The Spin | County cricket's life-affirming return is perfect tribute to Bob Willis

Willis longed for a leaner structure that would attract more fans. The new tournament named in his honour fits the bill“On the day that the 1978 cricket season ended, I managed at once to feel satisfaction, gratitude, regret, depression – and overwhelming fatigue.” So wrote Bob Willis in his Diary of a Cricket Season – as straight-talking on paper as he was in his later role as gimlet-eyed deliverer of withering Verdicts on Sky.It makes an intriguing read as the Bob Willi