A flurry of matches this week have set up the fight for divisional status in the Championship and the quarter-finals in the Blast
By Gary Naylor for the 99.94
Cricket Blog
In Group One in the County Championship, the qualifying slots for Division One probably lie between Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire and Durham (with defending champions Essex needing snookers). Nottinghamshire’s recruitment policy is always going to curl the lip of neutrals, but few will begrudge the rewards that have come this season to Luke Fletcher, who is the Champo’s leading wicket taker; Haseeb Hameed, who is working his way back into
England reckoning; and captain Steve Mullaney, who has been there through thick and thin.