(Source: ECB - England and Wales Cricket Board) As part of the coverage for this year's LV= County Championship, Mark Butcher will give his views on the week's fixtures exclusively to ecb.co.uk. Here are his thoughts on the ninth round. Yorkshire v Middlesex, Headingley - Match of the round England calls could have a big bearing on this meeting between fourth and first - Middlesex probably standing to lose more than Yorkshire. The leaders will have to find replacements for Eoin Morgan and Steven Finn, while the champions will lose Liam Plunkett and Adil Rashid. Having Adam Lyth and Gary Ballance back from Test duty will soften that blow. They must have contrasting emotions at the moment,...
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