We have been likened to a dog snapping at the heels of Sussex and Worcestershire by our captain Shane Warne.

That is all we can do.

We're just winning our games, hoping that Sussex and Worcestershire make a mistake. If Sussex do not beat Durham in the Championship this week, and Worcestershire lose to Gloucestershire at Bristol in their penultimate Pro40 match, we'll be ready to capitalise.

But for now we cannot look beyond a tough Championship game against Kent at the Rose Bowl, which starts today.

Kent might be at the wrong end of the table but we are not expecting a walkover.

They have a proud record to uphold as the only county to have been in the first division of the Championship since it was divided into two divisions eight years ago, so will be fighting to avoid relegation.

Any side coached by Graham Ford will be hard to beat so we have to be as clinical as we have been in beating Worcestershire home and away recently.

Even if we beat Kent, Sussex will almost certainly win the title if they triumph at Durham this week.

You can be sure we will be following events at the Riverside on Ceefax because we have a great chance if Sussex slip up.

But Sussex have to be the favourites because their destiny is in their own hands and if they beat Durham it is hard to see Worcestershire putting up any resistance at Hove in the last week of the season.

By then Worcestershire may have had a few days celebrating the Pro40 title and will be wanting the season to end, so we desperately need Durham to deny Sussex, and make sure we get maximum points against Kent.

Worcestershire will find that playing teams needing points to avoid relegation is not easy when they take on Gloucestershire on Thursday.

We will watch that with a great deal of interest.

If Worcesershire win that the Pro40 title is theirs, but if they lose,we'll be ready to put more pressure on them by beating Lancashireat Old Trafford on Sunday.

That might be enough to win us the Pro40 title on run rate if Worcestershire also lose their final game, a local derby against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. It is possible that we will finish the season with two second-place finishes to go with our Friends Provident Trophy runners-up medals.

But we are looking at the positives and were delighted with the performances of two of our homegrown players in James Tomlinson and Chris Benham this week.

Tomo swung the ball beautifully at Kidderminster and we were all delighted when he got five wickets.

On Sunday, Chris Benham reminded us of what he can do. The second season is always difficult for young players because the opposition have a better idea of what to expect but there is more to come from him.

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