Finally we've started to see the results flow in County cricket with five of the eight games not finishing in a draw which is pretty damn exciting. We've also had England's domestic T20 competition roar into action, which a gang of our lads are involved in but this is the Kiwi County Tour and we don't care for T20 cricket so we won't be worrying ourselves with those antics.

No Tom Latham this week, he was absent for Kent but we still enjoyed success on tour with Matt Henry and Neil Wagner still knee deep in wickets while there was also a notable effort from Kieran Noema-Barnett with the ball.

Derbyshire vs Kent

We were robbed of a kiwi batting showdown in Derby as Latham's Kent made the trip to face Hamish Rutherford and Neil Broom's Derbyshire. It's a bummer then that without Latham, Kent won by 7 wickets but we still got our kiwi fix as Broom finally found a substantial score with 96 in the first innings.

Derbyshire reached 492 in their first dig thanks to two centuries and Broom's 96 which was his first score over 33 in 10 innings' and unfortunately neither him or Rutherford could help Derbyshire beyond that. Latham's replacement at the top of Kent's batting line up Sean Dickson hit 207* as Kent couldn't quite match Derbyshire's first innings, all out for 412.

Kent though, did manage to skittle Derbyshire for 94 with Rutherford out for a 9-ball duck while Broom couldn't do better than 18. That pretty much handed the game to Kent, who just had to score 175 runs to win and did so in 32.3 overs.

Hamish Rutherford: 5, 0.

Neil Broom: 96, 18.

Glamorgan vs Essex

A trip to Cardiff saw Jesse Ryder's Essex play out a draw with Glamorgan, a low key affair from a kiwi perspective. Glamorgan were first up with the bat and were all out for 260 in 75.4 overs, no need for Ryder's tweakers and Ryder couldn't do much with the bat as he was bowled for 17 with Essex taking a lead, all out fro 313.

Ryder did get 3 overs in the second innings, going for 15 runs as Glamorgan declared on 386/5, setting Essex 334 to win. Essex opted for survival instead of giving it a whack and Ryder was pretty good in that regard as he finished 25* with a strike-rate of 30.12 which isn't exactly the sort of innings we'd associate with Ryder, but he did his job for his Queen and County as Essex ensured this one would end in a draw on 160/5.

This has actually been a pretty stink start to the season for Ryder. In 13 innings with the ball, Ryder has only taken 3 wickets and he has only hit two 50's in 9 innings, no centuries and not much between those half-centuries. The beauty is that there's plenty of water to go under this bridge and the T20 stuff might fire Ryder into gear.

Jesse Ryder: 17, 0/15 off 3, 25*.

Gloucestershire vs Northamptonshire

A home game in Bristol for Hamish Marshall and Kieran Noema-Barnett for Gloucestershire as they hosted Northamptonshire for a lovely draw. Northamptonshire were first up with the willow and were dismissed for 176, thanks largely to a beauty of a spell from Noema-Barnett in which he bowled 2 overs for 8 runs and took a wicket (some other bloke took 5/65 and another plonker took 4/52).

After a barnstorming few week, Marshall was out of touch with the blade for Gloucs, who did manage to take a heft lead, dismissed for 418. Marshall was out for a 5-ball duck and Noema-Barnett hung around for 61 balls and 23 runs batting at No.7 and Noema-Barnett was back amongst the wickets as Northamptonshire played out the remainder of the game, hitting 399/8 declared before time was called.

Noema-Barnett took 2/48 off 22 overs in that second innings, continuing a pretty solid season for the former Central Stags lad. Marshall has led the charge with the runs but Noema-Barnett has been low key in his work this season, hitting 3 half-centuries so far as well as taking at least a wicket in of 6 of 14 innings. Noema-Barnett's job is to take a few wickets and score a few runs, helping out the frontline batsmen and bowlers, job done.

Hamish Marshall: 0.

Kieran Noema-Barnett: 1/8 off 2, 23, 2/48 off 22.

Leicestershire vs Worcestershire

If I were to pick one bloke from this Kiwi County Tour who peaks my interest levels, it's Jesse Ryder for a variety of reasons. There is a contender however in Matt 'Wickets' Henry as he is not only taking wickets but he's building on an impressive kiwi summer with the bat and is smacking these County bowling attacks to all parts.

