I didn't listen because I can imagine all the things he will say after some corporate numpty has handed him a sheet of A4 to show him what he can and can't say when answering about the price hike. I could afford to go with no problems but having to get 2 buses as finding somewhere to park is a no-go, having my bag searched for alcohol so I have to spend 25% of a weeks shopping just on 2 pints and queue for the privilege, have people walk past because they need their 8th beer, sit next to someone who you can tell only watches the 'Big' games and then when it's over and the roads are blocked off, take 80-90 minutes to get home which is only 8 miles away. No thanks, I'II leave it.

Let's hope that Notts are feeling that fatigue and because we have not had to do loads of bowling, just 140.2 overs in the last 2 games, that's 35 overs per innings over 5-6 bowlers. Suthar could be a superb signing, he's bowled so well so far and he could go at one end whilst the seamers are operating at the other end.

Thanks Andy, those figures surprise me as I didn't think he did too much but then again I don't remember him making major contributions to games except that 2021 game at Trent Bridge during that run chase where he batted well with Tim Bresnan (Brezzy Lad) as we got to our total.

Hampshire must wish they had done better, earlier, the last pair have put on 41 so far. Take Pennington and Stone away and that's not a brilliant attack for Notts. Not sure of anyone could tell me Stone's bowling figures for us but they weren't as good as his time so far for his latest county.

He ought to play Trump then, you can imagine 2 cheats trying to out-do each other. Very Sad.

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I thought Hampshire would put up a bit of a fight seeing as they really need a win but they are as bad as their fans were saying last week on the BBC Cricket site. A lot were saying that they are so poor and did nothing to address the batting at the end of last season, that they really hope they go down so something can be done once and for all to put it right. Total crap and it's as you were at the top. I just hope for our sake, that Essex and Leicestershire play as badly against us as they have played in this round of games.

What a turnaround, at one time it looked as though Hampshire would follow-on and now they need just one good batting display. They owe us, in 2011, beating us and Durham towards the end of the season, capitulating v Lancashire in one final session in the penultimate game and then drawing with us in that final game to deny us the title - Time to do us a favour I think.

The press appear to want to see them as champions, they are a little entitled and still moan about the 2016 title which they feel was 'Stolen' from them, no it wasn't, Middlesex and Yorkshire did what any county would have done. It's like 2011 all over again when the press were dying for Lancashire to win it even though I feel we were a better side and proved it the next year.

Notts have just got their 3rd bowling bonus point with 2.4 overs to spare. Hampshire have fought back well though.

Everyone, get on your knees and pray for rain from now (Well, tomorrow) until 27th September. Didn't the Russians look at ways of making it rain by artificial means. Wonder if there are any notes knocking about.

Somerset are all over Leicestershire and look very likely to win but Hampshire haven't lost a wicket for over 33 overs and are being a real pain to Notts. Let's hope they at least can put up a fight and maybe stop Notts if they get close to the first innings total.

Probably won't get 400 now, this is very disappointing despite the fact that we are well in control of the game.

170 from 37 overs is achievable but you have to reckon on Smith maybe to motor it along so as not to leave too much for the tail (Not referring to The Wizard here) to do. Ed can move it on as well. Either way, we have a good lead which will grow anyway.

Somerset have lost 9 wickets for 167, might have blown a chance to put Leicestershire out of the game. They might still have done so but max batting points was on definitely. I hope we can get a good amount of batting points, we need to try and get up close to both Somerset and Notts as they have a little advantage in points.

I think we can say at the moment that this was a good toss to lose. 48-6, excellent.

Just looked at the pics of the Notts game on YouTube. What are they playing at, looks as though someone has gone to The Crucible and taken the snooker table to pieces and laid it on the pitch. If the pitch is crap they should be penalised, Essex were late on in the season in 1989 and it cost them the title.

Woakes perhaps lacked a lot of consistent cricket and probably being in the England set-up made his batting worse. He batted 8-9 and I doubt he was quite sure what his job was, bat with the tail or give it a bash. When he was with us before his Test career took off, he batted as high as and benefitted from cricket day-in-day-out. As soon as he played for England, he had less cricket and on tour often hardly played unless someone was injured. If he was fit enough for a whole season, I think we would see him back to batting like he used to. Notts, 3 down, good.

Yes, Lamb's omission was very strange and all I am thinking is that the management think that Zen will improve but still if you look at last season it appeared he had taken a big step.

For all the posturing we heard after last weekend from Notts fans saying they were denied victory because of the amount of play that was lost, they have had 40+ overs trying to separate these 2. The commentator yesterday put a few people right by saying that the intensity last Sunday had gone because with a day left, the chances of a result had gone and we would have got our heads down more if there had been more time left. Had there been a full 4 days, the same thing wouldn't have happened as science will tell you, exactly the same thing can't happen if the circumstances are different. Our last 3 games don't look too bad but I hope the weather allows for full play so whomever wins the title can say it was done on merit.

Reminds me of a game at Northampton in 1991 where Northants looked odds on to follow-on and Donald was busting his gut to get that last wicket but Roberts and Cook put on 85, used up loads of time and we had to try and set a target but ran out of time, had we the chance to make them follow-on we could possibly have won. We finished 2nd that season after the 'Skullduggery Bank Holiday' games between Lancashire and Essex.