RICHARD CLARKE
AKA The Grumbler

The County Championship is back. On Monday, six teams will resume their fight for the title in what promises to be an exciting finale. All the big counties are assembled in Group One, apart from a Surrey side who continue to disappoint. You can argue their replacements are Somerset. The nearly men of the red-ball game are the pick for the neutrals enviously peering over the wall at what has been dubbed ‘Super September’.
The concept of the three conferences has been much discussed but little has been set in stone.
For all we know, we could...