Mark Butcher has labelled the County Championship schedule "horrendous", with seven rounds of fixtures set to take place in consecutive weeks through April and May before England's first Test of the summer.
Butcher feels the quick turnaround in those early rounds will make it difficult for sides to "play the same XI" and the weather conditions will affect the quality of the pitches. He also highlighted recent comments from Stuart Broad about the schedule, with the England seamer citing his own concerns.
"I mean [the schedule] it's horrendous, it's horrendous in a lot of ways really," Butcher said on the Wisden Cricket Weekly podcast. "What have we got, four rounds in April, and another three in May?
