IS 18 FIRST-CLASS COUNTIES TOO MANY? 28 April 2024 0 comments MARK BUTCHER NEW COLUMNIST! The 18 first-class county model we have in this country is unique, and one of its […]
WOMEN’S CRICKET ON RIGHT TRACKS BUT MIND THE GAP 28 April 2024 0 comments KATYA WITNEY NEW COLUMNIST! Katya Witney, staff writer @wisdencricket, on where women’s cricket finds itself Frustrating and upsetting.” Those were […]
WHAT IS GOING OFF OUT THERE? 28 April 2024 0 comments DARREN STEVENS You are forgiven if a glance at the scorecards has left you scratching your head during these first […]
TIERS FOR FEARS-EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE GAME 28 April 2024 0 comments ANNIE CHAVE NEW COLUMNIST! One CEO is reported as having recently compared the smaller counties to heroin addicts Tier 1, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]