It was rearguard actions galore in the County Championship, as the competition basked in the the media limelight.
Turns out this English Test team might not be quite as good as everyone thought. Some charitable Aussies have stuck around to get hammered one more time to cheer up the locals.
Belatedly, the County Championship sprung into life this week with close matches, dramatic finishes and some superb performances. Here’s our rundown on the latest round of fixtures.
The County Championship is back! If it was 1989, this would presumably have been one of the lead stories for this week’s edition of the Junior Gazette.
YouTube: quite popular. The County Championship: not quite as popular. But surely the former could help the latter?
We turn our attention to Division Two as we go around the grounds, realise it rained all week and fill space by talking about the season so far.
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. The rain in England and Wales falls mainly on the County Championship. Here’s the first half of our discussion around said County Championship so far.
Bloody foreigners, eh? Coming over here, retiring from one day cricket to distract everyone from the proper cricket going on. Can’t trust ’em.
For once, it was dry. Who performed in the heat and who wilted? Find out as we review the latest week of the County Championship.
Another tough week of cricket in the County Championship saw plenty of bad weather, just one result and rising levels of excitement about the imminent arrival of Phil Hughes.