County cricket talking points: Royal London Cup gears up for semi-finals

It’s Essex v Glamorgan and Durham v Surrey in the last four, with the final at Trent Bridge to come on ThursdayBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogPart one of Gloucestershire’s route to the knockout stage was to beat Kent at Beckenham. Their hosts may have been the whipping boys of the group with just the one win, but, with no pressure, they could play with freedom. Kent raised their 100 with just the one wicket down, a platform constructed – Gloucestershire needed to make