Does Larry Gomes count as white??

certainly not sir !!!

if he's white then i'm a chinaman !

ok - a clue

this guy was a wicketkeeper/batsman and played a few tests in England when the regular keeper was out of action - I watched him play so it's in my lifetime and i'm 58

Nottinghamshire were tipped up to win it by the Racing Post yesterday and looked good yesterday though hard to believe how bad Leicestershire were and perhaps Derby/Yorks/Lancs have a sniff of qualificationwith up to 3 coming out of that group under the new format.

If Yorkshire bowl well enough then the addition of Miller to the batting could add some real fireworks. Just worry about our ability to take vital early wickets.

Stuffed Cleckheaton last night in a warm-up, therefore we're going to win it oh dear me yes

Andrew Gale has been saying you mob are better prepared than ever before after having a full week to get ready. We all remember one of his last gobbing's off to the press cmoing back to bite him on the arris though dont we?!

Couldn't be any less well prepared than last year, where IIRC we had three consecutive Championship away games then the first T20 game up at Headingley the day after finishing a four-day game at Hove.

Dreadful news about Tom Maynard

Absolutely awful.

The death of Tom Maynard is simply tragic. Details emerging of the circumstances suggest it was a senseless and rather bizarre accident.

I was lucky enough to see a lot of Tom batting since he moved from Glamorgan to Surrey before the start of last season. He was a brilliant prospect. An obvious future Test batsman, with the all round game to flourish in the limited overs stuff too. Just turned 23, he should have been one of the next generation of England middle order batsman along with the likes of Bairstow and Taylor, who will eventually succeed Trott, Pietersen & Bell.