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Darren Gough reflects on the 2012 County Championship season

After a decade in the doldrums, Derbyshire's transformation could finally come to fruition this week

In the 1980s, a young fast bowler from Denmark set out to play cricket for an English county. He was fierce, disciplined, popular, and lived to regret bouncing Sylvester Clarke

ESPNcricinfo previews the 2012 season for teams in Division Two of the County Championship

During the season a number of players announced their retirements, including some major forces on the county scene. Cricinfo recaps those who have decided their playing days are over

Cricket South Africa and all concerned with the future of the game in the Republic now need to really have their wits about them as the trickle has become a full-scale flood, with close to 50 players having gone down the Kolpak route

Still only 26, Clarke has left Surrey, taken up Derbyshire's captaincy, and wants to earn another chance with England

From 2006, counties who prevent to select sufficient numbers of England-qualified players will have thousands of pounds cut from their revenue

Andrew McGlashan reviews the county season