Hat-trick of stumpings

Gloucestershire 317 for 8 (101 overs). Snell 43, Kirby 0.

Once again Gloucestershire hit the self-destruct button. Snell strokes the ball to deep square leg and they run a single, then Wigley embarks on an impossible second, is sent back and beaten by Woakes' throw.

Snell is batting rather well, just as he did in both innings against the Bears at Gloucester. Without wishing to heap pressure on the Winchester-born 25-year-old (who has the same birthday as my girlfriend), I'd say he has the makings of Jack Russell, Andy Stovold, Barrie Meyer and William Brain (who, by the way, against Somerset at Cheltenham in 1893, executed stumpings off three successive balls from Charlie Townsend) all rolled into one.