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Columnists
/ 7 months agoLauren Winfield-Hill: Now is the time for the Women’s game to go all in
Lauren Winfield-Hill says the game has to maximise its early-season opportunities I’m finally able to share the news this week that...
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoMark Butcher: Where do England turn in their search for a spinner?
It’s been a tough start to the county season for spinners. Calvin Harrison, the Notts leg-spinner on loan at Northants, took...
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoRichard Clarke: Let’s not hear it for the County Championship
By Richard Clarke, AKA The Grumbler Far be it from me to disagree with heavy metal gods AC/ DC, but rock’n’roll...
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoKatya Witney: National Counties reap the rewards of new structure
Katya Witney on the third tier of the women’s game The culmination of a hectic year of immense change began this...
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoLauren Winfield-Hill: Tier one round one throws up some intriguing storylines
Lauren Winfield-Hill has been doing some detective work Having England players available for the first round of the Tier One summer...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoMark Butcher: Durham’s Ben McKinney has a head for heights
Durham opener Ben McKinney followed up an impressive winter tour of Australia with England Lions by making a century in his...
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Ben Gardner
/ 8 months agoBen Gardner: ICC letting down Women’s Cricket
Ben Gardner says the best cricket currently being played is being badly served by the sports’ governing body West Indies and...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoGood Eggs: Easter cricket a hit in Southall
Middlesex in the Community has been helping deliver Holiday Activity and Food programmes to children during the Easter break, writes Adam...
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Annie Chave
/ 8 months agoAnnie Chave: From Somerset to Sussex – jewels of the South
Annie Chave enjoys a rejuvenating start to the season There was a real sense of celebration on the first day of...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoEssex’s Greatest XI
Derek Pringle selects 12 names to comprise the greatest team from the club’s rich and varied first-class history 1. GRAHAM GOOCH...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoMark Butcher: Captaincy can take Harry Brook’s game to the next level
Harry Brook’s appointment as England’s new white-ball captain was the obvious call.
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoAdam Hopkins: Canterbury Academy on the up
Adam Hopkins chats to David Fulton about his coaching role at Canterbury Academy, a state comprehensive with a cricket academy rivaling...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoRichard Clarke: Now is not the time for us to tune out
By now, every county member, bar the doughty devotees of New Road, will have had a chance to see their side...
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Columnists
/ 8 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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Columnists
/ 8 months agoKatya Witney: When two became one…
The early days of co-habiting are usually frantic. There are arguments over whose stuff you keep and what goes where and...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoMark Butcher: Surrey’s unrivalled depth makes them strong favourites for the County Championship
By Mark Butcher We’ve seen a lot of runs scored in pre-season warm-ups, and I expect that trend to continue in...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoBen Gardner: County Championship isn’t just a shop window for England
Ben Gardner says that Championship success is enough of a pull on its own.
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Annie Chave
/ 8 months agoAnnie Chave Column: Saving Counties at the cost of County Cricket
Despite county cricket’s new-found riches, Annie Chave is worried about the future...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoMatt Thacker: Snow business at Buxton Cricket Club
By Matt Thacker You might be able to remember the long, hot summer of 1976. Parched lawns, bleached cricket grounds, Michael...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoMark Butcher: Ben Stokes uncertainty creates England dilemma
As England prepared for the first match of their three-Test series in Pakistan, they were faced with a familiar conundrum.
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoMark Butcher: Glib Harry Brook receives lesson in leadership
It has been an eventful week for Harry Brook, who came under fire for his comments after England’s defeat to Australia...
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Club Cricket
/ 1 year agoKatya Witney: Sunrisers win Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy send-off
Regional women's cricket bowed out last weekend with the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, won by Sunrisers.
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Club Cricket
/ 1 year 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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Annie Chave
/ 1 year agoAnnie Chave: County Championship season one to remember
In the ECB laboratory, the domestic game is laid bare, its schedule trailing across the table as technicians busily fiddle with...
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Club Cricket
/ 1 year agoMark Butcher: Gloucestershire show T20 Blast retains magic
Gloucestershire went into Finals Day as the rank outsiders but delivered a stunning performance to win their first T20 trophy.
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County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
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Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
