An off day in the Royal London One Day cup gives us a teeny weeny window to enjoy some Kiwi County Tour performances. Another round of games goes down Sunday in England, Monday in Aotearoa so keep that in mind when you're reading this (published Sunday NZT) and this is a fairly swift run through with most of the lads playing one game, some two.

Matt Henry had a good week, putting himself back among the top wicket-takers in the RLODC. Tied for 4th on 11 wickets, Henry's overall average is 23.63/5.09rpo and the next best kiwi is Jeetan Patel, who has 9w @ 18.11avg/4.52.

Ross Taylor had another good week with the bat with a knock of 47 and while Taylor's ranked 32nd, behind Tom Latham on 27th in runs, Taylor has the superior average of 41.20 (vs Latham's 37.16avg). Taylor has had just 5inns, while many of the run-scorers ahead of him have 6 or 7inns.

I also slipped up and breezed over the presence of Leigh Kasperek and Rachel Priest in the women's competition. Priest is playing for Wales, while Kasperek is in action for Yorkshire, joining Bates who is playing for Hampshire. I doubt they will be in action this weekend as the rest of the White Ferns squad has arrived in the United Kingdom for their T20 and ODI series, which I'll preview in the next few days.

🎥 “But one last thing that’s really exciting...”

Congratulations to @SammieHain who received his 1st XI Cap from captain Jeetan Patel before this afternoon’s warm-up! 👌👏 🐻#YouBears pic.twitter.com/lGtjnUJDMe
— Warwickshire CCC 🏏 (@WarwickshireCCC) May 30, 2018

We also had the rather crazy occurrence of two kiwi captains in one game, with Tom Latham leading Durham as they lost to Jeetan Patel's Warwickshire. Latham didn't do anything of note with the bat, but his team did reach 299/8 in their 50 overs Warwickshire then chased in down with an over to spare. The OG Lord Jeetz snatched the bragging rights there.

Suzie Bates

vs Yorkshire: 4 off 9 @ 44.44sr, batting #1 / 3w in 10ov @ 2.50rpo.

vs Lancashire: 2w in 9ov @ 4.55rpo, 1 wide / 103* off 126 @ 81.74sr.

Leigh Kasperek

vs Hampshire: 1w in 10ov @ 2.50rpo, 2 wides / 8 off 21 @ 38.09sr, batting #4.

vs Somerset: 3w in 6.5ov @ 1.90rpo.

Rachel Priest

vs Essex: 23 off 29 @ 79.31sr, batting #1.

Matt Henry

vs Somerset: 3w in 9ov @ 4.11rpo.

vs Surrey: 4 off 3 @ 200sr, batting #9 / 1w in 5ov @ 4.40rpo.

Fresh from being on the winning side in Sunday's IPL final, Sam Billings returned to a rainy Canterbury to captain Kent against Somerset. The weather reduced the length of the match and Kent only had to score 88 to claim victory from 16 overs.

Neil Wagner

vs Glamorgan: 1w in 8ov @ 5.50rpo, 1 wide.

James Franklin

vs Hampshire: 4 off 17 @ 40sr, batting #7 / 3ov @ 5rpo.

Ross Taylor

vs Worcestershire: 47 off 59 @ 81.03sr, batting #4.

Nottinghamshire vs Worcestershire (FULL MATCH HIGHLIGHTS) North Group, Royal London One-Day Cup - 01 June 2018 ~ Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham Team Nottinghamshire: Riki Wessels, Alex Hales, Tom Moores, Ross Taylor, Samit Patel, Steven Mullaney, Chris Nash, Luke Fletcher, Matthew Carter, Jake Ball, Jack Blatherwick Team Worcestershire: Moeen Ali,

Tom Latham

vs Warwickshire: 13 off 49 @ 36.11sr, batting #4.

Durham vs Warwickshire (FULL MATCH HIGHLIGHTS) North Group, Royal London One-Day Cup - 01 June 2018 ~ Played at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Team Durham: Graham Clark, Paul Collingwood, Michael Richardson, Tom Latham, Will Smith, Stuart Poynter, Gareth Harte, Ryan Pringle, Nathan Rimmington, Chris Rushworth, Matt Dixon Team Warwickshire: Ed Pollock,

Jeetan Patel

vs Durham: 3w in 10ov @ 5.10rpo.

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