England were well below their best on the opening day of the international summer, but only Shivnarine Chanderpaul offered genuine resistance and they ended it in the ascendancy.
Test cricket’s back in England! The West Indies are here to whet our appetites for later in the summer. We’re going to make them grovel. Or something.
Despite, or due to, the rain there were tight finishes, dramatic collapses and some deal-making that would have made Noel Edmonds proud. Here’s our round-up of the latest week in the County Championship.
There has been quite a bit of talk of late about Australia’s pace attack. We put Australia’s fast bowlers under the microscope to see if they’re all that Bill Lawry makes them out to be.
With over a quarter of the County Championship over already, it’s time to take a glance at the performances of some players who might be harbouring England ambitions.
The Alphabet XI’s have reached the final straight. With the terrifying prospect of having to pick an X side looming on the horizon, it’s perhaps fitting that its immediate predecessor is one of the very best teams we’ve been able to put together.
Not a great week for the County Championship, this one – plenty of rain and some genuinely awful batting. Still, at least we’re not dead, which is more than can be said for Jimi Hendrix.