Ben Gardner on how a relatively quiet start for the champions is good news for the resurgent competition
It’s a marker of just how untouchable Surrey have been in the County Championship’s post-Covid era that simply not being top halfway through the season is in itself a story.
What’s gone wrong at Surrey, you’re tempted to ask? And of course partly, the answer is, ‘nothing’.
They are the only unbeaten side in the top tier, second in the table, just 10 points off Nottinghamshire. Hopes of a four-peat are still very much alive.
And yet things do feel different this season, and there are gen...
