By Richard Edwards

Frustrated: Northants coach David Ripley

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE have started the season like a snail – but it’s hardly surprising given that weather has derailed their County Championship preparations in spectacular style.
The Cricket Paper catches up with David Ripley, the county’s coach, appropriately enough after Northants’ attempts at a 50-over warm-up against Leicestershire had gone the way of almost their entire pre-season.
“We thought we would try and get ahead of the game and get some 50-over practice in,” he says...