Columnists
Mark Butcher: Searching for an Ashley Giles! Who is England’s spinner?
There are no easy answers when it comes to England’s spin conundrum as they consider their options for the first Test of the summer against New...
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Annie Chave
/ 4 days agoAnnie Chave: To play or not to play, that is the question
At the end of April, I went to watch Devon play Herefordshire at Bovey Tracey Cricket Club for the first game...
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/ 4 days agoKatya Witney: Draw your own conclusions
Katya Witney on why so many early season fixtures have ended in stalemate
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoMark Butcher: Ollie Robinson stakes his claim but are England listening?
A lot of the discussion surrounding England’s first Test squad of the summer has been about who should replace Zak Crawley...
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/ 2 weeks agoBen Raine: Mind the gap! The real differences between Division One and Two
There’s definitely a difference in standard between the two divisions, but it’s not necessarily about the individual players.
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/ 2 weeks agoRichard Clarke: Married life in the slow lane
The Grumbler takes his missus to the cricket.
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/ 2 weeks agoLauren Winfield-Hill: Faith in the future
Lauren Winfield-Hill says head coach Charlotte Edwards and selector Lydia Greenway have stayed true to their words.
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoMark Butcher: Replacement player rule needs an early bath
This season has seen the introduction, on an experimental basis, of a new rule in the County Championship whereby teams are...
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Annie Chave
/ 3 weeks agoAnnie Chave: Building the women’s county game
Annie Chave takes the temperature of the Women’s One-Day Cup.
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoKatya Witney: Keeping The Faith
Katya Witney on England’s issues behind the stumps
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Columnists
/ 4 weeks agoMark Butcher: Jamie Smith back on track after bleak winter with England
I’m still struggling to get my head around the fact that we’ve had two rounds of County Championship fixtures by mid-April,...
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/ 4 weeks agoRichard Clarke: Stories can be told in many different ways
Richard Clarke on a comically brilliant start to the season...
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/ 4 weeks agoLauren Winfield-Hill: Emotions run high as season kicks off
Lauren Winfield-Hill is on the naughty step in a high-pressure match at The Oval
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Annie Chave
/ 1 month agoAnnie Chave: Cold weather, warm embrace! County cricket returns
It’s safe to say that it was a decidedly uncomfortable lead-in to the much-anticipated County Championship this season.
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoLauren Winfield-Hill: Home is where the heart lies
It’s been a long winter, but after six months in Australia and a brief trip to South Africa for pre-season, it...
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/ 1 month agoKatya Witney: A testing summer ahead for women’s domestic cricket
This time last year, counties were navigating their new homes alongside men’s sides at the same grounds, looking apprehensively at schedules...
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/ 1 month agoRichard Clarke: The start of summer! Get ready for a spectacular season of county red-ball cricket
The start of every county season is a process of reacquaintance. There are familiar friends and foes, customs and traditions, sights...
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Adam Collins
/ 6 months agoAdam Collins: Why do Aussies hate Bazball?
A confession: I am an Australian who doesn’t have a pathological hatred of the current England team. I’m not exactly enthralled...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoMark Butcher: Jacob Bethell in pole position following Ollie Pope’s demotion
We’re in the commentary box for the One-Day Cup final, it’s raining outside, and Nick Knight pipes up: “Who bats three?...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoDarren Stevens: The season’s over but the show must go on
The lot of a professional domestic cricketer is crazy: he plays way too much cricket between April and September, then far...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoKatya Witney: Emerging batters make it a season to remember
Lancashire’s One-Day Cup win last weekend book-ended their season with silverware. Without wanting to downplay their T20 County Cup win back...
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/ 8 months agoRichard Clarke: It’s The Grumbler’s 2025 County Awards!
Well, ladies and gentlemen, here we are again. While self-praise is no praise, we like to think the Grumbler’s End of...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoLauren Winfield-Hill: Kate Cross faces uncertain future as Lancashire rise but England career fades
Kate Cross gave a pretty frank account of losing her central contract this week, and I can attest from personal experience...
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/ 8 months agoDerek Pringle: Phil Salt’s spectacular striking forces the world to sit up
We all know Phil Salt excels in top gear like few others, his pristine ball striking and unerring shot selection clinching...
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/ 8 months agoMark Butcher: Phil Salt and Jos Buttler go stratospheric
England’s batting performance in the T20 against South Africa at Old Trafford was simply extraordinary.
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