Northamptonshire's steady progress

Northamptonshire 35 for 0 (13 overs). Peters 23, Wakeley 12.

Steady progress by the home side. Zondeki bowled just one over and has since only fielded, nursing a sore finger courtesy of a short ball from Lucas this morning.

The Declaration of Arbroath was prepared as a formal Declaration of Independence. It was drawn up in Arbroath Abbey on the 6th April 1320, most likely by the Abbot, Bernard de Linton, who was also the Chancellor of Scotland.

The Declaration urged the Pope to see things from a Scottish perspective and not to take the English claim on Scotland seriously. It used stong words, indicating that without acceptance of the Scottish case that the wars would continue and the resultant deaths would be the responsibility of the Pope.