Hampshire vs Lancashire, at Manchester, May 08 2016 - Points Table

Bright blue mornings at Worcester, June afternoons at Canterbury, mist-fringed evenings at Hove. There are days when cricket takes the advice of Barbra Streisand in Hello Dolly and puts on its Sunday clothes

When two of the post-lunch highlights are the arrival of the T20 Claphits and the stately progress of a green and yellow cement mixer, it is fairly clear what sort of afternoon it has been

Luke Procter's career-best 137 cemented Lancashire's command of their match against Hampshire, while Haseeb Hameed gave a study in concentration until just before lunch

Even when they won the County Championship in 2011 Lancashire did not enjoy days of dominance quite like this