Opinion
Diary of a Cricket Season: First-day sights, waning optimism and celebrity visitors
11.04.26, 09:13 Updated 11.04.26, 09:16
Fred Atkins
Friday 10th April, 2026.
Rothesay County Championship - Day 1: Northamptonshire 409/1 v Kent.
WE'RE SO BACK
What are the signs you know cricket’s back? Men in shorts and knee-high socks walking up the Old Dover Road. Matchday staff trying to persuade someone in a vehicle the size of a tank to pull over to one side, to avoid a bottleneck outside the pavilion. Worried looking media executives trying to work out why the stream isn’t working.
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