County cricket: wet weather forces more draws but Surrey march on

There was just one positive result this weekend, but two bowlers are building unlikely cases for England selectionBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogLast week, this column suggested that Surrey have a strategy to win cricket matches. This week, to nobody’s surprise, they applied it to beat not just Hampshire, but the weather that consigned the round’s other six matches to draws. It’s a hard-nosed realism that spins its own kind of magic. Continue reading...