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Annie Chave: Thrill-a-minute County Championship is right back where it belongs

Annie Chave celebrates the return of County Championship cricket after its enforced break, with a thrilling title race, dramatic finishes and a packed Cheltenham College underlining why the four-day game remains the domestic season’s centrepiece.

 

The grounds may have been parched the colour of gold, giving the illusion of high summer, but make no mistake, the evenings were drawing in and there was a chill to the air, as the crown of our domestic cricket, the County Championship, returned some 50 days after its enforced break.
It’s odd how quickly we get used to things; fall in line and settle for the slim pickings on offer.
A few years ago, we had one long cricket season throughout the summer. Now we have format factions.
Where one game used to seamlessly swap from Championship to one-day, we now have blocks.
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