Weather for Swanns

With Samit Patel on England duty again, the game tonight at Old Trafford has Luke Fletcher and Scott Elstone included in the Outlaws' T20 squad as well as Graeme White.


The Met Office has issued an "Amber Warning " for Greater Manchester" among other areas in the NW for today with lots of heavy rain expected.

Chasing Puddles
Owing to the early abandonment of the 3rd ODI, Samit Patel might find himself on the Trans-Pennine Express to watch the rain at OT following the rain at Headingley, that he would have watched this morning.






2wann Deal
Graeme Swann has today signed a new two-year deal for Nottinghamshire, securing his limited services until the end of 2014 for the the club.




Full House


All 18 counties are due to play T20 group matches this evening, how many will play?


Outlaws' game at OT - abandoned.


Foxes v Sheep reduced to a E8 match


All the other games started.


Results: Bears crushed Pears at New Road to win by 8 wickets (21 balls to spare). Varun Chopra the game's top scorer with 49 not out.


Who needs Chris Gayle?
James Hildreth 107 not out - Somerset needing 12 per over at just past half way; Hildreth smashed the Glamorgan bowlers to such an extent that the required rate was down to 7 for the final run in. Somerset won by 4 wickets with 1 ball to spare. As the saying goes, "Glamorgan snatched defeat from the jaws of victory"!

Simon Jones, bowling at the height of the assault, escaped for just 5 per over.


Ian Saxelby proved to be the match winning death bowler at Bristol tonight as Gladiators beat the Sticklebacks by 8 runs.

Foxes trot to victory over lame Sheep.
The shorter format suits Leicester's under-performing line-up
Leicester 80/3
Greg Smith 23
Josh Cobb 17
Matt Boyce 16 not out
Derbyshire 72/6
Wes Durston 21
Abdul Razzaq 3/20
Rob Taylor 2/7
Leicester won by 8 runs


Sid tumbles Dynamos
In a game dominated by South African batsmen, Ryan Sidebottom's miserly bowling proved the game clincher for Yorkshire


Tykes 171/6
David Miller 74 not out
Joe Root 41
Adam Lyth 30


Dynamos 159
Herschelle Gibbs 76
Ryan Sidebottom 4/25
Mitchell Starc 3/33
Yorkshire won by 12 runs


Essex win in another low scorer at Chelmsford.


This time beating Surrey by 3 wickets off the last ball, James Franklin 63 batting through-out the Essex chase to 145.