County cricket: One-Day Cup groups intriguingly poised at halfway mark

The Royal London One-Day Cup is providing wonderful viewing for fans around the country – while the rain stays awayBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogThis column doesn’t do news but sometimes the news can be hard to find, so here goes. The Royal London One-Day Cup is a 50-overs tournament contested by 18 counties playing in two randomly drawn groups of nine. Each county plays eight matches (four home and four away – sort of) and the two group winners progress to the semi-