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Featured
/ 2 years agoHANDING OUT THE GONGS
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumblerr Tears of joy: Gloucestershire president Syd Lawrence gets his hands on the Blast trophy PICTURES: Alamy...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoBowlers need the art of surprise to fight back
By Derek Pringle It was Ricky Ponting who spotted it on commentary and only then after a battery of replays. But...
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England News
/ 2 years agoNissanka exposes England’s naivety
By Mark Butcher Pathum Nissanka’s century to inflict a first Test defeat of the summer on England was fabulous to watch....
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoNothing as graceful as a Moeen Ali drive, except for the man himself…
By Darren Stevens After Moeen Ali announced his international retirement last week, I looked up how many times I came up...
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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoThere’s Tea In Every Team – Because County Cricket Matters
By Annie Chave Recently, my cricket team played a friendly 20-over game. It was an absorbing contest that had me on...
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Columnists
/ 2 years agoEbony Rainford-Brent: After a solid summer, England will look to dominate winter tours
It’s a new-look England team at the moment and it is a direction that Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes have wanted...
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England News
/ 2 years agoMark Butcher on Gus Atkinson: A new star with old-fashioned virtues
An incredible start to Gus Atkinson’s Test career. His century at Lord’s was outrageous, it will be fascinating to see how...
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Featured
/ 2 years agoBen Gardner column: The problem of the stuffed suitcase
That was the quarter-finals week that was. It wasn’t quite a classic, with only one game threatening thriller status, but still...
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Featured
/ 2 years agoWHERE ARE WE GOING AND HOW DO WE GET THERE?
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler It is all very well agreeing a “direction of travel” but what happens when you have...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoDerek Pringle column: DRS protocols over lbw need to change now
Master and apprentice is a phrase you often hear when Joe Root and Harry Brook are at the crease together. Yet...
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England News
/ 2 years agoEbony Rainford-Brent: Time to acknowledge Joe Root as one of the greats
Looking back on the first day at Lord’s, England were struggling for rhythm and just as they started to get going,...
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England News
/ 2 years agoMark Butcher: England star Jamie Smith is a natural-born thriller
What a start Jamie Smith has made to his England Test career. The most extraordinary thing is how comfortable he’s looked...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoBlink before you miss it: Finals Day looms for lucky eight
There aren’t many bigger days in the county calendar than the T20 quarter-finals, which take place later this week. I say...
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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoAnnie Chave column: Money talks but memberships matter
Apart from its rich legacy, and the historical importance of the games that are played in a fiercely competitive division structure,...
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Featured
/ 2 years agoEYE ON THE FUTURE AS SQUADS ANNOUNCED
KATYA WITNEY On Day One of the Lord’s Test match, a handful of the written media gathered in an overly large...
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Featured
/ 2 years agoSECOND BY NAME, NOT BY NATURE
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler Worth a Seconds look: Radlett looking glorious in the sunshine You could clearly hear the sniggers...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoPOPEWATCH: ANALYSING THE SKIPPER
Derek Pringle @derekpringle Mike Brearley wrote a whole book on the art of it while Richie Benaud distilled it down to...
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Columnists
/ 2 years agoJamie Smith ton shows he feels at home at six
Ebony Rainford-Brent IG is the Official Investment Platform of England Cricket. Find out how you can win tickets to England vs...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoRubbing shoulders with Sri Lankan greats
Darren Stevens This Sri Lanka side must be given a chance before they are written off, but it’s fair to say...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 2 years agoT20 DIET LEAVES NO ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE
Mark Butcher Oval Invincibles ran out convincing winners in the Men’s Hundred Final at Lord’s, defending 147 thanks to a fine...
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Ben Gardner
/ 2 years agoHundred shows the way for England undercard
Ben Gardner You’ve got one of the best players to have ever played the game, and you’ve had him on toast...
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Featured
/ 2 years agoNO WAY BACK AS MONEY RULES
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler The rowers of Team GB keep their strategy simple. This country’s second most successful Olympic sport...
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Featured
/ 2 years ago‘We’ve always stuck together’
Sangakkara & Jayawardene Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, two towering giants of Sri Lankan cricket, look back at their years of...
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Featured
/ 2 years agoMark Butcher: Make Baz an offer he can’t refuse
Mark Butcher discusses the candidates talked about to replace Matthew Mott as England’s white-ball coach - and gives his view on...
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Featured
/ 2 years agoBrave fail to ride the wave
For the first time in four years of The Hundred, Southern Brave women won’t be in action in the knockout stages.
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