It is early days. The Love Lane Liverpool Competition tables are barely starting to make sense after only three rounds of fixtures; we haven’t even seen our first washout yet.
But even before the second week of May is out, there’s one trend that’s hard to ignore - batters have been making hay so far this season.
Already, there have been 13 centuries in league matches across three divisions this season - more than a third of last year’s total. Nine of them have been in the Premier League, already closing in on a soggy 2019’s final tally of 13.