Bet365 Making a bet Weblog – Hampshire sponsored to finish 50 years of Championship harm

One spherical down, 13 to move. The County Championship is up and working for the 2023 season, and to pass judgement on via Hampshire’s opening-week crushing of newly-promoted Nottinghamshire, they’re primed to place 50 years of historical past in the back of them, and gun for his or her first name since 1973.

After completing 3rd in a powerful marketing campaign in 2022, Hampshire are actually 3/1 to take this yr’s name, simply forward of reigning champions Surrey, on 7/2, whom they face within the pageant’s 2nd spherical on the Kia Oval, beginning on Thursday.

Surrey ruled remaining week’s drawn recreation towards every other fancied outfit, Lancashire, who stay 6/1 for the name, simply in the back of the exceptional red-ball workforce of the last decade, Essex, who overwhelmed Middlesex of their season opener at Lord’s, and stay neatly fancied at 4/1.

On the reverse finish of the standings, Northamptonshire are the highest flight’s long-shot, at a far off 33/1 after shedding to Kent of their opening spherical at Canterbury. Middlesex, every other promoted workforce, are not impressing somebody after shedding their best 4 all made geese remaining week and also are unfancied at 25/1.