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@hawkhampshire Fair enough. The consequence of shame being atonement? Orr needs to be in this team pronto.

The same squad will be given the chance to redeem themselves in Leeds, more to follow. Russell Domingo exclusive incoming.

Starmer is visiting the Middle East. Why? A pathetic attempt to gain relevance. But he will fool no one.

@IanPlayfair @headlinepg I have bought it. Is there any way I can keep up with the squad changes throughout the season, like a website for updates?

Last week's official sales figures have landed, & I'm delighted to say that the Playfair Cricket Annual was the No 1 bestselling non-fiction book across all formats. Thanks so much to all who bought it, to @headlinepg for a great job in getting it out, & booksellers everywhere.

@patmurphybbc Aversion to flair players transcends the '70s: witness treatment of Hoddle and Le Tissier.

Indeed. I did a series for the old Radio 5 in 1993, featuring those 5 you mentioned plus Osgood & Hudson. Half hour episodes. Great fun.

@hantscricket @VitalityBlast @vincey14 I think we should focus on our Championship shortcomings, don't you, as opposed to eulogising a player who is mostly a former player in that he isn't here for most of the time?

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@Arron_banks Problem Arron, is if that is 1-4 % shave off the Reform vote share in a tight poll with three or four parties all clustered around similar percentages.

They 4% probably mistook it for Reform!

You can’t make this up.

@WillCalverleyUK @JadenLister The people I know just think the Tories are a party of cheap foreign labour and mass immigration. Your party has gaslighted its traditional supporters for years. No more.

@JadenLister Mate if you think the Conservatives are a “woke, lefty liberal party”, you should have a look at your economic policies. And then after you’ve had a look at those, have a look at the failed “woke, lefty liberal” Tories you have all around you. Have a nice day.

From politically homeless to Reform UK 🇬🇧 As a young man I felt politically homeless. I’ve always had an old head on my shoulders and been right of centre, but none of the main parties spoke to me. Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens never appealed to me because socialism is poisonous to this nation. It sounds like a great idea in theory, but you always run out of other people’s money, and it inevitably leads to authoritarianism or communism if you give them long enough in power. But the Conservatives? They lost their way and became a woke, lefty liberal party. By 2024 I didn’t know who to join but that’s when I found Reform UK and joined, I’ve not regretted it since. This is why I joined Reform UK. A party that actually stands for family, community, and country. No more establishment betrayal. Just common sense and putting Britain first again. 🇬🇧 #ReformUK

@dave43law @reformparty_uk If so, then money well spent.

@reformparty_uk Only Farage will make you pay £5 per head

Almost 20,000 people have attended a Reform UK rally in this campaign so far. Many politicians will ask for your vote, but only Nigel Farage will invite you to a public meeting. 👏

@reformparty_uk Just make sure all Reform voters have a Reform candidate to vote for.

@thecricketmen Hants are unspeakably diabolical and going down.

End of round 1 of the county championship then, thoughts, reflections and way too early predictions below please ⬇️

@NoContextCounty 0 out of 10 for Hants.

Rate the opening round of the season out 10

@NoContextCounty No. Surrey will win the title. Warwickshire and Essex will be strong. Hants are simply relegation fodder.Div 2: perm two from Derbyshire, Lancs and Durham. Glos have been decimated and will finish bottom.

Who wins the County Championship? Has your opinion changed after week one?

@alanhigham100 @PaveyOwen45415 @LancsCCMG Well said.

@PaveyOwen45415 @LancsCCMG The article doesn't say that though. Surrey has shown how to get a younger audience interested in watching red ball. They showed it the love and respect it deserved by publicising it to their online audience and making the match day experience as good as possible.

@BoothCricket I look forward to reading a full match report in the Daily Mail tomorrow.

Hell of a draw for Northamptonshire - after Lancashire drop a late slip catch to win it at Wantage Road

@GeorgeDobell1 Irrelevant to my county [Hants]. We are getting relegated anyway.

Quite a significant tweak here:

@hantscricket Didn't it used to be the case that your county cap was awarded to you after a period of achievement, eg. perhaps two or three seasons of scoring 1,000 runs? Now you get a county cap if you are picked for the first time.

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@EssexPodcast You beat relegation fodder. I wouldn't get carried away.

Boom! 💥 What a great start to the season. Quality bowling

@ToppersSnr @EssexCricket @SomersetCCC True and Essex have Cox to return. Essex need to ensure Hants' vastly superior turnover is never allowed to manifest itself via the lifting of the salary cap and a fully-fledged transfer market. Brown's comments after were as pathetic as his team, in my view.

@StephenJ_S_7 @EssexCricket @SomersetCCC Understand that but you can only play against the 11 oppo who turn up. And for the 1st game of the season, they did much much right, so well played the lads.

A fantastic three day win for @EssexCricket and a day off for the bowlers who made Hampshire follow on. 5 for Critchley to add to his CB of 173, with Harmer taking 3wkts too. @SomersetCCC are next up on Friday at Chelmsford. What a way to start the 2026 County season!

@hawkhampshire Porter & Cook v Jack & Baker- Essex's proven fast-medium county bowlers who make the batsmen play almost every ball. The latter pair? Yeah, they can bowl quickly, bang it in, not make the batsmen play much and offer up a lot of four balls.

@StephenJ_S_7 You have Eddie Jack and Sonny Baker, two England Lions and bowlers with masses of potential. Also players who are learning all the time, particularly in red ball cricket. No shortage of talent. Loads of quality.

Instead of responding to the mountain of messages (ironic given my view currently) . Just like Saints’ start to the season or Pompey’s 6-1 defeat to QPR, you can’t judge a coach or a squad or a plan on one defeat. Shocker, yes. But a pointer for the next 13 matches? No.