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What is going to Notts’ and Surrey’s finest bowlers do that week with the County Championship on the road? One factor they received’t do is play cricket.
Mid September is one thing of a seasonal warzone. Meterologists say it’s autumn, whereas astronomers say you’ve nonetheless bought per week or two of summer season till the equinox (which is at 7.19pm as we speak).
Most of us break up the distinction a bit and flip-flop for per week or two based mostly on numerous different components. The solar shines and the temperature rises: it’s summer season. That first morning when it’s sufficiently chilly that you simply kind of want the heating had come on? Autumn.
Which makes cricket right now of 12 months very odd, as a result of the game can come throughout as each a transparent indicator that it’s nonetheless summer season, or as a factor that’s completely misplaced observe of time and actually ought to have migrated to hotter climes by now.
Even inside the recreation, there’s disagreement on what season it’s.
The ultimate spherical of the County Championship
Surrey v Nottinghamshire become a powerful climax to the County Championship final week. Perhaps they need to implement the 13-match season instantly and simply name time now. It pays to be versatile typically.
However assuming that doesn’t occur, this week shapes up as what precisely? The ‘falling motion‘ stage of the story when rigidity’s diminishing and all the things’s being resolved, we suppose.
Present leaders Nottinghamshire will host Warwickshire, needing a draw and a lightweight sprinkling of bonus factors to make sure of topping the desk – in all probability a bit much less. Surrey head to Hampshire needing at naked minimal a draw with loads of bonus factors, however extra seemingly a victory even when Notts get overwhelmed.
Each groups will likely be with out their highest-profile England bowlers as a result of Gus Atkinson and Josh Tongue are being rested by their major employer forward of the Ashes, which – in the event you aren’t maintaining with these items – takes place in Australia through the British winter. We guess their seasonal laggard team-mates should decide up the slack.
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