Week 20 Day 4
Today was a real roller coaster of emotions. It started when I swapped captaincy to Kaneria; then watched in horror as he only took one wicket. Meanwhile, down at Taunton, Somerset collapsed in rapid time from a steady 3-down to all out without passing the follow on mark. Out went Trescothick to bat for the second time, without my captaincy. Relative elation followed when he swiftly returned to the pavilion accompanied by a rubber bath toy. Relative because elsewhere my players were achieving very little. Compton couldn't repeat his first innings exploits, Croft failed to take a single wicket (though he was not out 21 at the close); you must be getting the picture by now. So I wasn't entirely surprised to see my five week reign at the top of the table bought to an end when the table was updated a short while ago.

Team	Start	Fri	Total
Outside Edge	1	422	21860
Bramernic Spitfires	16	140	21713
GOLD 1	3	221	21294

Tomorrow is the end of week 20 and then after three days rest it's the final week. With both championship divisions won there might be scope for rest and rotation, though Durham didn't do much this week. Can I trust Kent to take next week seriously? Will the weather behave for one last five day period? Where will the safe picks be? It's going to be a nail-biting week.