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Katya Witney
/ 2 years agoThe end of beginning
KATYA WITNEY The staff writer @wisdencricket, on where women’s cricket finds itself Women’s regional cricket in England is entering its final...
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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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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoTradition runs deep amid power disparity
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Surrey’s second County Championship in as many years has meant the last seven seasons have been much like...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoWinners one and all…and an alternative set of County awards
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Grumbler’s first annual county cricket awards gala dinner. It is...
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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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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoTim can look back on a spell-binding career
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle All eras end eventually and so it is with the Age of Tim Murtagh at Middlesex, after the...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoIt’s an Indian summer for the Championship
It’s been a difficult season for Northamptonshire languishing at the wrong end of the table in the first division of the...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoLet us not go down the football route
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler The relationship between modern sport and morality has become increasingly strained in the past few decades....
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoAll bases covered for Indian mission
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Cricket is not just a game where 11 players pit their skills and wits against 11 others, but...
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ICC Cricket World Cup
/ 2 years agoAll-rounders like Liam could be so key in India
View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN The period leading into a World Cup is a boon for armchair selectors...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoDurham good guys doing the business
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler There are very few things in cricket upon which almost everyone agrees. Fence-sitting is out of...
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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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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoLike dad, Josh shows value of versatility
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Just like the A-level student who has to settle for their second or third choices of university, there...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoSri Lanka give a glimpse of a very different future
View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN It’s been a marvellous summer for women’s cricket in England, with a hugely...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoAn Olympic return is such a game-changer
Richard Clarke Every four years, without fail, I take up an interest in a new sport. Despite never being the most...
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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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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoBrook omission shows Jos is playing it
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle For a captain forever championing the aggressive option, Jos Buttler has played it pretty safe with the provisional...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoThanks for the memories
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN It’s been quite the summer for retirements and ‘unretirements’. By far the flashiest...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoChampionship is still favourite with fans
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Miss Rogers was a nice teacher. She was my form tutor for a year and, although...
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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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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoPulling power
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Jimi Hendrix always used a Fender Stratocaster, Bruce Springsteen is never seen on stage without his...
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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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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoA fond farewell to the too-gentle giant
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Steven Finn never had the slick, repeatable action to be England’s Curtly Ambrose but he should have been...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoThat’s how the game should be
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler We are told the future of cricket is city franchises. Like Brigadoon, the fabled Scottish village...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoOverseas churn sees steep drop in quality
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Allan Border was an uncompromising cricketer but even he took that to extremes in 1986 at Ilford’s Valentines...
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County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
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Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
