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April 11, 2023 County cricket

Jamie Porter and Mohammad Abbas aren’t moving on

2 minute readAnd why should they? The general vibe of the County Championship of late (and honestly quite a lot of the time, not just now) is that something needs to change. There need to be fewer teams, or at least fewer matches; they need to use a different ball; they need

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