Columnists
Darren Stevens: Chris Gayle’s 151* and all that, ten years on
The photo was taken almost exactly 10 years ago after one of the most extraordinary games of T20 cricket ever seen in this country. Just look...
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Columnists
/ 4 weeks agoDarren Stevens: Ian Holland heroics lead Leicester revival as half-time approaches
At the start of the season I picked out one team from each division who I thought would stand out this...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoDarren Stevens: Essex banking on youth and grace in new era for Women’s cricket
We’re nearly a month into a new era of women’s domestic cricket, which has seen a new tiered county system replacing...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoDarren Stevens: Invincibles at The Oval… or are they?
Ahead of the first game of the season at Northampton, Adam Hollioake, Kent’s new head coach, called a team meeting.
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Club Cricket
/ 9 months agoDarren Stevens: Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy ends regional era
It was a funny old way to bring down the curtain on women’s regional cricket on Saturday at Grace Road in...
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Club Cricket
/ 9 months agoDarren Stevens: Gloucestershire deserving T20 Blast champions
After Gloucestershire’s heroics a week ago, I can’t hide my pleasure at seeing a smaller county triumph on domestic cricket’s biggest...
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Darren Stevens
/ 9 months 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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Darren Stevens
/ 10 months 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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Darren Stevens
/ 10 months 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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Darren Stevens
/ 10 months agoMy mission statement: Turn England into World Cup winners
It’s two years since Kent released me but the fire still burns and I’m certainly not hanging up my boots just...
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Darren Stevens
/ 11 months agoWhat makes a good captain?
Darren Stevens discusses the role of a captain - and feels Harry Brook has what it takes, but says England need...
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Darren Stevens
/ 11 months agoCARIBBEAN ADVENTURES ACROSS THE SHIRES
DARREN STEVENS I was sorry to see the West Indies succumb so feebly in the first Test, but their arrival on...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 12 months agoGLOVES PASS TO SMITH – BUT ENGLAND ARE SPOILT FOR CHOICE
DARREN STEVENS The last week or so has been quite a time for wicketkeepers. We have to start with that extraordinary...
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Darren Stevens
/ 12 months agoSTARS IN MY EYES
DARREN STEVENS By the time you’re reading this we’ll either be floating on cloud nine or else drowning our sorrows. I’m...
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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoBatters: Do your homework then trust your instincts
DARREN STEVENS Last week we spoke about the expanding variety of slower balls employed by fast bowlers in T20 cricket and...
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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoThe evolution of the slower ball: A white-knuckle ride
DARREN STEVENS I coach a number of 12-14-year old seamers, and as you might expect the first thing we nail down...
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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoAll eyes on the World Cup – But Blast still packs a punch
DARREN STEVENS If Twenty20 is your thing then you’ve got it made over the next few weeks. Between now and the...
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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoSlaughtered seamers need not despair
DARREN STEVENS The T20 World Cup begins next Saturday hard on the heels of the Indian Premier League in which arguably...
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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoKeeping sane on the country merry-go-round
DARREN STEVENS There will be those who will have rolled their eyes after the PCA released a statement voicing the players’...
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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoOne last ride with the Stars before I’m a brown hatter
DARREN STEVENS For women’s domestic cricket this will be the last summer under the current structure, following the ECB’s decision to...
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County Championships
/ 1 year agoWhat is going off out there?
DARREN STEVENS You are forgiven if a glance at the scorecards has left you scratching your head during these first three...
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County Championships
/ 1 year agoLong live the battle of the bridge, and rip deadly
DARREN STEVENS It was great to see my old team Kent hold out for a draw in the Battle of the...
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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoWhite pitches, red Kookaburras and rain: A perfect storm for the new season
DARREN STEVENS It wasn’t quite a case of bursting out the blocks, was it? Two of the Championship’s opening nine matches...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoOver and out!
DARREN STEVENS Rob Key, my old Kent captain and a great mate, has been on at me about retiring for a...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoThe 50-over game is in better nick than ever
DARREN STEVENS Last Saturday at Edgbaston I was flicking from one 50-over game to another, the match going on in front...