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Mark Butcher
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MARK BUTCHER The headline news from England’s T20 World Cup squad was Jofra Archer’s return and, fingers crossed, if he can...
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BEN GARDNER A major fascination of international T20 cricket is its necessary get-what-you’re-given nature. While franchise teams don’t all follow the...
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RICHARD CLARKE This week, two contrasting voices uttered the most sacrilegious statement in British sport – the Premier League is becoming...
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Darren Stevens
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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 News/The Hundred
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MARK BUTCHER The 18 first-class county model we have in this country is unique, and one of its main benefits is...
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Katya Witney
/ 2 years agoWomen’s cricket on right tracks but mind the gap
KATYA WITNEY The staff writer for @wisdencricket on where women’s cricket finds itself Frustrating and upsetting.” Those were the words used...
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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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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
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Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler Picture the scene. In 20 years’ time, the first Grumbler grandchild clambers upon my knee as...
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Annie Chave
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ANNIE CHAVE NEW COLUMNIST! Tier 1, tier 2, tier 3. New cricketing terms inserted into the domestic calendar and a much-needed...
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Mark Butcher
/ 2 years agoCook proves he has the ingredients for test cricket
Mark Butcher The decision to use the Kookaburra ball, as opposed to the Dukes, for the opening two rounds of the...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoGrounds for concern
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler My local non-league football club were eyeing promotion before the winter flooding. But between Boxing Day...
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County Championships
/ 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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Ben Gardner
/ 2 years agoWhen points and pointlessness combine
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Mark Butcher
/ 2 years agoStokes withdrawal paves way for England’s young guns
MARK BUTCHER NEW COLUMNIST! Ben Stokes’ decision to opt out of England’s T20 World Cup defence came as no great surprise...
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Annie Chave
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ANNIE CHAVE Our new columnist says that for the good of the game, it’s time to end the civil war It’s...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
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RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler For many Essex fans, Stuart Turner remains something of a folk hero. Yes, Graham Gooch bullied...
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Darren Stevens
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Katya Witney
/ 2 years agoThe end of beginning
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
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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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Darren Stevens
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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
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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
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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'
/ 3 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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