Groups North Derbyshire, Durham, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire South Essex, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex
South - 15 May Glamorgan 240 for 3 (Ingram 91, Rudolph 62, Cooke 46*) beat Surrey 215 (Ansari 67, Davies 58, Cosker 4-30) by 25 runs Hampshire 173 for 4 (Adams 55*) beat Essex 156 (ten Doeschate 68, Arafat 3-27) by 17 runs Gloucestershire 179 for 3 (Cockbain 91*, Marshall 56) beat Middlesex 175 for 3 (Compton 78) by seven wickets Sussex 185 for 9 (Billings 46, Robinson 3-35) beat Sussex 178 for 6 (Nash 61) by seven runs
North - 15 May Nottinghamshire 142 for 2 (Hales 86*) beat Warwickshire 141 for 7 (Chopra 80, Evans 35) by eight wickets Yorkshire 131 for 3 (Gale 41, Bairstow 40*) Derbyshire 128 (Fisher 5-22) by seven wickets Lancashire 142 for 5 (Croft 70*) beat Leicestershire 131 for 7 (O'Brien 47, Edwards 4-20) Durham 174 for 8 (MacLeod 60, Mustard 51) beat Northamptonshire 47 for 5 by 41 runs on D/L method
16 May Surrey 205 for 5 (Davies 53, Wilson 41) beat Essex 161 (Smith 44, Curran 4-35, Burke 3-23) by 44 runs
17 May Sussex 167 for 5 (Nash 43, Jayawardene 43, Smith 3-23) beat Gloucestershire 161 for 9 (Marshall 45, Mills 3-30) by six runs
Allowing England-qualified players to miss fixtures during the domestic season to play in another nation's domestic tournament is perverse - so why is the ECB letting Alex Hales go off to the IPL rather than play in the T20 Blast??
Hales should be playing v NZ instead. Players like Warner, Gayle and Dhawan have done well playing shots at the top of the order. Instead, England will go in with three left handed plodders in the first three v NZ and then v Aus. The problem is that if the middle order come in after, say, 20 overs (likely in English conditions), there's only 40 runs on the board instead of 65-70, so the initiative is never wrestled from the opposition. Anshot playing opener can put the bowlers off their lines and lengths and gain some momentum.
22 May - North Group Yorkshire 146 for 4 (Gale 68*) beat Nottinghamshire 143 for 7 (Patel 41, Plunkett 2-18) by six wickets Durham 155 (Stoneman 57, Lilley 2-18) beat Lancashire 139 for 9 (Prince 78, Arshad 2-9) by 16 runs Leicestershire 164 for 3 (N O'Brien 47*, Eckersley 39) beat Derbyshire 163 for 6 (Hughes 59, Godleman 38*, Naik 3-23) by seven wickets Birmingham 144 for 5 (Porterfield 27, D'Oliveira 2-21) Worcestershire 126 (Mitchell 34, Gordon 3-18, Clarke 3-26) by 18 runs
22 May - South Group Kent 178 for 5 (Blake 71*, Northeast 60*, Smith 3-24) beat Hampshire 172 for 6 (Vince 66) by five wickets Sussex 175 for 6 (Wright 49, Jordan 37, Overton 2-33) beat Somerset 170 for 8 (Allenby 79, Beer 3-23) by five runs Essex 145 for 5 (Bopara 81*, Hogan 2-19) beat Glamorgan 144 for 8 (Cooke 31, Tait 3-28) by five wickets
29 May - North Group Derbyshire 128 for 5 (Amla 51) beat Lancashire 127 for 9 (Davies 41, White 3-21) Birmingham 150 for 5 (Porterfield 55*, Azharullah 3-30) beat Northamptonshire 146 for 7 (Levi 58) by five wickets Durham 182 for 4 beat Yorkshire 176 for 9 (Jennings 4-37) by six runs Worcestershire 149 for 4 (Mitchell 58) Leicestershire 147 for 6 by six wickets
