Rayner on raising the bar
The Middlesex spinner reflects on last year's memorable Championship victory and even tougher challenges ahead
"We are the bar now," says Rayner. "It's not about who won back-to-back titles before us [Yorkshire] - we are the holders and the target. People have not backed us in recent years - despite being a big club at Lord's - and that has worked in our favour. But now we won't be taken lightly. The trick is to be unaffected by the pressures of that.