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GregP Sep 2019 11:25am, 27 Sep 2019 115,193 posts	0 GregP Okay. Now can someone remind me how a fourteen-game season works with ten teams in the division?
Cerrertonia Sep 2019 11:36am, 27 Sep 2019 11,194 posts	0 Cerrertonia You play four counties once and the other five twice. I have not seen it explained anywhere how it is determined who plays who. Simplest method would be to divide the counties into two groups of five, with say 1,3,5,7,9 in one group and 2,4,6,8,10 in the other and then you play the teams in the other group twice and in your own group once, but I don't know if that is how it works.
GregP Sep 2019 11:45am, 27 Sep 2019 115,197 posts	0 GregP I'm trying to plan some road trips. Northants is do-able in a day and I've never been.
GregP Sep 2019 8:26pm, 27 Sep 2019 115,213 posts	0 GregP Did anyone else get the strange impression that the Chops interview on the TMS podcast was recorded before the close of play yesterday?
Derby Tup Sep 2019 8:29pm, 27 Sep 2019 34,482 posts	0 Derby Tup It’s very nearly October. Just saying like
FreshStart Sep 2019 8:33pm, 27 Sep 2019 3,617 posts	0 FreshStart Sad to see Sarah Taylor retire from International cricket today due to anxiety. Definitely one of the best cricketers I've seen bbc.co.uk
Badger Sep 2019 10:37pm, 27 Sep 2019 11,383 posts	0 Badger Yup. Anxiety is so destructive even for really capable people like her.
ThorntonRunner Sep 2019 11:37pm, 27 Sep 2019 2,527 posts	0 ThorntonRunner Agreed
GregP Sep 2019 4:41pm, 29 Sep 2019 115,225 posts	0 GregP The ORB... twitter.com
GregP Oct 2019 9:24pm, 2 Oct 2019 115,321 posts	0 GregP Sure you've all seen the TSH news but: Birmingham - Warwickshire, Worcestershire Cardiff - Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Somerset Leeds - Durham, Yorkshire Lord's - Essex, Middlesex, Northants Manchester - Lancashire Nottingham - Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire The Oval - Kent, Surrey Southampton - Hampshire, Sussex From my perspective that's the least-bad option - and Lords is undoubtably my nearest 'big' ground.