An update to an  analysis of spinners in the county championship .  These figures are taken from the county championship averages as as at 7 July 2023 when teams had played 7 or 8 games.  I set the standard for a front - line spinner as having bowled a hundred overs this season.  There were 12 spinners who met the criteria: Dawson (Hampshire), Watt (Derbyshire), Harmer (Essex), Leech (Somerset), Parkinson (Lancashire & Durham), Patel (Durham), Thompson (Derbyshire), Gohar (Gloucestershire), Hartley (Lancashire), Carson (Sussex), Bess (Yorkshire & Warwickshire) and Ahmed (Leicestershire). Of the 12, 8 have their current contracts with a second division county, with Dawson, Harmer, Leech & Hartley as the only division 1 front line spinners.  Mark Watt who plays for Derbyshire and Scotland and bowls slow left arm is a new name to me.  Of the 12 Liam Dawson has the best average (16.4) & to no - ones surprise Simon Harmer has the most wickets, 36.   Collectively the 12 front