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England picking a captain because he was a great captain but only a modest player. I'm thinking Mike Brearley.
County Championship expansion. I was listening to something recently, can't remember for the life of me what it was, but there was a coherent and reasoned argument why there should be two more teams in the CC. They were specifically to be made up of young players released by the 18 counties who would otherwise probably drift out of the game. It was argued that the Minor Counties set up just isn't designed to be a safety net or a system that could facilitate players who still had unrealised potential or had maybe been unlucky with injuries getting a foothold back in the county game. One was to be Northern/Midlands based and the other Southern.
County Championship expansion. I was listening to something recently, can't remember for the life of me what it was, but there was a coherent and reasoned argument why there should be two more teams in the CC. They were specifically to be made up of young players released by the 18 counties who would otherwise probably drift out of the game. It was argued that the Minor Counties set up just isn't designed to be a safety net or a system that could facilitate players who still had unrealised potential or had maybe been unlucky with injuries getting a foothold back in the county game. One was to be Northern/Midlands based and the other Southern.