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Richard Clarke: The start of summer! Get ready for a spectacular season of county red-ball cricket

The start of every county season is a process of reacquaintance. There are familiar friends and foes, customs and traditions, sights and smells.
Cricket returning is the chance for county supporters to get back together

The start of every county season is a process of reacquaintance. There are familiar friends and foes, customs and traditions, sights and smells.

Then there are the semi-familiar ones. I am on speaking terms with a handful of Essex fans who suffer from the same unhealthy addiction to red-ball cricket in inclement April conditions.
But, just as importantly, I am on nodding terms with many more. I have never spoken to them but know their faces, and they know mine.
This is because I am a member of a club, with mutual goals and ambitions, highs and lows, but above all shared experiences.
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