We want to be the top seed. Manatee has three losses in the district, but they could lose again. We have a very tough week coming up -- three games on the road all against good teams. If we play well, we'll have a chance.

I take my hat off to Erickson. He's a polished high school pitcher who has command of three pitches and moves the ball in and out. It's impressive.

Manatee County real estate has exploded in the last three years.

He learned how to lose first before he learned how to win. He didn't end up in the top three for three or four years, before he started to step up and started placing in the top rounds.

Bath have got their backs against the wall after two successive losses. They wouldn't want to lose three matches in a row and a win at Leicester would put them right back on track. We need to be switched on. We've spoken about it at length this week; we need to make sure we get it right, if we don't get parity up front we will battle.

You always want to be the top seed. One game to win is a lot easier than bowling three to win.