I spent a day watching Worcestershire in Kidderminster while New Road was out of action

Worcestershire have played their first two Championship matches at Kidderminster after the New Road home became unusable due to flooding – @WorcsCCC/X Diary of a day in the West Country where the survival of county cricket is under threat: Gloucestershire by bankruptcy, after announcing an even bigger-than-normal loss of £1.19m, and Worcestershire by climate change. … Read more

County Championship predictions: Can anyone stop Surrey’s title charge?

Surrey is once again the team to beat: PA/John Walton The County Championship season starts on Friday and there will be plenty of quality on display, with a number of English players set to play most of the first six rounds. Telegraph Sport’s experts predict how the season will go and which players to keep … Read more