It is a pleasure to welcome you back to The Cricket Paper’s coverage of our summer sport and we’re delighted to be with you earlier than ever before!

SECOND THOUGHTS before you don your overcoat, some watery sunshine hitting your skin, and those half-forgotten sensations running through your body, up and into your brain, which still can’t quite compute what is happening.
But yes, as I write this on what is officially the first day of Spring, all the signs are there that the season is just around the corner.
And as ever, that fills those who love our summer game with feelings of barely sup...