DEREK PRINGLE

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Just over halfway through the first stage of the County Championship and some curious results have emerged – outcomes that have cocked a snook at Darwinians and meritocrats alike as the game’s Davids tumble its Goliaths.
With 18 teams divided into three conferences, based on the results of the previous two years, there have been eye-catching results from unexpected quarters. Recent second-division sides like Gloucestershire have racked up four wins from five games while Essex, the current champions, have already lost two matches, more than in their title-w...