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@WG_RumblePants Me too!

@Matthew36972140 I had mine with me. Wouldn’t be without it.

What was your favourite moment from Round 1 of the County Chanpionship? This was mine — my first ball of the season. It felt like a VERY long wait to see it. It was lovely to have Little Miss Rumble alongside me. A close second was the last 50 balls of the Northants v Lancs match. The perfect end to the long weekend.

@WG_RumblePants A great picture. Are you hoping cravats will come back into fashion?

There are more than a few cravats on show in this photo of the England team from the 1920s. #cricketersincravats

@Middlesex_CCC Well played Middlesex! A thoroughly deserved victory.

A brilliant team performance at the Home of Cricket. Thank you so much for your amazing support over the past four days 💙

@WG_RumblePants I’m sure your rewards will follow. Have a good Bank Holiday Monday, WG.

It’s a Monday - boo! 👎 But it’s a Bank Holiday Monday - hurrah! 👍 Today, apparently, I will mainly be putting up new shelves and curtain poles. This is a somewhat unforeseen and unsatisfactory development, but I have direct orders from Obergruppenführer Mrs Rumble, which I dare not disobey. At least I have the County Championship to keep me company.

@Kippercricks @WG_RumblePants @TPLCricketClub Happy, if perhaps innocent, days. This was when newspapers such as The Times, Guardian and Telegraph sent reporters to cover every county championship match and writers such as Woodcock, Swanton and Arlott reigned supreme.

@WG_RumblePants @TPLCricketClub It’s unbelievably good WG - having the live streams and ball by ball online commentary is also amazing 😻 as I remember watching games unfold on teletext ! I can remember my friends dad excitedly looking in the Telegraph each morning - for yesterday’s scores back in the day !

Are you enjoying having the County Championship back? There have already been some notable performances and there’s still a lot of cricket to come this round. 5,303 runs scored so far 132 wickets taken Turns out I can do the maths @TPLCricketClub! 😂 But, honestly, it’s just so good having county cricket back and dominating my timeline.

@WG_RumblePants Yes, you’re probably correct. Going back a few years, I recall Alastair Cook retaining his England place when Essex languished in Division Two for a couple of seasons. Graeme Swann was perhaps another but there weren’t too many in that category.

@Matthew36972140 It doesn’t usually, does it? Tribe may be the closest to a Div 2 call up.

I hope Rob Key is taking notes on this round of Championship matches — you know, given that Baz is in New Zealand and given that we still don’t have a Selector… Div 1 batters who have scored 100s far: Critchley (173) Foakes (128) Mousley (112*) Abell (108) Clark (101) Div 1 bowlers who have taken a 5fer: Robinson (5-42) Pennington (5-65) Also, a certain Sir James Anderson has taken 5-64 in Div 2.

@WG_RumblePants At Lord’s today. Sorry I missed you yesterday.

It was SO good being at Lord’s for the start of the County Championship yesterday but that, as they say, was just the beginning! We have another 177 days of the cricket season still ahead of us! The Championship is the foundation of that. I’m going to be following it on the livestreams and BBC commentary today. If you’re going along to a ground, have a great time. If you’ve never been, what are you waiting for?! The oldest, grandest and most gruelling red ball competition is back!

@PictureSporting @JamieMagill5 Great picture. One Union flag and a complete absence of St George flags. A different era, I suppose.

The crowd gathers round the pavilion to acclaim the players after England's victory in the 5th Test at The Oval, August 19th 1953. The win gave Len Hutton (waving to the masses) and his side the series 1-0, regaining the Ashes after 19 years

@IanPlayfair @headline @CountyChamp An essential companion for cricket lovers!

Delighted to say that Playfair is published today. Thanks to all at @headline for getting it into the shops so soon after I finished work on it. And good luck to all @CountyChamp fans for the start of the season tomorrow. I hope the Annual keeps you company throughout!

@WG_RumblePants Thank you once again for the countdown, WG. Wishing you all the best for the new season.

ONE!!! The County Championship returns TOMORROW! Thank you to everyone who has been following the countdown. I hope it’s kept you company and lifted your spirits in a small way during the dark days of winter.

@dgriffinpix Many, many congratulations David. This must be a very proud moment. Wishing you all the best for the new season.

I really didn't make it up...

@NoContextCounty 😞

THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS IN 48 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Irfanooq Next man in was Chris Cowdrey…………… we know what happened next.

@Irfanooq I think this was at the Headingley Test in 1988, when Lamb had to leave the crease retired hurt. He and Smith put on a century stand in this innings but West Indies were far too strong for England.

BLAST FROM THE PAST - Can you guess what’s happening here? #Cricket

@NoContextCounty Given the context, in this case the first World Cup final in 1975, I would nominate Viv Richards running out three top class Aussie batsmen at lightning speed.

@WG_RumblePants Quite a poignant picture. I wonder how many of the young men at Lord’s on that day lost their lives in Flanders?

@CountyChamp Can’t wait. Please can you arrange warm weather and bright sunshine?

@NoContextCounty John Arlott