Hardly have we taken off our winter jackets and the County Championship is nearly a third done, writes BENJI MOOREHEAD.
The insipid weather may have led to more than half of all games being drawn, but in between the showers there has been some thrilling cricket. Besides, draws can be quite fun too (think Wellington). Just last week Stuart Broad denied his mate Jimmy Anderson as nine-down Notts, with No.11 Olly Stone on one leg, clung on at Trent Bridge.
The fast bowlers on display in Division One have been top-class: Abbas and Abbott, Roach and Worrall, Porter and Cook, Broad and Anderson...