Royal London Cup Discussion Thread 2016

[st_brendy]

Somerset the first side to qualify for the QFs. And with a home tie to boot.

Yorkshire, Essex and, in theory, Notts and Northants could join them tomorrow.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Yorks again going in with four batters, with Tim coming in at five. No Rashid, three days before the Test is due to start. Not very auspicious.

[DiligentDefence]

Derbyshire off to a good start. Northants in need of a couple of wickets.

[Arthur Crabtree]

100 off the last ten overs means advantage Durham, but still on if Yorks can find a ton in the top four.

[captaincolly]

Somebody at the ground says Colly hurt his foot when he was batting? He was out before I got here. That leaves open the nightmare scenario of captain calamity taking over in which case you can deduct about 40 runs from the score.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Collingwood seems to be picking up injuries.

[captaincolly]

Collingwood seems to be picking up injuries.

Old age!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Looks a strong Durham attack with Wood back.

[DiligentDefence]

Looking at the way the Derbyshire innings went I think a good start is needed.

[Arthur Crabtree]

3-28 for Gidman at Kent.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Looking at the way the Derbyshire innings went I think a good start is needed.

There's your start.

[DiligentDefence]

Looking at the way the Derbyshire innings went I think a good start is needed.

There's your start.

Duckett now reached 50.

[Arthur Crabtree]

N'hants to win impressively.

Leaning getting out for Yorks at just the wrong time, going into the last 15. Should be able to score the runs, but the wickets are the problem. Too much for bowling all rounders to do, but Tim is in fine form. His wicket will be decisive I think.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Great effort from Tim, but not enough from the main four bats. Big setback for qualification.

[st_brendy]

Great effort from Tim, but not enough from the main four bats. Big setback for qualification.

Your NRR is fine compared to Warks and Worcs. You'd have to lose pretty heavily to Warks to not qualify - and even then, other results could still save you.

The setback is to getting a home QF. But even that you'll probably still get.

(This is all assuming that Notts don't hit 50 from 4 overs, 8 down)