By Jon Couch

Coming of age: Youngster Ollie Pope smashed a career-best 251 for Surrey

OH, the irony! You take the MCC County Champion match to the tropical climes of sun-drenched Dubai – and the game gets rained off!
Meanwhile, players of six other counties were left to bring out the woolly hats and thermals to brave the pre-season conditions of home soil – and each game plays to a conclusion.
You couldn’t make it up! Still, even though the fourth and final day of this now inaugural fixture in the UAE was curtailed to just 19 overs, the Surrey co...