These are testing and uncertain times for county cricket. And I must admit that I was beginning to find myself engulfed in the growing sense of doom and gloom – you know, the one created by an amalgam of a bloated and bonkers fixture list, match-fixing allegations, intrinsic structural problems, uncertain futures for counties and questionable fan interest, topped off by the BCCI blowing a big, fat raspberry in the face of English cricket. But then two things happened: I read this , and the season began.

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County cricket strikes back

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