Graeme van Buuren is on the verge of a return to Gloucestershire’s team after more than six weeks on the sidelines.
The club's red ball and Royal London Cup captain has not played since damaging a shoulder trying to prevent a boundary in the County Championship match with Somerset at Bristol in May. But he is now close to recovery and eyeing a comeback in either the Vitality Blast clash with Hampshire Hawks at the Ageas Bowl on Thursday night or the home game against Middlesex on Sunday.
Gloucestershire will need to win both to stand a realistic chance of reaching the quarter-finals.