Isabelle Westbury

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Idyllic setting: Playing at Worcester is county cricket in its purist form
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April’s arrival, whose name stems from the Latin word “aperit” meaning “to open”, has for decades signalled the opening of the county cricket season. Pads dusted down, whites unfolded and backs aching from persistent ducking to the young quick’s overstepped bouncers, these were the familiar signs that spring in England had arrived.
Only those signals have gradually subsided. Partly this is because the distinction between t...