By Joe Leavey

Offer: Alec Stewart

Back on form: Mark Stoneman ended last season with a run of good scores for Surrey
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FOR the opening batsman, mental fortitude is arguably the most valuable commodity around.
That’s a fact that Surrey and England man Mark Stoneman would certainly attest to, he may even go as far as to give a tangible case study to illustrate the fact.
Having started the 2018 domestic season in indifferent form, when cricket director Alec Stewart asked for a chat, the lefthander could have been forgiven for fearing the ...