Saeed Ajmal took 13 wickets in the match as he outwitted Essex and kept Worcestershire at the top of the Second Division

Essex reduced Worcestershire to 105 for 8, a lead of 193, after Saeed Ajmal had taken six wickets to give his side the edge

Daryl Mitchell missed a third successive hundred by three runs as once again he proved Worcestershire's bedrock, this time against Essex at New Road

Attempts to redevelop Lord's have been fraught with in-fighting, but this summer MCC will try again to decide on the way forward

Somerset produced a pitch designed for a draw against Yorkshire but as their batsmen settled into the season there was scant entertainment for a somnolent Taunton crowd

Johann Myburgh does not represent Somerset's future but his innings against Yorkshire made good use of the present

It is five years since Adil Rashid played for England and life has not always gone easily since, but no lesser luminary than Dickie Bird, Yorkshire's president, is predicting his international days may come again

Adam Lyth is often overshadowed by Yorkshire's posse of young England batsmen but all that changes whenever he visits Taunton

On Wednesday, Nigel Hilliard, the Essex chairman, said that the prospects of Monty Panesar remaining an Essex cricketer next year will be dependent on how well he fits into the dressing-room for the remainder of the season

Hampshire, the FLt20 holders, are through to the quarter-finals. Surprisingly beaten at the Ageas Bowl by Kent last weekend, they managed to defeat a stronger side, Essex, after choosing to bat in the floodlit twilight

Marcus Trescothick ended a run of four ducks with a welcome return to form bit it failed to bring Somerset an anticipated victory against Worcestershire

For the second time this season, indeed in less than 12 sessions of play all told, Sussex out-played Somerset to the extent of defenestration

The scorebook does not lie, although here, surely, was the exception. It stated that Marcus Trescothick, the pre-eminent county cricketer, was out for a pair against Sussex, which equated to his fourth duck in succession

For Somerset, the accent is now on avoiding relegation in the Championship and ducks for Nick Compton and Marcus Trescothick did not help as Sussex threatened further misery

The ECB hosted Tony Greig's memorial service in Trafalgar Square, an occasion at which his promotion of Kerry Packer and Word Series Cricket was only lauded

Once Somerset had avoided the follow on with their penultimate pair at the crease, a draw was the only realistic result

Marcus Trescothick has never known a season like this one. Not, personally, with the bat and neither, collectively, as a team

Adam Lyth relishes his visits to Taunton. In 2010 he made 142 and 93 off a stellar Somerset attack

For Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell, there were runs aplenty before having to contend with New Zealand - half-centuries, indeed