Derek Pringle looks at the factors behind the recent upturn in form of Yorkshire’s new captain Gary Balance

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Form. According to cricket lore, players fall in and out of it all the time. Indeed, it is a right of passage to do so. Broadly, two rules exist about it. Those who are in form want to hang on to it as long as possible, while those out of it want to rekindle it as quickly as they can.
Escaping the clutches of the latter can be far from straightforward, as many can...