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Ben Gardner
/ 1 year agoBen Gardner: Sussex’s solid season points to a bright future
For Sussex, at the start of this year, simply not ending the season in crisis would have marked a form of...
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Club Cricket
/ 1 year agoDarren Stevens: Gloucestershire deserving T20 Blast champions
After Gloucestershire’s heroics a week ago, I can’t hide my pleasure at seeing a smaller county triumph on domestic cricket’s biggest...
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Club Cricket
/ 1 year agoRichard Clarke: Luke Fletcher, Joe Leach a dying breed
There was a time when Luke Fletcher’s preparation for a cricket match consisted of two paracetamols plus a double sausage and...
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Club Cricket
/ 1 year agoRichard Clarke: T20 Blast finals day is magical, unique
It is 10am on September 4, 1993 and I am shouting at cricket fans as they shuffle into Lord’s. To a...
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Club Cricket
/ 1 year agoKatya Witney: Women’s cricket at crossroads ahead of restructuring
September is weird. Cricket season desperately tries to extend the summer warmth, entering its sixth month as nights start to creep...
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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year agoBowlers need the art of surprise to fight back
By Derek Pringle It was Ricky Ponting who spotted it on commentary and only then after a battery of replays. But...
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England News
/ 1 year agoNissanka exposes England’s naivety
By Mark Butcher Pathum Nissanka’s century to inflict a first Test defeat of the summer on England was fabulous to watch....
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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoNothing as graceful as a Moeen Ali drive, except for the man himself…
By Darren Stevens After Moeen Ali announced his international retirement last week, I looked up how many times I came up...
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Annie Chave
/ 1 year agoThere’s Tea In Every Team – Because County Cricket Matters
By Annie Chave Recently, my cricket team played a friendly 20-over game. It was an absorbing contest that had me on...
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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year agoDerek Pringle: Small is beautiful for England opener Ben Duckett
At 5ft 6in Ben Duckett is in the small camp. But small batters have advantages even if looking up to everyone...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoEbony Rainford-Brent: After a solid summer, England will look to dominate winter tours
It’s a new-look England team at the moment and it is a direction that Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes have wanted...
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England News
/ 1 year agoMark Butcher on Gus Atkinson: A new star with old-fashioned virtues
An incredible start to Gus Atkinson’s Test career. His century at Lord’s was outrageous, it will be fascinating to see how...
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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year agoDerek Pringle column: DRS protocols over lbw need to change now
Master and apprentice is a phrase you often hear when Joe Root and Harry Brook are at the crease together. Yet...
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England News
/ 1 year agoMark Butcher: England star Jamie Smith is a natural-born thriller
What a start Jamie Smith has made to his England Test career. The most extraordinary thing is how comfortable he’s looked...
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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoBlink before you miss it: Finals Day looms for lucky eight
There aren’t many bigger days in the county calendar than the T20 quarter-finals, which take place later this week. I say...
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Annie Chave
/ 1 year agoAnnie Chave column: Money talks but memberships matter
Apart from its rich legacy, and the historical importance of the games that are played in a fiercely competitive division structure,...
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Featured
/ 1 year agoEYE ON THE FUTURE AS SQUADS ANNOUNCED
KATYA WITNEY On Day One of the Lord’s Test match, a handful of the written media gathered in an overly large...
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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year agoPOPEWATCH: ANALYSING THE SKIPPER
Derek Pringle @derekpringle Mike Brearley wrote a whole book on the art of it while Richie Benaud distilled it down to...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoJamie Smith ton shows he feels at home at six
Ebony Rainford-Brent IG is the Official Investment Platform of England Cricket. Find out how you can win tickets to England vs...
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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoRubbing shoulders with Sri Lankan greats
Darren Stevens This Sri Lanka side must be given a chance before they are written off, but it’s fair to say...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 1 year agoT20 DIET LEAVES NO ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE
Mark Butcher Oval Invincibles ran out convincing winners in the Men’s Hundred Final at Lord’s, defending 147 thanks to a fine...
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Ben Gardner
/ 1 year agoHundred shows the way for England undercard
Ben Gardner You’ve got one of the best players to have ever played the game, and you’ve had him on toast...
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Featured
/ 1 year agoMark Butcher: Make Baz an offer he can’t refuse
Mark Butcher discusses the candidates talked about to replace Matthew Mott as England’s white-ball coach - and gives his view on...
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Annie Chave
/ 1 year agoThe lifeblood of cricket
Annie Chave argues for the One-Day Cup to become an FA Cup of cricket.
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Featured
/ 1 year agoBrave fail to ride the wave
For the first time in four years of The Hundred, Southern Brave women won’t be in action in the knockout stages.
County Championships
County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
County Championships
Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
