Well today no one can say Hildreth only scores non important runs at Taunton as he has hit a match winning hundred at Hove, but I don't think it will benefit his England chances as I see him having no chance of playing for England this winter unless there is a massive injury crisis or a bout of Dehli belly

@Samuel - Doesn't the sense of injustice, if that is the right word, stem not from the actual substitution, but from a) the ECB initially stating that he would not be released for the game and b) the very subjective 'finished with more than 15 overs remaining' rule, which now, presumably will allow any player in an early-finishing ODI to be reclaimed by their county?

@barrys - I'm not myself. Someone made the blunt, but good, point that sometimes it seems counties are punished as opposed to rewarded when it comes to producing England players - if the match finished early, why not? Why should Kent be forced to go into one of the most important games of the season without a full strength side? You can bet that Derbyshire, if they'd produced an England player in the last decade or so, would have done the same thing.

@barrys Sadly, given the fixtures, there's every chance that Derby will be this season's Northants.

Does anyone know if dear old Ajmal Shahzad has set a record by managing to be relegated from Division 1 in two consecutive seasons?

Feel sorry for Derbys even though Tredwell did naught. Disgraceful show by Kent and ECB. Both made a complete sham of County cricket. Hope Derbys and Yorks make it ahead of Kent.

Agree with you guildfordbat. I was quite pleased with the way Surrey ground out a daunting total yesterday. The game report sounded like it came from someone who hasn't understood how erratically Surrey have performed this year.

Come on Kent! Thought it would be a re-run of the return fixture as Derbyshire dug in but we got the win in the end. Makes next week very exciting now.

In my view, very poor reporting and assessment of the state of the game from day one of Surrey v Notts by Jarrod Kimber. So many of Surrey's on field problems this season have been down to their inability to pace an innings and instead go for broke from the off with predicatably poor outcomes.

In this match, Surrey got it spot on in their second innings yesterday (despite Me Kimber's suggestions that we should have been hitting out far more) and also did well earlier to ultimately get two batting points on the second morning (when Mr Kimber had ludicrously suggested we should have declared the previous evening despite every single point being so crucial!).

For those who adore Championship cricket, this was a cracking game with a splendid team performance from the victors. If Mr Kimber cannot recognise that, he has my sympathy.

As a Somerset fan, may I say congratulations to the Warwickshire team for winning the prestigious CC! Well done the Bears!