County Championship rule change benefits tail-enders not spinners

The ECB’s toss innovation of offering away teams the chance to bowl first has led to a dearth of seamer-friendly pitches but some sides have done without specialist spinnersWarwickshire’s No8, Keith Barker, contributed an important innings of 81 on the third day of the County Championship match at Lord’s on Wednesday. It wasn’t quite as imperious as Jonathan Trott’s double century but the left-hander displayed a sound technique and then made hay when the part-time M