From Botham to Buttler and the Rews — why Somerset set the standard for youth development in county cricket

The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join.They are the very model of what a modern ‘smaller’ county should look like. And now, sitting on top of the nascent Championship table, Somerset provide hope that there is still room for an 18-county English first-class structure in a rapidly changing cricketing world.Advertisement