That was the quarter-finals week that was. It wasn’t quite a classic, with only one game threatening thriller status, but still the first round of T20 Blast knockouts have justified their status as hipster’s choice for the best entertainment that the English summer has to offer.
There aren’t many bigger days in the county calendar than the T20 quarter-finals, which take place later this week. I say quarter-finals, but really it feels like a semi because the prize is Finals Day at Edgbaston, to my reckoning still the biggest day of the domestic summer.
Apart from its rich legacy, and the historical importance of the games that are played in a fiercely competitive division structure, one of the main things that made me fall in love with county cricket was its altruistic aspect.
A BRYDON CARSE century on his return after suspension was not enough to prevent Durham slipping towards likely defeat on the third day of the County Championship Division One match with Somerset.