PAUL NIXON

With the County Championship beginning today, the counties have been warming up with clashes against University teams, and they’re a brilliant way to start the season. I was never bright enough to be involved in them as a student but played in many as a county pro against the Unis.
As a professional, it’s a game you want at the start of the season. They still have a few dotted in around the summer, but they never used to be at this time of the year at all. It’s obviously much harder for the students to fit these games in whereas professionals on 12-month cont...