COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE
By Dave Bracegirdle

Star man

GARY BALLANCE – Yorkshire: Delivered a batting masterclass just when his side most needed it. An innings of the highest quality from the England batsman.
Key stat
Adam Lyth’s elevation means that Yorkshire have had five different captains in the last eight matches – Ballance, Root, Patterson, Willey, Lyth.

Same old story: Notts new boy Ben Duckett hits out on his way to 80
PICTURE: Simon Trafford Photography

BEN Slater wasted little time in getting his Nottinghamshire career ...