Last qualifying position) some 15 points behind the top side and go on to win the final. If a draw is all the top side in the CC needs to win the title in a final, they might just be happy to bat forever and take time out of the game.

Strange thing with Loudon was that he never made a first-class 100, announced he was leaving and then promptly made 3 or 4 in his last season.

Not sure why we are being criticised, Somerset have surely got enough, have 2 spinners, one of them has 142 Test wickets and are in control.