Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua tata mai te wā kirikiti ā-rohe hou ki a tātou me te rauna tuatahi o ngā whakataetae o te whakataetae o tēnei raumati e tīmata ana i te Rātapu puta noa i te motu. Ka whai a Yorkshire ki te tiaki i to rātau taitara o te Rōpū Kotahi i te wā e tumanako ana a Kevin Pietersen ka āwhina ōna whiwhinga i a Surrey ki te whakatairanga mai i te taumata tuarua. Anei te aratohu a te kaitakaro whutupaoro o Surrey me Ingarangi a Mark Butcher ki te Whakataetae Kaunihera. Wāhanga Kotahi. Ko Durham. Te whakatau: Ki taku whakaaro kāore i a rātou te kaha ki te kawe i te taitara. Ko te mea pai ka taea e rātou te tumanako ko te whakapakari i to rātau tūnga hei kapa Tuatahi Tuatahi. Engari kei a rātau tonu tētahi ope o ngā kaiwāhi tere hei tiaki. Ko te tangata matua: ko Mark Wood <unk> he tere tere, i mohio a Ingarangi. Overseas: Ko te taha o John Hastings (Aus) Durham e whakaahua ana mo to raatau roopu i mua o te tau kirikiti a te rohe 2015. Ko Hampshire. Te whakataunga: He uaua tonu mō tētahi kapa i whakatairanga noa ake: ka piki, ka heke a Worcestershire ia tau. Engari mēnā ka taea e Fidel Edwards, te kaihautū pēhi o West Indies, i hainatia hei Kolpak, te noho pai, ka whai tūponotanga rātau. Ka whai take ano hoki a Michael Carberry ki te whakamatau. He mea whakamiharo mēnā ka taea e Sean Ervine te whakamahi i tōna pūkenga. I tawahi: Jackson Bird (Aus), Yasir Arafat (Pak, iti-overs) Ka uru atu nga kaitakaro Hampshire ki te selfie me o raatau kaitautoko i to ratau kaainga Ageas Bowl i Southampton. Ko Middlesex. Te whakatau: I hoatu e ahau he tohu ki a rātau mō te taitara i te tau whakamutunga, engari i kore noa rātau e mawhiti i te wehenga. Ko te ngaro o Adam Voges ki te kapa o Ahitereiria Ashes he wero nui, a ka hiahia ratou ki te whakakapi i nga rere o tana hoa turuhi Ashes a Chris Rogers i te tihi o te raupapa. Ko te hokinga mai o tētahi Nick Compton kua whakahoutia mai i Hōmeret, he mea nui. Ki tāwāhi: TBC. Kua uru atu a Nick Compton ki Middlesex mai i Somerset me te tohu ki te tohu i nga kaitono Ingarihi. Ko Nottinghamshire. Te whakatau: He nui nga kupu whakaari i te tau 2014, engari he iti noa iho te whakatutukitanga. I te mutunga, ka taea e Yorkshire te whakarerekē i a rātau. Engari e tūmanako ana ahau kia kaha rātau, otirā i te poihau: he kirimana nui a Vernon Philander, ā, ka...
Ka tīmata te tau 2015 o te whakataetae Kaunihera ā te Rātapu. Kei te titiro a Yorkshire ki te tiaki i to rātau taitara Rōpū Kotahi. Ka tautoko a Mark Butcher i a Sussex ki te wikitoria i te Wahanga Tuatahi i tēnei tau. Ko Kevin Pietersen rāua ko Surrey te arotahi o te aro i te wehenga rua.