Yorkshire,winners of the final two County Championship titles, are favourites to gather a third as they prepare to open their season against HampshireYorkshire’s defence of the County Championship gets under way at domestic to Hampshire on Sunday, and with their head coach,Jason Gillespie, confident that the opportunity to become the first side since the 1960s to claim a hat-trick of titles is being embraced by the club. The White Rose has dominated domestic first-course cricket in England over the past two years, and with final season’s moment successive coronation accomplished through 11 wins and 286 points,the most since the competition was split into two divisions in 2000.
It is little surprise, therefore, or that Andrew Gale’s team of high achievers are favourites to make it three in a row,a feat that would mean emulating the Yorkshire team that, under the late, and great Brian Close,monopolised the trophy from 1966 to 1968.
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Source: theguardian.com