Made a major error not bringing my winter coat. A decent crowd for this, Yorkshire’s last Championship match at Headingley until September. Surrey have won the toss and will bowl, great to hear the Yorkshire lineup read out over the loudspeaker: “Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jonny Bairstow” and some great Surrey players too.
T20 Hall of fame
The ECB has announced a new T20 hall of fame before the Blast, er, blasts off, a week today. The garlanded four are: Ravi Bopara, Charlotte Edwards, James Vince and Danni Wyatt-Hodge
England mix it up for Test series
Division Two table (all teams have played five games)
1 Durham 91
2 Middlesex 68
3 Northamptonshire 66
4 Lancashire 63
5 Kent 61
6 Worcestershire 60
7 Derbyshire 53
8 Gloucestershire 29
Division One table (all teams have played five games)
1 Notts 80
2 Warwickshire 74
3 Surrey 72
4 Sussex 69
5 Glamorgan 69
6 Somerset 64
7 Essex 60
8 Yorkshire 48
9 Leicestershire 41
10 Hampshire 29
Fixtures
Division One
Chelmsford: Essex v Leicestershire
Southampton: Hampshire v Nottinghamshire
Taunton: Somerset v Sussex
Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Glamorgan
Headingley: Yorkshire v Surrey
Division Two
Bristol: Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire
Beckenham: Kent v Durham
Southport: Lancashire v Worcestershire
Lord’s: Middlesex v Derbyshire
Preamble
Good morning! How can we be here already? Trees decked in their brightest spring greens totter on the embankments as my trans pennine express slips through the hills.Here be the final round of this early block, nearly half way through the Championship season.
I’m off to see Root, Brook and Bairstow v Surrey, there are a couple of outground games at Southport and Beckenham; out of sorts Hampshire host top of the table Notts, and Warwickshire take on roaring Glamorgan.
All that and more from 11am. Do come and join us, the coffee is percolating.
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