29 May - South Group Somerset 177 for 7 (Gayle 92, Napier 2-33) beat Essex 176 (Westley 68, Ryder 54, Thomas 4-37) by three wickets Kent 193 for 8 (Northeast 96, Cowdrey 42, Curran 3-31) beat Surrey 170 for 8 (Henriques 63) by 23 runs Middlesex 221 for 2 (Malan 115*, Stirling 88) Sussex 179 for 9 (Wright 91, Abbott 5-14) by 42 runs Hampshire 148 for 8 (Ervine 49, Smith 30, Wagg 4-27) beat Glamorgan 127 for 8 (Rudolph 38, Wallace 37, Wood 4-16) by 21 runs
4 June - South Group Hampshire 172 for 3 (Shah 58, Carberry 57) beat Middlesex 153 for 6 (Arafat 2-21) by 19 runs
5 June - South Group Somerset 173 for 2 (Gayle 85*, Trego 51) beat Hampshire 167 for 3 (Vince 64*) by eight wickets Gloucestershire 157 for 1 (Klinger 69*, Cockbain 54*) beat Kent 156 for 6 (Bell-Drummond 31, Howell 3-18) by nine wickets Glamorgan 169 for 5 (Rudolph 60) beat Middlesex 165 for 5 (Malan 70) by four runs Essex 170 for 4 (Bopara 57, Westley 55) beat Surrey 169 for 8 (Sangakkara 58, Bopara 3-18) by six wickets
5 June - North Group Worcestershire 211 for 3 (Moeen 90) beat Northamptonshire 197 for 7 (Cobb 80, Ajmal 3-53) by 14 runs Lancashire 186 for 6 (Buttler 71*, Maxwell 3-15) beat Yorkshire 185 for 8 (Root 55, Faulkner 3-27) by four wickets Leicestershire 152 for 4 (Akaml 76*, Ball 3-42) beat Nottinghamshire 148 for 7 (Hales 54, McKay 4-24) by six wickets Durham 147 for 7 (Collingwood 41) beat Derbyshire 142 for 9 (Dilshan 54, Hastings 3-29) by five runs
North Group Teams Mat - Pts Durham 6 - 8 Leicestershire 5 - 6 Yorkshire 4 - 4 Nottinghamshire 4 - 4 Worcestershire 3 - 4 Warwickshire 3 - 4 Lancashire 4 - 4 Derbyshire 4 - 2 Northamptonshire 3 - 0 South Group Teams Mat - Pts Kent 6 - 8 Gloucestershire 4 - 6 Hampshire 5 - 6 Middlesex 5 - 4 Somerset 4 - 4 Glamorgan 4 - 4 Sussex 4 - 4 Essex 6 - 4 Surrey 4 - 2
6 June - North Group Birmingham 164 for 3 (Bell 90, Porterfield 41) beat Durham 163 for 7 (MacLeod 41, Stokes 40, Javid 2-29) by seven wickets
7 June - North Group Nottinghamshire 169 for 5 (Sammy 36*, Taylor 35*) beat Worcestershire 158 (Moeen 36, Whiteley 36, Patel 3-17, Fletcher 3-35) by 11 runs
12 June - North Group Worcestershire 159-5 (Mitchell 59, Kohler-Cadmore 53*) beat Durham 156-7 (Mustard 43, Muchall 41*, Ajmal 3-16) by 3 runs Lancashire 201-3 (Croft 94*, Faulkner 47*) beat Derbyshire 134 (Hughes 39, Parry 4-16) by 67 runs Birmingham 101-3 (Bell 38, Porterfield 37*) beat Nottinghamshire 149-9 (Wessels 39, Hannon-Dalby 4-29) by 7 wickets (D/L method) Leicester v Northants - no result
12 June - South Group Essex 144-3 (Pettini 48, Westley 47) beat Sussex 140-9 (Jayawardene 53, Tait 3-29) by 7 wickets Glamorgan 191-3 (Rudolph 101*, Howell 2-24) beat Gloucestershire 172-6 (Klinger 104*) by 19 runs Hampshire 187-4 (Vince 99*) beat Kent 183-5 (Northeast 54, Blake 49*) by 6 wickets Somerset v Surrey - no result
