Since there's a big gap now until the next game how about any recommendations for good reads on county cricket especially championship cricket.

Stephen Chalke's Summers Crown from several years ago is very good

Here's another one which was reviewed earlier this summer I've not got round to reading yet

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/cricket/amateur-cricket/cricket-paul-edwards-30-years-24431674

It's about more than just county cricket but Fred Rumsey's "Sense of Humour, Sense of Justice" is a really good read. He's going to be at a Cricket Society event at Edgbaston in December. I spoke earlier this week to Stephen Chalke who will be interviewing him at that event and he said that Fred, although now 86, is still very sharp mentally and extremely entertaining.

In the space of a few months, a few years ago I read Duncan Hamilton's book on Harold Larwood, David Frith's 'Bodyline Autopsy' 'The real Jeeves' which might still be in the club shop 'Jack Hobbs' by Leo McKinstry and a small publication 'And the fields were sudden bare' about Frank Foster by Robert Brooke. These books would make cricketers of this age think twice before they have a moan about money, how much they play and the facilities they have. The detail in them is immense and gives you a feel for the times these players lived in.