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Bob Willis Trophy future up in the air after omission from 2022 fixture list

ECB managing director of county cricket, Neil Snowball, confirmed that talks were ongoing with the Willis family about how best to utilise the trophy in the right manner

Warwickshire are worthy winners of the Bob Willis Trophy

NICK FRIEND AT LORD'S: If this is the last time it is played for, then the trophy is in the right hands - the best team in the country in 2021, but also Willis' county for more than a decade

The captivating patience of Matt Parkinson

NICK FRIEND AT LORD'S: This isn’t how Parkinson would have envisaged the last week of his summer, but it was somehow fitting that it should end with the same high-class exhibition of patience as at Canterbury, where his season began in earnest

"It has to be the right thing for Bob": Lauren Clark wants Bob Willis Trophy to carry meaning for her late husband

NICK FRIEND: Clark, one of the co-founders along with his brother, David, of the Bob Willis Fund, designed the trophy and has been at Lord's to watch Warwickshire face Lancashire

Rob Yates' hundred-filled summer has its golden ending

NICK FRIEND AT LORD'S: For a part-time student who began this season still carrying a lingering whiff of self-doubt, this effort felt like an appropriate note on which to wrap up a breakthrough campaign

Warwickshire make accomplished start to life as county champions

NICK FRIEND AT LORD'S: It was a perfect day for Warwickshire, who could have been forgiven if they had struggled for focus less than a week on from climbing their Everest

Masks, player testing and vaccine certificates: How county cricket will look in 2021

NICK HOWSON: The ECB's managing director of county cricket Neil Snowball has optimistically outlined how the 2021 summer is shaping up, with full crowds very much part of the plan

Cricket's route back to normality: The challenges facing the sport in 2021

SAM MORSHEAD - SPECIAL REPORT: The Cricketer explores what spectators can expect from their cricket-going experience this summer, how administrators are tackling the problems posed by the situation, and how counties will be affected

Somerset points deduction adjusted in light of change to County Championship format

Having initially been docked 24 points – with 12 suspended – after preparing a pitch that spun extravagantly from early on, that sanction has now been adjusted. Instead, Somerset will begin with an eight-point penalty in the group phase

Three-division domestic cricket structure confirmed for 2021 season

The County Championship will be contested over three groups, while the five-day duel for the Bob Willis Trophy at Lord's remains

Sussex deducted 24 points after Mitchell Claydon ball-tampering

The seamer applied hand sanitiser to the ball during the Bob Willis Trophy match against Middlesex and was banned for nine matches as a result

Bob Willis Trophy: Who makes our team of the season?

NICK FRIEND looks back on the star performers from a competition that only began at the start of August but, by the end of September, had provided two months of fine cricket in a summer that threatened to be lost entirely

Red-ball cricket reignited but a warning for 2021... Things we learnt from the Bob Willis Trophy 2020

NICK HOWSON: Despite the circumstances, it was one of the most encouraging red ball seasons in years as youngsters emerged and a showcase final took centre stage

In jubilation and despair, Essex and Somerset's emotions paint a familiar picture

NICK HOWSON AT LORD'S: While Essex can celebrate a third first-class trophy in four seasons, Somerset are left as runners-up again. Both sides know the feeling well

Essex win Bob Willis Trophy as Somerset are left frustrated again

NICK HOWSON AT LORD'S: A fifth-day rearguard delivered Essex their third red-ball trophy in four years and consigned the Cidermen to another runners-up finish as their wait for first-class honours goes on

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