The County Championship season was due to start on Sunday, April 12, but with the coronavirus pandemic sending the UK into lockdown, things had to be done a little differently…
Middlesex openers Sam Robson and Nick Gubbins were due to start the season against Worcestershire at Lord’s. Instead, chaos ensued in their front rooms.
An Oscar-worthy performance from the @Middlesex_CCC openers
How will you face the first ball of the season on Sunday?#CountyChampAtHome #StayHomeSaveLives pic.twitter.com/OMtQqsGlYx
— County Championship (@CountyChamp) April 10, 2020
But Worcestershire’s reply was hardly much better, as Daryl Mitchell copped a rough lbw decision from his daughter.
Different venue, similar result! #ShouldbeatLords @CountyChamp #CountyChampAtHome pic.twitter.com/7YP9lAJtA7
— Daryl Mitchell (@mitchwccc) April 12, 2020
Graham Onions had been hoping to open the bowling to Joe Denly in Lancashire’s scheduled game against Kent, and the two had differing reconstructions of how things might have panned out.
.@joed1986 faces the first ball of the @CountyChamp season in #SuperKent kit
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— Kent Cricket (at