Annie Chave
Annie Chave: When does social become anti-social?
Annie Chave explores how cricket’s traditional social culture is under threat, from village teas and pub trips to modern curfews and professionalisation at the elite level.
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Annie Chave
/ 1 month agoAnnie Chave: A day of celebration
Annie Chave finds community and clouds on County Cricket Day.
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Annie Chave
/ 2 months 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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Annie Chave
/ 2 months agoAnnie Chave: Building the women’s county game
Annie Chave takes the temperature of the Women’s One-Day Cup.
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Annie Chave
/ 3 months 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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Annie Chave
/ 9 months agoAnnie Chave: Fighting for relevance as the new era dawns
The final week of the English domestic cricket season looms against a backdrop of arguments over player fatigue, a seemingly endless...
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Annie Chave
/ 10 months agoAnnie Chave – Outgrounds are in as Hundred takes its toll
Walking from the train station for Somerset’s Metro Bank One Day Cup game against Durham, I joined a trail of people...
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Annie Chave
/ 11 months agoAnnie Chave: A Tour de Force
Annie Chave on the life-chain nature of friendly cricket tours My ‘good old days’ belong to the innocence and freedom of...
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Annie Chave
/ 12 months agoAnnie Chave: A walk in York epitomises cricket’s outground charms
The recent journeys I have made to cricket outgrounds across the country have added a new and delightful dimension to my...
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Annie Chave
/ 1 year agoAnnie Chave: County Cricket Day – A day for real celebration
Annie Chave on what today, and next Sunday, mean in the grander scheme of things It makes me smile to see...
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Annie Chave
/ 1 year agoAnnie Chave: A sad day but Dave ‘Syd’ Lawrence’s strength shines through
Annie Chave was at Downend CC to witness a rare appearance from Dave ‘Syd’ Lawrence, who is suffering from Motor Neurone...
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Annie Chave
/ 1 year agoAnnie Chave: Cricket’s communities should be treasured
Annie Chave pays tribute to a number of excellent organisations I’m in a hospitality events marquee, complete with chandeliers and a...
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Annie Chave
/ 1 year agoLoving the League: Annie Chave on the brilliance, and importance, of the County Championship
I’m currently reading Scott Oliver’s excellent book, Sticky Dogs and Stardust – When the Legends Played in the Leagues. Scott writes...
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Annie Chave
/ 1 year agoAnnie Chave: From Somerset to Sussex – jewels of the South
Annie Chave enjoys a rejuvenating start to the season There was a real sense of celebration on the first day of...
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Annie Chave
/ 1 year agoAnnie Chave Column: Saving Counties at the cost of County Cricket
Despite county cricket’s new-found riches, Annie Chave is worried about the future...
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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoAnnie Chave: County Championship season one to remember
In the ECB laboratory, the domestic game is laid bare, its schedule trailing across the table as technicians busily fiddle with...
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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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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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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoThe lifeblood of cricket
Annie Chave argues for the One-Day Cup to become an FA Cup of cricket.
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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoThe colour of cricket
Annie Chave asks why the One Day Cup cannot be played with a red ball
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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoKeep the red ball rolling
ANNIE CHAVE Annie Chave laments the loss of long days watching Championship cricket ball The ECB waited until the return of...
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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoLIVESTREAMS A LIFELINE FOR COUNTY CRICKET FANS
ANNIE CHAVE Not camera shy: the livestreaming of games has been a boon for county fans PICTURE: Alamy From a home...
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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoSupersize me – The rise and rise of the cult cricketer
ANNIE CHAVE As the ECB and the counties discuss financial terms for the privatisation of the Hundred in the England and...
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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoFinding a second home
ANNIE CHAVE At the end of the 2020 season when, after 15 years playing and coaching on the county circuit, Australian...
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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoPlaying the long game
ANNIE CHAVE Will Jacks flew to a 41-ball century for the Royal Challengers Bangaluru in the IPL. Johnny Bairstow’s Punjab Kings...
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