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We ought to wallop them - but this is a potential banana skin (isn't every game?)! However, I will stick my neck out and say 6-1 to Saints.

We deserve to win this and go up but life is not like that! I just hope that Adams made the right call - rain is forecast for Friday I understand. Hopefully we will declare about 450 ahead at 11.45 am and then bowl them out tomorrow afternoon. That is my plan anyway!

Alan Green says he has been very impressed by Mane.

Very nearly scored again.

Some dodgy refereeing by Stroud.

A great recovery today - congratulations to Vince and Ervine. However, we have a long way to go to win this game - hope the weather holds.

Great partnership by Vince and Ervine - let's hope they press on and we can get to 350 by stumps.

157 for 5 - looking a bit better. Essex are 47 for 2 in reply to Worcester 84 all out.

Hopes now rely on Vince! Meanwhile Worcs are rallying a bit.

Worcestershire 31 for 7 - what is going on???

Oh dear. Why can't I find any commentary on the BBC site for this match??

No Briggs again.

I was listening to it live all day on the internet. Presumably the comments of the 3/4 commentators on there are as valid as yours??

Why did Briggs get dropped? It seems very odd to me.

We could slump here - they're 201 for3 now and could easily make 450. Our bowling is very lack-lustre.

Kent won the toss and elected to bat - now 29 for 2 with both wickets for Coles. Maybe he will prove me wrong in the last two matches?

Yes that is what he said.

Tough game but I think we can win it.

Excellent team performance and great result - Newcastle were a shambles but we looked the business. Stand-out players included Pelle and Tadic, Alderweireld, Forster (some great saves) and Cork and Davis, especially first half. This is encouraging and I can see us finishing above last season - why not?

Surely Surrey cannot catch us now - what a turn around in that game - so it's either us or Essex?

Surrey look set to win - maybe it will be them and us who go up?

It looks like Essex are bound to beat Kent - the Worcester v Surrey looks like it could go either way.

The Worcs vs Surrey game is interesting. My concern is how the weather might be next week and the week after. Would 2 draws get us up?!

No I fear not.