DARREN STEVENS

You are forgiven if a glance at the scorecards has left you scratching your head during these first three rounds of the County Championship. It’s been 600 for this and 600 for that, double centuries flowing like Guinness – there have been nine of them already this season (double tons that is) – and spinners wheeling off 30 overs on the first day of a match. England seamer Matthew Potts scored 149 not out.
Surrey batter Cameron Steel is the leading wicket-taker in Division One. What’s going on?
It’s not as if we can explain it all with the Kookaburra ball, because the cherry...