Henry's Worcestershire were away to Leicestershire and thanks to Henry's exploits with bat and ball, Worcs won by 7 wickets. First it was Henry with the ball, taking 2/75 off 30 overs as Worcs bowled Leicestershire out for 316 with Henry's 30 overs, the most overs of Worcs' bowlers.

Worcestershire couldn't manage to take a lead and were all out for 274, mainly because Henry came in at No.9 and hit 49* off 53 balls thanks to 7 fours. Now, Henry was the joint top-scorer and his 7 fours were the most of any Worcs batsmen in this innings, let that simmer.

Let that simmer and then throw some chilli powder in that fry-pan because Henry wasn't finished. Leicestershire had the lead, but were then rolled for 43 in 25 overs. Only two bowlers were used for Worcs, both of them took 4 wickets and of course, Henry was one of those.

Henry opened the bowling - as he has done since joining Worcs - and took 4/27 off 13 overs, 2 of those wickets came via stump-rattlers. That left Worcestershire with 86 runs to chase, which they did in 15.5 overs and somehow Henry didn't get a promotion up the order for shits and giggles.

Henry wasn't quite a part of a full-strength BLACKCAPS Test bowling attack, very much on the cusp of consistent selections though which makes this Kiwi County Tour crucial for Henry. It's hard to argue with Henry's work thus far as he's gone wicketless just once in 8 innings, taking two 3-wicket-hauls and two 4-wicket-hauls.

Hold the phone, in four innings with the bat, Henry has hit 42*, 34, 11 and 49*.

Matt Henry: 2/75 off 30, 49*, 4/27 off 13.

Lancashire vs Surrey

The wickets are also flowing for Neil Wagner, well they are back flowing for Wag-nut as he helped Lancashire smack Surrey by an innings and 96 runs. Surrey made 191 in their first innings and Wagner couldn't quite get the prized wicket of Kumar Sangakkara, but he did manage to take 3/52, even if he sent two tail-enders back to the sheds.

Lancashire took a nice lead as Surrey had them all out for 394 and Wagner again chipped in with 13 off 25 balls (not quite Matt Henry but close). Lancashire had roughly a 200-run lead and they then ravaged Surrey's batting line up, rolling them for 107 for a big win.

Wagner once again chipped in with wickets, despite only bowling 3.3 overs and he did managed to get the scalp of Sangakkara this time around. Wagner finished with 2/17 off 3.3 overs as he he continues to show his value as a third-seamer with Zimbabwean seamer Kyle Jarvis Lancashire's chief destroyer; 6/70 and 5/49.

Neil Wagner: 3/52 off 14.1, 13, 2/17 off 3.3.

Middlesex vs Somerset

In London, James Franklin couldn't find a way to influence a pretty dull game between Middlesex and Somerset. Somerset batted first and were all out for 376 with Franklin bowling 19 overs for no wicket before hitting 23 as Middlesex took a lead thanks to their 423, all out.

There was no result here as it fizzled with Somerset 202/7 and Franklin didn't get a bowl in the second dig. Franklin is yet to take a wicket in 5 innings and is yet to do better than 32 runs in 4 innings.

James Franklin: 0/69 off 19, 23.

Warwickshire vs Durham

Warwickshire hosted Durham and rolled out the red carpet for their visitors, giving them a 4 wicket win. Warwickshire batted first, with a batting line up that had Ian Bell at No.3 and Jonathan Trott at No.4, but neither of them did much with Warwickshire all out for 313 which featured Jeetan Patel hitting 27 at No.9 - shout out to our bowlers who can bat.

Patel then only bowled 3 overs as Durham were rolled for 190, thanks to an epic display of seam bowling from fringe England Test player Chris Woakes. Woakes took 9/36 off 20.4 overs and Warwickshire had a lead, a lead that didn't look so flash when they were then rolled for 114 themselves. Jeetz was left stranded on 9*.

Durham had to chase 238 to win and Jeetz got the call up, bowling 20.4 overs but he could only manage 2/44 and Durham reached 238 runs in 79.4 overs.

Why have you got Jeetan Patel's picture then? https://t.co/T8VSupCKxW
— skyblueshakes (@skyblueshakes) May 25, 2016

As always, we're on 50-Wicket-Watch with Patel and he's still struggling to really make a dent in opposition batting line ups and that 50-wicket mark thanks to England's seam/swing friendly conditions at this time of the year. He is chipping away at it though as he is yet to play a game this season in which he hasn't taken a wicket.

Jeetan Patel: 27, 0/3 off 3, 9, 2/44 off 20.4.