Welcome to Episode 327 of The County Cricket Podcast! On today's episode, hosts Aaron and Joe sat down with fellow County Cricket badger Matt Howes to look back on the key moments and major talking points from the Opening Round of the 2025 County Championship such as Tom Banton's record-breaking 371 against Worcestershire in Taunton, Luis Reece's magnificent 10-wicket haul against Gloucestershire in Derby, Tazeem Ali's eye-catching First-Class debut at Edgbaston and Fergus O'Neill's outstanding start to life in a Nottinghamshire shirt. 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!    Check out Joe and Matt's socials here: https://x.com/Joe_Nuttall9 https://x.com/matthowes9 https://linktr.ee/forwarddefensivepod   Check out our Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thecountycricketpodcast   Check out our Twitter here: https://twitter.com/TheCountyCrick2   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/