Columnists

Cook proves he has the ingredients for test cricket

21 April 2024 0 comments

Mark Butcher The decision to use the Kookaburra ball, as opposed to the Dukes, for the opening two rounds of […]

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 […]

When points and pointlessness combine

21 April 2024 0 comments

BEN GARDNERR NEW COLUMNIST! So was that basically all meaningless then? A fortnight that may as well not have happened? […]

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 […]

Luddite’s lament

14 April 2024 0 comments

ANNIE CHAVE Our new columnist says that for the good of the game, it’s time to end the civil war […]

Of county and country

14 April 2024 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler For many Essex fans, Stuart Turner remains something of a folk hero. Yes, Graham Gooch […]

White pitches, red Kookaburras and rain: A perfect storm for the new season

14 April 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS It wasn’t quite a case of bursting out the blocks, was it? Two of the Championship’s opening nine […]

The end of beginning

14 April 2024 0 comments

KATYA WITNEY The staff writer @wisdencricket, on where women’s cricket finds itself Women’s regional cricket in England is entering its […]

Tradition runs deep amid power disparity

1 October 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Surrey’s second County Championship in as many years has meant the last seven seasons have been much […]

Over and out!

1 October 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS Rob Key, my old Kent captain and a great mate, has been on at me about retiring for […]

Winners one and all…and an alternative set of County awards

1 October 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Grumbler’s first annual county cricket awards gala dinner. It […]

Tim can look back on a spell-binding career

24 September 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle All eras end eventually and so it is with the Age of Tim Murtagh at Middlesex, after […]

The 50-over game is in better nick than ever

24 September 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS Last Saturday at Edgbaston I was flicking from one 50-over game to another, the match going on in […]

Let us not go down the football route

24 September 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler The relationship between modern sport and morality has become increasingly strained in the past few […]

It’s an Indian summer for the Championship

24 September 2023 0 comments

It’s been a difficult season for Northamptonshire languishing at the wrong end of the table in the first division of […]

All bases covered for Indian mission

17 September 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Cricket is not just a game where 11 players pit their skills and wits against 11 others, […]

Durham good guys doing the business

17 September 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler There are very few things in cricket upon which almost everyone agrees. Fence-sitting is out […]

All-rounders like Liam could be so key in India

17 September 2023 0 comments

View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN The period leading into a World Cup is a boon for armchair […]

Like dad, Josh shows value of versatility

10 September 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Just like the A-level student who has to settle for their second or third choices of university, […]

2022 and all that

10 September 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS It’s hard to believe it’s already that time of year again – the county one-day final. Is it […]

An Olympic return is such a game-changer

10 September 2023 0 comments

Richard Clarke Every four years, without fail, I take up an interest in a new sport. Despite never being the […]

Sri Lanka give a glimpse of a very different future

10 September 2023 0 comments

View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN It’s been a marvellous summer for women’s cricket in England, with a […]

Brook omission shows Jos is playing it

3 September 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle For a captain forever championing the aggressive option, Jos Buttler has played it pretty safe with the […]

After a taste of Ten10 Texan style, I’m hooked

3 September 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS Exactly one week ago, I walked out to bat in the final of the US Masters T10 in […]

Columnists

Cook proves he has the ingredients for test cricket

Grounds for concern

Long live the battle of the bridge, and rip deadly

When points and pointlessness combine

Stokes withdrawal paves way for England’s young guns

Luddite’s lament

Of county and country

White pitches, red Kookaburras and rain: A perfect storm for the new season

The end of beginning

Tradition runs deep amid power disparity

Over and out!

Winners one and all…and an alternative set of County awards

Tim can look back on a spell-binding career

The 50-over game is in better nick than ever

Let us not go down the football route

It’s an Indian summer for the Championship

All bases covered for Indian mission

Durham good guys doing the business

All-rounders like Liam could be so key in India

Like dad, Josh shows value of versatility

2022 and all that

An Olympic return is such a game-changer

Sri Lanka give a glimpse of a very different future

Brook omission shows Jos is playing it

After a taste of Ten10 Texan style, I’m hooked

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