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So 5 out of the six qualifiers for Div 1 were part of the old first division as it was in 2019. Although Notts would have been relegated had 2020 proceeded as normal. Essex,Surrey and Kent missed out and Lancs got upgraded this time round although they would have been promoted in 2020 anyway.

Middlesex are total crap, even good players seem to sink to the bottom there.

Yorkshire will start below us I think, 4,5 points, half their total against Lancs. It's only the points against the other side from our group that count I think.So us and Somerset, Lancs and Yorks and Notts and Warks.

Well they've both made a big first class century for us already so I guess we can give them some slack.

Ah well we'll still start ahead of Yorkshire because they only got a total of 9 points against Lancashire I think. Even then they might end up with less if they get vfned points for the flooding at Headingly. It used to be zero points for an unsafe pitch but I think that has changed now.

What's the formula there? Is it half of the total points from the 2 matches?

So Division 1 is just 53 runs from 20 overs away for Hants. Took a while to get the last few Gloucs wickets but they kind of collapsed right at the end. Think the last three went down for 1 run. Presume that we won't cock this up.

Really not looking any too hopeful today. Got a wicket in the first over but since then nada, been tonked about a bit as well. Lead down to about 50 and still 6 wickets to get.

Well that didn't happen despite a fine start by Holland and Weatherly. Then we lost a few wickets and got pinned down somewhat. Ended the day 41 ahead with 5 wickets down. All to play for tomorrow.

Forecast doesn't look great. Second division is more than likely.

Much as expected Middlesex collapsed losing their last 6 wickets for about 15 runs. Strange how the filthy rich county that they obviously must be are just so poor at cricket just now. Doesn't change all that much for Hants, we'll need to beat Gloucestershire next week.

Although Middlesex are still holding up at tea at Cheltenham, only lost one wicket all day so far. That said, I don't think that their lower order batting is up to much so once the Glosters get amongst it a collapse is likely.

Skittled Surrey for 72 in the end and then got 2 wickets when they followed on. Good bowling from the seamers. We'll have to see if we can get Amla again for not too many tomorrow.

But never when you need a bit of rain to avoid a crushing defeat!!

We are going to get shafted by the weather again . The Glosters have skittled Middlesex for 101 and might even win despite only making 248, won't be much play at the Aegeas today

Too much cricket perhaps. Played Big Bash and then started the PSL until it was postponed. Looked good at the start of Hant's season but that was 3 months ago, been going downhill since.

Pity each day seems to be truncated by rain or bad light around half five, especially as we have Surrey on the ropes and the Glosters don't look as if they'll be making a big score (then again neither did we yesterday).

Played a bit better yesterday evening and got the win. Poor again from the 3 star batsmen but Prest, Weatherly and Fuller stepped up to compensate. Real cricket again tomorrow, I wonder if they'll give Prest a go at 3 or resort to Alsop again. I see that Northeast has left the club, initially on loan at Yorkshire and that we've signed Nick Gubbins from Midddlesex. I see also that Abbas has lost his Pakistan central contact so might we see him back again ?

Very poor indeed, team selection totally incomprehensible unless there are a few injuries/illnesses. Vince looks completely out of touch, the two overseas players put on a good show and the rest just didn't look good enough. Still with 7 home games to come perhaps we'll pick up a bit. What's the position with Aneurin Donald nowadays ?

It certainly looks that way, then again apart from the first couple of championship games against pretty mediocre bowling our batting hasn't looked all that great this season at all. Don't really think that the bowling is up to the job either, not without Abbott or a wicket helping the spinners. Pity Barker doesn't play white ball cricket.

Good win for Hants this evening. Hants total didn't really look enough, especially when Essex got after Crane a bit but some good fielding turned it around for us, think there were 3 run outs and a couple of good catches.

Belay my last, spinners have put the brakes on a bit and are getting some wickets.

Not a great start to the T20 campaign. Bowling looks weak and is getting seriously smashed. PLus the video stream just stopped working.

Good while it lasted. Perhaps it will stop raining again one day. Probably not soon enough for us to get 15 more Leicester wickets before tomorrow evening though.

Doesn't seem to be the best of days for spectators to return to the Aegeas. Delayed start, frequent showers and a pretty awful batting wicket that makes very ordinary seamers look deadly. Now if we'd started tomorrow it might have been better. Apparently it's because the New Zealand team finish their quarantine at the end of the week and want to practise on the ground.