The first round of County Championship matches featured two totals over 500, five draws and a number of batsmen filling their early-season boots. Jamie Smith was one, promoted to number three by Surrey. What do we read into that and what else did we learn from those first matches? Simon Hughes and Simon Mann consider the entrails ad celebrate the continued excellence of the 43 year old Jimmy Anderson as he passes the 1150 first class wicket mark.

Later on we chat to Sam Morshead, the founder of CounterPress, a platform offering daily, dedicated online coverage of individual counties with news, opinion and reports. The individual sites can be found by clicking on these links below -

Cider Press (Somerset) http://ciderpress.news

Hove & Away (Sussex) http://hoveandaway.news

Lanky Lanky (Lancashire) http://lankylanky.news

King Pears (Worcestershire) http://kingpears.news

Taff & Daff (Glamorgan) http://taffanddaff.news

The Bear (Warwickshire) http://the-bear.news

The Chester (Durham) http://thechester.news

The Fox (Leicestershire) http://the-fox.news

The Hawk (Hampshire) http://thehawk.news

The Peakite (Derbyshire) http://thepeakite.news

The Rey (Surrey) http://therey.news

The Spitfire (Kent) http://thespitfire.news

The Steeler (Northants) http://thesteeler.news

The Trent (Notts) http://thetrent.news

Up The Middle (Middlesex) http://upthemiddle.news

White Rose Files (Yorkshire) http://whiterosefiles.news

The Glorious Gazette (Glos) https://www.thegloriousgazette.news

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