ANNIE CHAVE

At the end of the 2020 season when, after 15 years playing and coaching on the county circuit, Australian International cricketer, Jason Gillespie left England to coach the South Australia side, he wrote a love-letter to county cricket on the Wisden website, declaring that it had ‘blown him away.’
And last week, as an emotional Jason Holder was interviewed after his final game for Worcestershire, he claimed that playing for the county has given him a new love for cricket that he termed a rebirth: ‘It was the most welcoming feeling I’ve ever had. Everybody plays for the right re...