This is hopeless! How can he get into any rhythm with the Bears?

Notts 400 all out. Bears 17/1. Good to see England's batsmen getting plenty of practice in....Duckett, Root & Brook all getting centuries. Meanwhile in the IPL....

And Duckett playing for Notts. It's the same nearly every season, and Chris isn't getting any younger. I presume he still gets paid for warming the bench in the IPL?

Has he had any time playing so far? Are the ECB holding him back? I noticed Root has played some cricket recently for Yorkshire.

Same underlying problems with the batting. Without Hain they struggle. We could do with signing a top overseas batsman - but international commitments usually get in the way.

Anyone know why Norwell is out of the team? Worrying if it's yet another injury, especially to his troublesome back.

Not the best start to the season. Worrying if Norwell is injured already? On top of that, Hasan Ali unavailable along with Woakes and Hain. Recall Craig Miles!

No Chris Woakes again?

The timing of this news so close to the start of the new season is disappointing.

Not overly happy with this decision. He's still young and has a lot to offer. I think we might regret letting him go.

Very good signing. I still feel we need another batsman.

Bears win! Scrapping for 3rd place next week.

28/2. Ridiculous decision by the umpire to give Mousley out stumped! His foot never left the ground! Albeit by a toe.

14/1 Davies gone lbw. We need 44 off 42 balls.....hopefully we can do this!! Sun has come out....

Looks like this is heading for a draw. Yates bowling some spin - only a part time spinner. Middlesex now 227/4. 33 ahead.
Why doesn't Mousley bowl his spin? I know they use him for white ball cricket, but he always looks threatening with his spin speed variation.

Great from OH-D! 4 wickets for 19 runs, he just gets better and better! Middlesex now 104/9.

Well done in the end! Happy to be proved wrong. However, it was poor from the top order. Burgess and OH-D got us out of jail.

Not good to lose Barnard at this point. It'll be difficult to win now. I'd rather it petered to a draw than setting up a contrived result.

Guys, we're playing the worst team in this division which just shows how bad we are at the moment.

What a disappointment with Norwell. Does the back injury put his career in doubt? He hasn't bowled a single ball this season. Doesn't sound good at all.