It is no doubt going to be a series of interesting games but the weather might have a say, it might just need 1 day of rain to mess/help certain sides.

His figures, if he was signed to be a CC player, are very poor so maybe he was considered part of a CC attack but 7 wickets in 7 games at 75 each is not really very good.

I would be happy to see Hampshire go down, they have been really lucky with 2 of their T20 titles and would have been relegated in 2016 after losing to Durham but Durham were relegated after financial irregularities in their place and at the time, Kent questioned it quite rightly, saying Hampshire should still be relegated as they hadn't done enough to stay in division 1 and that Kent after finishing only slightly below the 2 promoted sides, should get the final division 1 place. Rob Bransgrove was always trying to pump money into the club to buy a Test match every year and moaned like a child when Hampshire were not given Tests every year. Also, I am still pissed off at the way they denied us the 2011 CC title by playing out of their skins on the last day against us yet managing to lose 9 wickets in a session v Lancashire with some insipid schoolboy batting in the penultimate game before they played us.

I was there and I have to say that a few good lbw shouts were turned down and we beat the bat more times than I have seen all season. Not much you can do if you don't find the edge as it wasn't from a lack of trying, on any other day it could have been 280-8.

I had a swollen knee and I wasn't doing it any good as a groundsman at a college, by walking around all day so went to the Dr who said I should keep it elevated. So I did, I sat down for 4 days whilst my leg was raised. I did a bit more jumping up and down on the 4th day and had to avoid the Central TV reporter who interviewed the man standing next to me in the pavilion whilst I moved aside pretty quickly so I wasn't picked up and viewed by someone I worked with. I have the clip somewhere and you can just see my right arm as the man is talking to the camera. Happy days.

When we won the title in 2021 in that last game v Somerset, it was 21st-24th September and for the most part it was very warm and a real scorcher on the last day. I had to take a 'Sickie' all week to watch it. I don't care, I am a rebel and do not want to be at work when my team are winning the title.

Yes, just saw it on BBC cricket site, thought he might have a season in division 1 but alas.... He was a good signing in 2011, it seems like 5 minutes ago he came for the last 3rd of the season and made an impact straight away after Giles didn't appear to rate him but Welch talked him into it. It was so near in 2011 but he and Barker formed one of our very best opening bowling attacks, never letting anyone get off to a good start and that penultimate game at Worcester in 2012 on the first morning was sublime.

Years ago we would be done and dusted by now and if we do get cricket anywhere, it will be with a few layers on and everyone will say, "Do you remember June....". Utterly ridiculous, wonder how many injuries are cause through early season starts and ends with players struggling to keep warm as the cold and wind whistles through them. Get rid of The Hundread and we wouldn't have this.

It would be nice if they could stay up and not go back down seeing as we are losing Worcestershire again which is very selfish of them seeing as we are usually guaranteed CC wins against them.

At least Hampshire didn't win and it wasn't decided with 2 batsmen and a 'Runner' all running at the same time or a side not being allowed to run a bye to the wicketkeeper. Somerset have been consistent in this competition for years and they do appear to get their game in good order, just quite strange how they are letting Dickson go.

Work, bloody work, I gave that up last November and thought, "All that time off, loads of cricket.." but alas, rain, very dull CC games and missing the odd game for family reasons has seen me watching fewer days than when I was working. Agree about the sarcasm, I love it even when I am the victim of it.

LeicesterExile, if you are exiled, doesn't that mean you cannot venture to any games between both sides. Just saying seeing as we have not found out the reason for you being exiled, there must be a salacious reason unless it is to do with high espionage.

I have just seen that Nottinghamshire members do not want a reduction in CC games. How about a 100% reduction in Hundread games, we would see many votes for that.

Just looked again at the Davies dismissal, shocking and the patronising comment about "Small men's pads" could only come from a patronising Surrey wanker who commentates using an 'Arseholes Microphone' - just to even it up.

Perhaps drop Hain when we paly at the Oval, caught behind off his hip with the bat 8" from the ball a few years back off Roach, and caught behind off one that he missed by a mile last season.

Yes, I am right with you there. I love the way he is saying "250 is par", it's the first day, you can't assume that because it looks better than 200, it is 'Par'.

I love the arrogance that Surrey will definitely bowl us out twice as if it was 'A given' that it will happen.

Luckily the 2 fielders in question didn't appear to be clutching their stomachs in pain as they came off and no sign of bleeding either.

Not sure what sharp practices are going on at The Oval, but Lawrence has 'Dissected' the field by all accounts from what one of the commentators said. Really don't think cricketers should be taking scalpels onto the field.

Wide Yorker length balls are useful but problematic if they go wrong. The thing is, batsmen are more adept at scoring from them now and the problem is, you take clean-bowled and lbw out of the game and unless you get it right, a batsman can throw everything at it and often get 4 or 6.