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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years 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
/ 2 years 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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/ 2 years 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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/ 2 years 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
/ 2 years 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...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years ago2022 and all that
DARREN STEVENS It’s hard to believe it’s already that time of year again – the county one-day final. Is it really...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoAfter a taste of Ten10 Texan style, I’m hooked
DARREN STEVENS Exactly one week ago, I walked out to bat in the final of the US Masters T10 in Florida...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoCould there be a twist in the tale?
DARREN STEVENS After a rush of white-ball cricket over the last month, the domestic schedule now makes space for September’s intriguing...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoJust me, my boy, and the Oval Invincibles
DARREN STEVENS A week or so ago I had the perfect view of Spencer Johnson’s 3-1 – that’s three wickets for...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoPenny for your thoughts, coach
DARREN STEVENS A few years ago, Paul Downton, Kent’s director of cricket, told me that my playing days were up and...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoHe was just a scrawny kid, but you knew he was something special
DARREN STEVENS It was always going to finish with Stuart Broad. Those cricketing gods… There I was thinking I’d had a...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoWhere stars are born (and swansongs sung!)
DARREN STEVENS The return of the One-Day Cup this week stirs some happy memories from last year. Having previously lost three...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoFrom Hinckley home to Headingley haven
DARREN STEVENS What luck I’ve had to have played at so many different cricket grounds all over the UK and across...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoPick your best keeper – and that means Foakes
DARREN STEVENS Back when I was a teenager playing for Hinckley Town CC in the early 1990s, I had an experimental...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoFor a county cricketer, nothing beats Finals Day
DARREN STEVENS When I played for Leicestershire in the first-ever T20 Finals Day in 2003, few of us knew what to...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoWhat is going on at Leicestershire?
DARREN STEVENS I’m a Leicester lover, it’s my home town and the place where I played for the first eight years...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoBob helped set me free, now he’s on the Bazball trail
DARREN STEVENS My first thought when I heard that Rob Key had been appointed managing director of the England men’s cricket...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoNo disrespect to Kookaburra, but I’m a dukes man!
DARREN STEVENS While our very own Dukes cricket ball takes centre stage in the Ashes over the next few weeks, English...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoPlaying a waiting game
The girls play exclusively white-ball cricket at domestic level, but it’s great to see that the longer format will be on...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoThe time has come to bring in the red ball
DARREN STEVENS For the past 18 months, I’ve had a coaching role with South East Stars, one of the eight regional...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 years agoMy all-time blast XI (Please forgive me, Azhar!)
DARREN STEVENS The Cricket Paper asked me to pick my all-time XI for English domestic cricket and it’s been a lot...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 years agoHats off to my old roommate Jimmy!
DARREN STEVENS What another extraordinary achievement by Jimmy Anderson: 20 years as a fast bowler in Test cricket. Back in 2002,...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 years agoRed or white, it’s easy – Just watch the ball
DARREN STEVENS It’s good that the T20 Blast is played out in one block now, with just a handful of Championship...
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County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
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Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
