Once again we were treated to a whole lot of draws in the latest round of County cricket, which seems to be the norm given the weather in the Motherland. Three of the eight games across Division's One and Two got a result with Hamish Marshall playing a hand in Gloucestershire's win, Jeetan Patel not doing too much in Warwickshire's win and Neil Wagner's Lancashire fell victim to Durham.

In terms of individual performances - which is all we really care about - it was another mixed bag. Marshall is currently the god of the Kiwi County Tour, scoring runs for fun while someone like Neil Broom is still looking for the runs ... they could be in Marshall's afro, just a hint.

Essex vs Derbyshire

Jesse Ryder's Essex played hosts to Broom and Hamish Rutherford's Derbyshire in the first of five draws. Essex batted first and smacked 538 declared thanks to a few hefty knocks, as well as Ryder's 51 off 62 balls which is his second half-century of the season and his first substantial score in a while after his last three outings included a 1, 0 and a DNB.

Derbyshire replied with 280, thanks largely to Rutherford's 49 which ended up being the top score of the innings. Rutherford played a patient knock, scoring his 49 off 116 balls and Broom did manage to get 33, that neither of them really kicked on after getting a start reflected Derbyshire's innings as they were all out and had to follow on. Rutherford led the charge once again, hitting 68 before Broom was left stranded on 2* as Derbyshire rallied to 261 before this game finished in a draw.

Ryder didn't bowl in the first innings, he did bowl 3 overs in the second innings.

After a 78 in his first game, Rutherford couldn't register a score above 35 although he has been building nicely towards this game and his back to back effort of 49 and 68 suggests that he's settling into English conditions nicely.

Hamish Rutherford: 49, 68.

Neil Broom: 33, 2*.

Jesse Ryder: 51, 0/10 off 3 overs.

Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan

In Bristol, Gloucestershire were first up with the willow and were dismissed for 262. Hamish Marshall was trapped LBW on 18 and Kieran Noema-Barnettwas run-out for 1, set back to the sheds with the glorious strike-rate of 4.54. Glamorgan then took the lead, hitting 330 with Noema-Barnett bowling 16 overs for 43 runs without a wicket; his economy rate of 2.68rpo was only slightly lower than his strike-rate with the bat.

Marshall then hit 58 off 79 balls, to steer Gloucs towards 336 with Marshall and skipper Gareth Roderick taking Gloucs from 117/3 to 200/4. Noema-Barnett didn't add much to the cause, caught on 4 and Gloucs set Glamorgan 269 with much of day four to play. Gloucs only needed 49 overs to dismiss Glamorgan for 143 and while the win is all that matters, Noema-Barnett continued his reasonably poor game as he only bowled 4 overs for 21 runs and went wicket-less.

Warkworth's finest has not hit a 50+ score in five consecutive games, three straight 50+ scores at home in Bristol.

Hamish Marshall: 18, 58.

Kieran Noema-Barnett: 1, 0/43 off 16, 4, 0/21 off 4.

Northamptonshire vs Kent

After a hot start to his Kiwi County Cricket tour, Tom Latham didn't do a whole lot opening the innings for Kent as they played out a pretty mundane contest (from a kiwi perspective) against Northamptonshire. Latham was run-out for 2 as Kent batted first and put 396 up and Latham then managed a catch, sending Azharullah (No.10 batsman) packing with Northamptonshire dismissed for 498.

Kent could then only get through 40 overs before this game also fizzled, with Latham bowled by Monty Panesar for 24 (1:25 in the vid above), yes THE Monty Panesar. This was Latham's first game in which he hadn't scored 50+ runs in an innings and interestingly, Latham's two games before this which produced scores of 53, 79 and 90 all came at Kent's home ground in Canterbury, Latham is of course from Canterbury in Aotearoa #Cute.

Tom Latham: 2, 24.

Oh, what? Look who it is, Suzie Bates...

