By Jon Couch

Coming of age: Youngster Ollie Pope smashed a career-best 251 for Surrey

OH, the irony! You take the MCC County Champion match to the tropical climes of sun-drenched Dubai – and the game gets rained off!
Meanwhile, players of six other counties were left to bring out the woolly hats and thermals to brave the pre-season conditions of home soil – and each game plays to a conclusion.
You couldn’t make it up! Still, even though the fourth and final day of this now inaugural fixture in the UAE was curtailed to just 19 overs, the Surrey coaches had seen more t...