Derek Pringle looks at the worrying trend of draws taking precedence over victories in the County Championship
Essex won this year’s County Championship by the grand margin of 68 points with the quaint, old-fashioned notion of actually winning games.
Their tally of 10 victories was double that of their closest competitor, Lancashire, so there was no doubt they were deserving winners. But while they had clinched the title with two games to go, the dog fight to avoid relegation involved every team from third place to bottom – which seemed excessive given that pa...