All roses this county season?

So county cricket kicks off once more, but will the Ashes effect be necessarily beneficial, or is the future actually a bleak picture? Derek Pringle in The Telegraph thinks it won’t be all roses.

But some, like Christopher Martin-Jenkins in The Times can take heart from the fact that county cricketers can reap the benefits. Nevertheless, he acknowledges that domestic cricket is not without its problems – particularly with umpires and scorers at the moment – although he suggest resolutions are around the corner.

A quartet of county captains - Mark Chilton, Mark Butcher, Chris Adams and Jeremy Snape – offer a different perspective with their thoughts on the upcoming county season in The Independent.

And to read Andrew McGlashan’s take on it all, click here