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News By The Cricket Paper Team
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England News
/ 2 years agoVice-captain and clean slates – tasks facing new England captain Harry Brook
Harry Brook has been named as England’s new white-ball captain, succeeding Jos Buttler after a tricky time for the team. Here,...
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England News
/ 2 years ago‘Excellent cricketing brain’ Harry Brook named England white-ball captain
Harry Brook has been installed as England’s new white-ball captain, leading both limited-overs sides. The 26-year-old Yorkshireman was the overwhelming favourite...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoAnd we’re off! The 2025 County Championship season begins
Hotter than the Algarve, they reckon. And it did look pretty blissful with good crowds, with queues at several venues –,...
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News
/ 2 years agoReader Letters: Farewell, Joel Wilson
Each week we will be publishing a selection of your correspondence. Contact us at [email protected] or write to TCP Letters Page,...
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England News
/ 2 years agoCharlotte Edwards leads England Women’s side into new era
AFTER THEIR ignominious 16-0 Ashes drubbing down under over the winter, the England Women’s side have rung the changes, with head...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoWhat you may have missed this week…
Here is a round-up of cricket stories from the week gone by.
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Features
/ 2 years agoGet Set Weekend powered by Toyota 2025 stats
Total clubs: 1,722 Volunteers: 37,250 Players visits Sophie Ecclestone and Sarah Glenn -Wythenshawe CC Danni Wyatt-Hodge -North London CC Bethan Ellis...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoDazball comes to Northampton
NEW NORTHAMPTONSHIRE head coach Darren Lehmann, who has arrived after the departure of John Sadler last September after three years in...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoQuiet man Ryan Patel embodies the Surrey way
“I THINK you’ve hit the nail on the head, I am a team man”. In conversation with The Cricket Paper, Surrey’s...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoCounty Championship Division One Preview: Can Surrey be stopped?
The three Feathers are looking to make it four in a row The toughest test of their title defence may well...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoCounty Championship Division Two Preview: Who will return to Division One?
The Cricket Paper is expecting Lancashire and Middlesex to be the teams to beat in Division Two this summer, both looking...
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Columnists
/ 2 years agoBen Gardner: County Championship isn’t just a shop window for England
Ben Gardner says that Championship success is enough of a pull on its own.
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoEssex make hay while the sun shines at Chelmsford
JORDAN COX made sure his name remained on the England selectors’ radar with the ninth first-class century of his career, and...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoJonny Bairstow battles hard but Yorkies find life tough at top
KYLE ABBOTT and Liam Dawson made sure Jonny Bairstow had a roller-coaster of a first day as Yorkshire captain, as Hampshire...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoTom Banton triple ton sees Somerset dominate
ALL-ROUNDER Kasey Aldridge claimed five wickets in a dramatic Worcestershire batting collapse on the opening day, at Taunton with more than...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoJohn Simpson and Tom Clark excel but Bears fight back
CENTURIES BY Tom Clark and John Simpson ensured that Sussex returned to Division One with a strong day’s work against Warwickshire...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoLate wickets put the skids under Notts with honours even
COLIN ACKERMANN posted the first century of the County Championship season as Durham recovered to 370 for nine on the opening...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoHelter-skelter game sees Hollioake’s Kent on top
By Jeremy Blackmore April 4-7, County Ground, Northampton Kent 231 (Muyeye 72, Leaning 40, Weatherall 3-32, Zaib 2-3, Guthrie 2-69) &...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoLuis Reece’s six and Wayne Madsen ton make Gloucester glum
A six-wicket haul from Luis Reece and four from Anuj Dal got Derbyshire’s season off to an impressive start on the...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoTight tussle at Lord’s as Lancs edge ahead
ROOKIE SEAMERS Tom Aspinwall and Ollie Sutton launched Lancashire’s bid for an immediate return to the top flight in positive fashion...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoHill and Wright hammer home Foxes advantage
LEICESTERSHIRE TOOK control on the opening day against Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens, bowling the hosts out for 229.
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoJonny Bairstow full of fight ahead of huge season
AS JONNY Bairstow, Yorkshire’s new red-ball captain, leads the county for the first time-against Hampshire at Southampton, this next phase in...
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News
/ 2 years agoTrent Bridge home comforts gives McKerr hope
CONOR MCKERR has played for five different counties, but until his move to Nottinghamshire ahead of this season, Surrey was his...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoThe Greatest XI No 1: Derbyshire
In the first of our series, Geoff Miller takes on the responsibility of picking a team of Derbyshire’s greatest players.
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Big Interview
/ 2 years agoJack Russell: The sketch that changed my life
The legendary keeper explains how his journey in the art world began on a whim during a wet game at Worcester....
County Championships
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ICC Champions Trophy
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County Championships
Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
