Glamorgan\'s Specsavers County Championship clash with Sussex is just one of six matches taking place around the country this week. Here\'s a statistical preview to the fixtures, courtesy of Opta.
Division One
Durham v Warwickshire
Somerset v Hampshire
Surrey v Lancashire
Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire
Division Two
Glamorgan v Sussex
Gloucestershire v Kent
Leicestershire v Essex
Worcestershire v Northamptonshire
Durham v Warwickshire
-Warwickshire have won four of their last five matches against Durham (L1); the sole loss in that run coming in the most recent encounter however.
-Warwickshire have claimed back-to-back victories in Durham ahead of this match.
-Durham have gone six home matches without defeat (W2 D4).
-Durham’s Keaton Jennings was the first player to reach 1,000 County Championship runs in 2016; he’s currently the highest runscorer (1,037).
-68.2% of Keith Barker’s wickets this season have been of top four order batsmen; the highest share of any bowler in either division to take 20+ scalps.
Somerset v Hampshire
Eight of the last 11 times these sides have met, it has ended in a draw.
Hampshire are currently unbeaten in their last 10 trips to Somerset (W2 D8).
Somerset come into this match having only tasted defeat once in their last 14 matches (W4 D9).
Marcus Trescothick (Somerset) is 58 away from reaching 1,000 County Championship runs this season; he’s averaged 55.4 this campaign.
Jack Leach comes into this game on the back of claiming 9/115 match figures in Somerset’s most recent outing (v Durham).
Surrey v Lancashire -Surrey are without a win in six attempts over Lancashire (D5 L1).
-Surrey have gone 10 home games without defeat against Lancashire however (W5 D5).
-The hosts have not lost at the Oval since September 2014 (W5 D7).
-Haseeb Hameed has scored 50+ in eight of his last 10 innings for Lancashire; posting hundreds four times in that run.
-Kyle Jarvis (Lancashire) claimed his best ever first-class figures when these sides met earlier this season (11/119, May 2016).
Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire
-Yorkshire are unbeaten in eight encounters with Nottinghamshire heading into this contest (W3 D5).
-These counties have met 12 times previously in Scarborough, Nottinghamshire have claimed one win there (D6 L5).
-Yorkshire have only tasted defeat once in their last 22 home games (W15 D6).
-Andy Hodd (Yorkshire) is 29 runs away from 3,000 in first-class cricket.
-Alex Lees (Yorkshire) has recorded two centuries versus Nottinghamshire; the most he’s claimed against one opponent in first-class cricket.
Glamorgan v Sussex
-Sussex are unbeaten in their last five encounters with Glamorgan (W2 D3).
-Sussex have managed just one victory across their last 16 visits to Cardiff (D10 L5); that win came in their most recent visit there however (April 2010).
-Glamorgan have only lost one of their last six matches (W2 D3).
-Ed Joyce (Sussex) is 45 away from 1,000 County Championship runs this summer; he’s averaged 73.5 from 14 innings.
-Stuart Whittingham (Sussex) took his best ever first-class innings figures in the reverse fixture earlier this season (4/58).
Gloucestershire v Kent
-Kent have gone three meetings without being subjected to defeat against Gloucestershire (W1 D2).
-Gloucestershire have only lost one of their last five matches in Bristol versus Kent (W2 D2); that defeat coming in the most recent encounter there though.
-Kent have only lost once (v Essex) in their last 15 matches (W4 D10).
-Gloucestershire’s Jack Taylor has struck more sixes than any other batsman this summer (18).
-Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent) has averaged 102 from his 14 first-class innings this summer.
Leicestershire v Essex
-The last four meetings between these counties have seen the winner alternate; Leicestershire won in the most recent encounter (June 2016).
-Essex are unbeaten in eight successive matches in Leicester (D3 W5); claimed victory in their last three there.
-Essex have only lost once in their last eight matches on the road (W3 D4).
-Graham Napier (Essex) comes into this match as the first bowler to take 50 County Championship wickets this summer.
-Ravi Bopara (Essex) has the best average of any bowler to take 25+ wickets this campaign (20.2).
Worcestershire v Northamptonshire
-Worcestershire have won back-to-back matches against Northants.
-Worcestershire have the opportunity to win successive matches away in Northamptonshire for the first time this century.
-Northants have only lost once across their last nine matches; that defeat coming at the hands of Worcestershire (W1 D7).
-Joe Leach (Worcestershire) has now taken 50+ first-class wickets in back-to-back summers.
-Rob Newton posted his highest ever first-class score in Northamptonshire’s most recent outing (202* v Leicestershire).