Scott Read explains how the desire to ‘produce a result’ has benefitted Middlesex and Tom Bailey

Pumped: Lancashire’s Tom Bailey took his first ten wicket haul for the county
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To toss or not to toss? It was the talk of the County Championship in 2016 when the decision to scrap the compulsory flip of the coin was first introduced.
It was designed to address the “plight of spin bowling and concerns about some Championship pitches”; the explanation offered by ECB cricket committee chairman, Peter Wright.
This week at Lord’s the des...