About this episode
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann discuss the first round of County Championship matches and interview Sam Morshead about online cricket coverage.
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…
People in this episode
Hosts: Simon Hughes, Simon Mann
Guest: Sam Morshead
Topics covered
- County Championship
- cricket analysis
- batsmen performance
- Jimmy Anderson
- online cricket coverage
Keywords
- County Championship
- cricket
- Jimmy Anderson
- Sam Morshead
- batsmen
- CounterPress
- first class wickets
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CounterPress
Places: Somerset, Sussex, Lancashire, Worcestershire, Glamorgan, Warwickshire, Durham, Leicestershire, Hampshire, Derbyshire
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