We’re in touching distance of the finishing tape but there’s still time for a last stumble in the mud. For once, however, the Spin is early, laden with gongs to dole out to the best, worst, and most memorable events of the 2022 Championship season.
This is a Championship that may – depending on which way the counties vote on the Strauss report, probably before the fixtures come out in November, possibly sometime in the spring of 2048 – be in its final incarnation of two divisions with promotion and relegation.
Much then, to celebrate. With no further ado: please put your hands together for … The Micky Stewart award for team of the season Surrey, a cut above the rest.
Well led by Rory Burns, 22 focused players, 10 of them homegrown, who took a 16-point lead into September and didn’t slip up.