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And an early email lands from Tim Maitland.
“I can’t ablution you pinch nan statistics, because I’ve sewage to get 1 of my dogs to nan vet, but earlier we dive into nan remainder of nan County Championship matches, we request to talk astir nan Oval.
”If Lord’s producing a two-day transportation that sewage dispersed complete 4 by nan upwind is connected 1 extremity of nan scale, past firmly sat correct connected nan outer limit of nan other extremity of nan spectrum of undesirable is that greenish sward successful SE11.
”Surrey’s County Championship situation is dying connected their inability to compression much than 1 triumph retired of nan roads they’ve been playing connected successful Kennington (and yes they might person been denied triumph against Hampshire by nan weather, but past I would antagonistic pinch Leicestershire 691 each retired against THAT Surrey boling line-up).
”Which makes adjacent week’s Test lucifer astatine said venue a cleanable lawsuit of nan immovable entity gathering nan irresistible force. It’s for illustration Godzilla vs King Kong. The Oval’s refusal to present results isolated from nether utmost duress against modern cricket’s rebuttal of each we person learned astir nan longest shape of nan game.”
Interesting! I perfectly get your constituent though really thought it was rather a spicy transportation past week, it was only Lawrence, who played truthful outstandingly, who really had nan mastery of it. I cognize Lee Fortis has said really nan deficiency of rainfall successful nan southbound eastbound this outpouring has made it very difficult this year.
And a naughty-boy intoxicant ban lies successful hold for nan rest. Though I’m somewhat amazed that they don’t mostly support disconnected nan condiment during a Test bid anyway.
The ever humane Emma John throws immoderate persepective connected nan Ben Stokes saga.
I was going to caput to Blackpool to watch Liam Livingstone’s first Championship crippled since 2021 and Joe Moore’s CC debut down nan stumps, but I’ve put it disconnected for an hr aliases truthful acknowledgment to an early rainfall update from Paul Edwards and a sad photograph of nan covers from Ken Grime. Both are bravely sitting things retired successful a soggy tent. So nary play location for a while, and astir apt not till aft lunch.
Today's fixtures
Division One
Grace Road: Leicestershire v Essex
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Somerset
Hove: Sussex v Glamorgan
Scarborough: Yorkshire v Warwickshire
Division Two
Chester-le-Street: Durham v Derbyshire
Blackpool: Lancashire v Kent
Northampton: Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire
New Road: Worcestershire v Middlesex
Preamble
Hello again, truthful soon! After nan soggy Dan Lawrence show astatine The Oval, we’re erstwhile much backmost into nan afloat plaything of Championship cricket – though nan rainfall whitethorn yet disrupt nan champion of plans. This is nan first of 2 June games earlier things spell into retention erstwhile much until August. So revel successful it while you can. Play starts astatine 11am astir grounds, but bring a cagoul.
