County cricket talking points: Royal London Cup throws up a few surprises

Worcestershire and Derbyshire are leading the north group, with Hampshire making the early running down southBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogThe Royal London Cup north group table is beginning to take on a shape and it’s something of a surprising one. Worcestershire lead it with three wins from four matches, the latest over Lancashire. In a match reduced to 48 overs per side, one could argue that the visitors were winning it for all but the last three balls (I understand that one