Yorks earned one bowling point, Somerset three batting points, in their respective matches. Yorkshire started with a 13 point lead over them (and one more win).
Middlesex lost a day, which I suppose could help secure a good result for them<!> and move above Yorkshire.
Players coming off at Edgbaston, with Essex 146/2, which is 55 runs behind.
That's the kind of innings that could possibly see him off the plane rather than on it.
I wonder if they're pondering the idea of having Hameed open and Stoneman at three. Stoneman is surely going, now. Although normative determinism should mean Stoneman is a natural to open.
The BBC Essex commentators were just talking up Essex lad Ben Foakes, who has also made a century today for Surrey, as a possible wicket keeper in the England squad. Which could give us Stokes, Woakes and Foakes.
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