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County Championship coin toss scrapped

The coin toss that decides whether a or fields is to be scrapped in the next season.

The confirmed the change will be in both divisions in an attempt to encourage better pitches for four-day cricket.

An ECB statement read: “The visiting will be offered the opportunity of first. If he declines, the toss will take place as normal. But if he accepts, there will be no toss.”

The recommendation came from the ECB’s cricket committee, which includes ECB chief executive , team director and former England coach .

The committee’s chairman, Peter Wright, said a decision on whether to extend the trial would be taken at the end of the 2016 season.

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