Worcestershire vs Sussex

If we're talking about run-scoring streaks, then Matt Henry deserves a mention as he's gone three straight innings' with a 10+ score. Henry's Worcestershire batted first, with Henry's 11 off 19 balls the crucial contribution (kinda) in a strong first innings effort of 491 to which Sussex replied with only 278. Ross Taylor batted at No.4 for Sussex and could only manage 11, while Henry bowled 23 overs which was the most of any Worcestershire bowler and took 1/57.

Sussex folowed on, which gave our gun wicket-taking Cantabrian another opportunity and boy did he take it. Henry was again led Worcesters' bowlers in terms of overs, bowling 31 overs and with good reason as he took 4/122 including the wicket of Taylor on 62. Henry skittled Taylor's stumps and this match ended with Sussex 411/9 on the final day.

While Henry's exploits with the bat at No.10 are becoming somewhat legendary, his bowling is the meat and vege of his work and it's good to see Henry doing the trick in what you'd have to imagine are perfect conditions for his sort of bowling. In three games, Henry has taken 13 wickets; 3/89, 3/83, 2/90, 0/6, 1/57 and 4/122.

Taylor has hit two notable scores, twice scoring 62 so far this season.

Matt Henry: 11, 1/57 off 23, 4/122 off 31.

Ross Taylor: 11, 62.

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— Ian Smith (@golfmemories4u) May 9, 2016

Surrey vs Middlesex

In London, James Franklin's Middlesex took on Surrey and Franklin was given a great opportunity to put a big score on the board but couldn't quite kick on. Middlesex batted first and Franklin hit 32 off 105 balls, after their top-three all passed 50. Franklin was bowled and Middlesex then fell for 395, but that was enough for an early lead as Middlesex dismissed Surrey for 242 with Franklin bowling 7 overs, 0/13.

Middlesex enforced the follow on, but only 45 overs were then bowled with 6 of them bowled by Franklin who finished with 0/14.

James Franklin: 32, 0/13 off 7

Nottinghamshire vs Warwickshire

Led by the great Jeetan Patel, Warwickshire took the bickies on an away trip to Nottingham. Warwickshire batted first and Patel came in at No.10, putting 15 runs on the board as they were dismissed for 373, which was then put in the shade as Notts responded with 383 with Patel playing a minor hand, taking 1/44 off 17 overs.

Patel then hit 6, bowled by Samit Patel (Patel 6, b Patel) as Warwickshire managed 236, setting Nottinghamshire 227 to win. Jeetz took 2/46 off 6 overs, both wickets coming via lower order batsmen having a whack as Notts were rolled for 173, handing Warwickshire a win ... thanks largely to everyone else but Jeetan Patel.

I'm still unsure whether Jeetz can get up above 50 wickets for the season as he's not quite dominating, but he is consistently taking a wicket or two; in 11 innings, Jeetz has taken at least a wicket in all but three.

Jeetan Patel: 15, 1/44 off 17, 6, 2/46 off 6.

Durham vs Lancashire

It wasn't the best outing for Neil Wagner as he went wicket-less through both innings and Lancashire were touched up by Durham, but we did have some kiwi loving. Scott Borthwick spent much of our summer in Wellington, where he played for the Firebirds and batting at No.3 for Durham, Borthwick went back to back with centuries; 134 and 103*.

Here's one ...Scott Borthwick to play Test Cricket this year ?
— David 'Bumble' Lloyd (@BumbleCricket) May 19, 2016

@Borthwick16 teeing off the first, ping! 🏌⛳️ pic.twitter.com/JlSGqHBqVh
— Durham Cricket Club (@DurhamCricket) May 11, 2016

Wagner bowled 24 overs for 89 runs, without a wicket as Durham hit 411 in their first dig. Wagner then scored 10 before he was run-out and Lancs were dismissed for 326, gifting Durham a lead and with Borthwick in some hot form he then piled on the runs and Durham declared of 239, setting Lancs 325 to win. Wagner could only manage 4 and it was Borthwick who took his wicket, as Lancashire were dismissed for 251, game, set and match Durham.

Neil Wagner: 0/89 off 24, 10, 0/28 off 8, 4.