When someone mentions cricket in April the mind immediately flies to those rather hilarious images of slip fielders in three jumpers, with bobble hats on and hands thrust firmly into deep pockets that contain multiple handwarmers. Such is the lot of the County Championship cricketer who starts his season when there is still frost on the ground! I can’t personally recall an opening fixture of a V&A season bathed in quite so much sunshine as we had on Saturday. The worm(cast) has turned, clearly.  The Top Knockers are a wandering side, captained by Nick Berry, with good Shropshire Lads as their foundation. They approach their cricket in much the same way as we do: affable, amateurish (in the very best possible sense of the word) and full of the joys of spring to be out in the middle. We’ve contested close fixtures over previous seasons and always look forward to […]