Alex Hales smashed the highest score in a one-day final at Lord's as Nottinghamshire successfully hunted down a target of 298 to leave Surrey defeated at the last for the third successive year in the Royal London Cup
Chris Read called Alex Hales' innings the best he had seen for Nottinghamshire after their Royal London Cup triumph
Gary Ballance and Liam Dawson have both been named in a 12-man squad to face South Africa at Lord's for what will be Joe Root's first Test as captain.
Alex Hales smashed the highest score in a one-day final at Lord's as Nottinghamshire successfully hunted down a target of 298 to leave Surrey defeated at the last for the third successive year in the Royal London Cup
Stuart Broad is confident of being fit for England's first Test of the summer, against South Africa at Lord's next week, after suffering a heel problem while playing for Nottinghamshire last week
His star may have waned with England but Jade Dernbach is still a major part of the constellation at Surrey
| North Group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WORCS | 8 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0.029 |
| YORKS | 8 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0.865 |
| NOTTS | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -0.05 |
| LANCS | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.198 |
| DURH | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.24 |
| LEICS | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -0.001 |
| DERBS | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -0.339 |
| NHNTS | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -0.72 |
| WARKS | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -0.527 |
| South Group | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ESSEX | 8 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0.882 |
| SOM | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0.543 |
| SUR | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0.101 |
| GLAM | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -0.66 |
| SUSS | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0.535 |
| HANTS | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -0.109 |
| GLOUC | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -0.435 |
| MIDDX | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -0.243 |
| KENT | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | -0.409 |
