County cricket: spring is in the air as the Championship returns in style

Hampshire and Nottinghamshire stole a march on champions Surrey in a fine first round of matchesBy the 99.94 Cricket BlogWalking through the warm, not even watery, sunshine of St John’s Wood with only the still leafless trees to betray the date, I suspected there would be runs in the first round of the County Championship – and so it proved. Continue reading...