Welcome to Episode 291 of The County Cricket Podcast! On today's episode, hosts Aaron, Ciaran and Matt sat down to review the major talking points from the First Round of the 2024 Vitality County Championship such as Essex's spectacular victory at Trent Bridge, Sam Northeast's record-breaking knock at Lord's, Kashif Ali's historic performance at Edgbaston and Harry Brook's magnificent return to the Yorkshire fold. If you enjoyed this episode please feel free to share it with any cricket fans that you know and be sure to follow us on Twitter for daily County Cricket and Podcast updates!    Timestamps:  00:00 - Intro 03:40 - Abandoned matches 05:38 - Nottinghamshire vs Essex  23:12 - Warwickshire vs Worcestershire  38:25 - Kent vs Somerset  49:01 - Lancashire vs Surrey 59:20 - Middlesex vs Glamorgan   1:10:06 - Yorkshire vs Leicestershire 1:21:02 - Sussex vs Northamptonshire   Check out Ciaran and Matt's socials here:  https://twitter.com/CP_McCarthy https://twitter.com/MatthewWhiley   Check out our Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thecountycricketpodcast   Check out our Twitter here: https://twitter.com/TheCountyCrick2   Join our Cricket Draft League using the League Code here:  League Code - 356bffb5ff9e   Check out our £1 Patreon membership here:  https://www.patreon.com/thecountycricketpodcast   This episode of The County Cricket Podcast was brought to you in association with our friends at Bear Cricket:  https://www.bearcricket.co.uk/