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    County Championship signals the start of summer but cricket faces growing divide

    by Sonia Twigg Apr 04, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: Getty Images for Surrey CCC

    Few things epitomise the start of summer like blossom on the trees, the birth of new ducklings or the start of a new cricket season.

    There is not much in British sport that endures like the County Championship, which has been running since its first edition in 1890. The FA Cup is another, slightly older institution, but cricket has a special place in the English summer.

    The games themselves might only be attended nowadays by a few hundred resolute equipped with a thermos, warm blanket, picnic basket and umbrella in.

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