An exciting start to the county campaign has given Chris Silverwood much to ponder for the
New Zealand Test series
Next week Chris Silverwood names his first
England Test squad as both the head coach and sole selector, adding an extra frisson to the six County Championship fixtures that begin on Thursday and, touch wood, are the last behind closed doors.
To be fair, through a combination of decent weather, good pitches, the revamped streaming services and, perhaps, the curtailed Indian
Premier League, the competition has already crackled this year. The players were clearly coiled springs after last summer’s truncated campaign and the digital gurus tell us the audiences are greater and younger than the tired old cliches often have it.