DEREK PRINGLE

@derekpringleAs harbingers of things to come the recent move by Ross Whiteley from Worcestershire to Hampshire would not normally set alarm bells ringing. Yet there are some who see the move, from rural county to Hundred hub, as something of a malign trend as cricket increasingly seeks to become a metropolitan sport for metropolitan audiences.Talent drains have been predicted before, most notably when the Championship became two divisions in 2000. It happened, too, though was more a trickle than a torrent as ‘unfashionable’ counties lost some leading pl...