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Following On Cricket Podcast
Following On: County Cricketer S3 EP5 - Worcestershire sailing away, 24 centuries and Derek Underwood
talkSPORT's Cricket Editor Jon Norman, two-time County Championship winner Steve Harmison and George Dobell from The Cricketer Mag join forces once more to give the lowdown on all the big stories affecting the summer game.
On today's show the boys discuss the unpalatable options facing Worcestershire, ask what has been learned from the Kookaburra experiment and run their eye over the pick of the performances from week two of the County Championship.
If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter.
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