Kent vs Glamorgan

It's always nice when an overseas signing makes an impact, so when an overseas signing makes an immediate impact, going back to back with half-centuries and helping his team to a 10 wicket win, well that's just superb ain't it? Tom Latham played his first game for Kent as they came up against Glamorgan in front of his new local fans and Latham responded beautifully to the County cricket challenge, hitting 53 and 79*.

Kent's bowlers probably deserve more credit than Latham himself after they did the damage up front, dismissing Glamorgan for 260 in their first innings. Latham's 53 off 110 balls was one of five half-centuries in Kent's first effort with the bat and Latham was part of a top-three that all hit 50's with Kent dismissed for 488. Glamorgan did manage 414 in response, Latham took three catches here before hitting 79 off 148 balls as Kent chased down 187 without losing a wicket and that was actually the only result from this round as all the other games in either division finished in draws.

Northamptonshire vs Derbyshire

Hamish Rutherford and Neil Broom are yet to enjoy similar success to Latham, with both failing to grab any major runs. Derbyshire batted first in Northampton, Rutherford came in at No.3 and managed 35 runs while Broom came in at No.5 and could only muster 4 with both kiwis dismissed by former South African international Rory Kleinveldt. The Derby boys were all out for 324.

Rutherford then caught Kleinveldt later on in Northamptonshire's first innings as they took the lead, dismissed for 470. Rutherford then faced 15 balls for 6* in Derbyshire's second innings after Derbyshire's openers put on 215 for the first wicket before the end came without a result.

While Rutherford does have a 78 to his name in six innings', Broom is yet to better 32 in three innings and has hit back to back scores of 4.

Sussex vs Leicestershire

Ross Taylor was back in action with Sussex and hit his two best scores of the season so far as he builds into his work nicely. Taylor hit 35 off 67 balls batting at No.4 as Sussex were dismissed for 163. Leicestershire then took a big lead, hitting 473 before Taylor's 62 and a few other big scores helped pulled Sussex back into the contest ... you guessed it though, that was all the action we get here as it ended in a draw.

Both Taylor's innings' came at a strike-rate over 50, with his 62 coming at a strike-rate of 63.91 and it included 9 fours. Taylor is easing into his County work, with scores of 0, 12, 22, 35 and 62 so far, hopefully that means that a big ol' century is looming right?

Somerset vs Lancashire

Neil Wagner couldn't quite back up his epic debut for Lancashire, but he did manage to take a few wickets and he got 13 runs! Waggy's Lancashire declared on 493 runs in their first innings with Wagner's score of 13 at No.8 the first score below 20. Wagner then took 2/89 off 19.2 overs as Lancashire dismissed Somerset for 313 with his victims being James Hildreth (130) and Jamie Overton (51).

Somerset did have to follow on, which gave Wagner another trundle. Wagner could only managed 11 overs without a wicket as two of the most experienced batsmen in the world enjoyed what was effectively a glorified net session with Marcus Trescothick hitting 129* and Chris Rogers hitting 75*.

After two games, Wagner now has 13 wickets which is super impressive and given that Lancashire also boast James Anderson and Zimbabwean international Kyle Jarvis, Wagner only has to worry about chipping in with a few wickets here and there.

Worcestershire vs Essex

In his last two outings, Jesse Ryder has managed to go wicket-less and only score 1 run as he battles a lean patch. Essex batted first and while Alistair Cook hit his third century in four games, Ryder was trapped LBW for a duck, which would usually leave me in a bit of a funk however Matt Henry had earlier taken 2 wickets with Essex declaring on 451.

Henry continues to enjoy his work with Worcestershire as he takes wickets and scores runs. Henry finished with 2/90 off 23 overs, taking the new ball and as Ryder then went wicket-less through 7 overs, Henry hit 34 off only 25 balls including 3 fours and 2 sixes as Worcs declared on 411, trying to make some sort of game out of this. Only 36 overs were bowled in Essex's second innings, of which Henry bowled 4 overs and didn't take a wicket while Ryder was left in the changing sheds.

Ryder is usually the all-rounder that takes wickets and scores runs but right now, it's Henry who is impressing with his all-round ability. In two games, Henry has 8 wickets and 76 runs, with those runs coming at strike-rates of 105 and 136, boom.