Tag: Leicestershire

Defending champions Surrey ease past Kent at Canterbury

22 April 2024 0 comments

Defending champions Surrey recorded their first win of the Vitality County Championship season as they knocked over Kent by an […]

Historic club Leeds Caribbean gets a facelift

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Guy Williams Founded by the Windrush generation in 1948, Leeds Caribbean CC was the first West Indian cricket club […]

Even Thomson’s tenfer cannot bring a win

21 April 2024 0 comments

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIV 2 RESULTS Glamorgan 237 (Carlson 74, Thomson 7-65) and 361-7 dec (Cooke 126*, Harris 61*, Thomson 5-136) […]

Harris double fires Foxes to huge total

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Nigel Gardner April 19-22, County Ground, Derby Leicestershire 574-7d (Harris 214, Cox 69, Conners 2-99, Tickner 2-83)Derbyshire 54-4 (Lloyd […]

Grounds for concern

21 April 2024 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler My local non-league football club were eyeing promotion before the winter flooding. But between Boxing […]

Long live the battle of the bridge, and rip deadly

21 April 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS It was great to see my old team Kent hold out for a draw in the Battle of […]

Fixtures

21 April 2024 0 comments

MONDAY APRIL 22 County Championship Division One Kent v Surrey (Canterbury, Day 4 of 4, 11am) Worcestershire v Durham (Kidderminster, […]

Knight says counties’ frustrations hails ‘progress’ for women’s cricket

19 April 2024 0 comments

England captain Heather Knight insists counties feeling upset by their failure to land a new ‘tier one’ women’s team represents […]

Joe and Jaydn Denly earn Kent draw with Essex

16 April 2024 0 comments

An unbeaten 41 from 18-year-old Jaydn Denly in a solid sixth-wicket stand alongside his uncle Joe helped guide Kent to […]

Stokes withdrawal paves way for England’s young guns

14 April 2024 0 comments

MARK BUTCHER NEW COLUMNIST! Ben Stokes’ decision to opt out of England’s T20 World Cup defence came as no great […]

Runs galore but rain has the last laugh

14 April 2024 0 comments

Wrong call: Toby Roland-Jones, having inserted Glamorgan, finds bowling to Sam Northeast a real struggle PICTURES: AlamyGLAMORGAN V MIDDLESEX AT […]

Northeast hits the heights

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Richard Edwards “I guess there were times earlier in my career when I threw my wicket away and didn’t […]

Hudson-Prentice the key as Sussex on top of the Foxes

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Jon Culley April 12-15, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester Leicestershire 338 (Patel 87, Trevaskis 82, Hudson-Prentice 5-50, Lamb 2-57) Sussex […]

Masood warming to Yorkshire task

14 April 2024 0 comments

Guy Williams speaks to Shan Masood, a century-maker in Yorkshire’s most recent game, about the year ahead Yorkshire’s promotion campaign […]

A Cricket Life Jonathan Agnew

14 April 2024 0 comments

A regular feature charting the lives of the game’s stars, this week the TMS frontman – who will stand down […]

Fixtures

14 April 2024 0 comments

MONDAY APRIL 15 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE Essex v Kent (Chelmsford, Day 4 of 4, 11am) Hampshire v Lancashire (Southampton, […]

Essex underline their title credentials with 254-run win

8 April 2024 0 comments

Essex underlined their Vitality County Championship title credentials as seamer Sam Cook spearheaded a comprehensive 254-run win over Nottinghamshire. Cook […]

From Atkinson to de Caires – potential County Championship stars

3 April 2024 0 comments

Cricketers around the country are gearing up for the Vitality County Championship which gets under way on Friday. Here, we […]

Here comes the summer

24 March 2024 0 comments

The start of the domestic season is upon us and there’s much to look forward to this summer. Here are […]

Durham

24 March 2024 0 comments

Ground: Seat Unique Riverside, Chester-le-Street Captain: Scott Borthwick (CC), Alex Lees (ODC/T20) 2023 results: CC2: Winners; ODC: 5/9 Group B; […]

Hampshire

24 March 2024 0 comments

Ground: Utilita Bowl, Southampton Captain: James Vince (CC/T20), Nick Gubbins (ODC) 2023 results: CC1: 3/10; ODC Runners-up; T20: Semi-finalists Ins […]