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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoMy mission statement: Turn England into World Cup winners
It’s two years since Kent released me but the fire still burns and I’m certainly not hanging up my boots just...
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England News
/ 1 year agoIrreplaceable Woakes leaves England with real dilemma
The quality of the opposition wasn’t the highest by any means, but there was a maturity in the way England went...
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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year agoDerek Pringle: Fearsome Mark Wood embodies the need for speed
Derek Pringle relished watching England paceman Mark Wood dismantle the West Indies batting during the third Test at Edgbaston.
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Annie Chave
/ 1 year agoThe colour of cricket
Annie Chave asks why the One Day Cup cannot be played with a red ball
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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoWhat makes a good captain?
Darren Stevens discusses the role of a captain - and feels Harry Brook has what it takes, but says England need...
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Features
/ 1 year agoA desert in the summer
Katya Witney wonders how to provide meaningful cricket for those women not in The Hundred.
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England News
/ 1 year agoEngland’s Harry Brook and Shoaib Bashir show their class
England’s win at Trent Bridge featured some of the best Test cricket I’ve seen for a long time. West Indies did...
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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year agoHarry Brook has the right stuff to lead for England
There would have been sniggers as well as knowing nods over Harry Brook’s credentials to be an England captain when the...
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Ben Gardner
/ 1 year agoThe Hundred’s for sale but will the buyers come?
As the 2024 edition of the Hundred gets underway, the battle in the boardroom will be fought as keenly as the...
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Mark Butcher
/ 1 year agoUndercooked West Indies need support from ‘Big three’
MARK BUTCHER It was evident from the Lord’s Test that West Indies are massively undercooked for this series. If it hadn’t...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoEngland analysis and comment: The need for speed
Derek Pringle explains that out-and-out pace is just one part of the equation.
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Featured
/ 1 year agoA TRUE TEST FOR ENGLAND WOMEN
KATYA WITNEY Katya Witney laments the lack of red-ball cricket for Heather Knight’s side England completed an unbeaten summer with a...
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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoCARIBBEAN ADVENTURES ACROSS THE SHIRES
DARREN STEVENS I was sorry to see the West Indies succumb so feebly in the first Test, but their arrival on...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoTHANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, JIMMY
MARK BUTCHER Mark Butcher looks back on one of the all-time great careers Stuart Broad’s hot streaks are the stuff of...
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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year agoSlippery Atkinson barges into the future
DEREK PRINGLE It is impossible not to get carried away with Gus Atkinson’s 12-wicket haul to kick off the international red-ball...
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Featured
/ 1 year agoANYONE FOR TENNIS?
Richard Clarke Richard Clarke wonders, with Test cricket likely to be played in a window in future, what the sport could...
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Ben Gardner
/ 1 year agoBracey’s best shows recovery is possible
BEN GARDNER The Gloucestershire keeper has put his unfortunate England experience behind him at last Any one of the following –...
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Featured
/ 1 year agoBRILLIANT BUMRAH HAS MAGIC IN HIS FINGERS
MARK BUTCHER It was a fabulous performance from India to end their 13-year wait to win a World Cup title. They...
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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year agoJIMMY SWANSONG SHINES LIGHT ON FRAGILE FUTURE
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Just in case anyone thought the upcoming Lord’s Test against the West Indies was a sentimental farewell to...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 1 year agoGLOVES PASS TO SMITH – BUT ENGLAND ARE SPOILT FOR CHOICE
DARREN STEVENS The last week or so has been quite a time for wicketkeepers. We have to start with that extraordinary...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoACCESS ALL AREAS
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler RICHARD CLARKE SAYS ENGLISH CRICKET NEEDS TO GET ENGAGED Everything we’ve done up until now isn’t...
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Annie Chave
/ 1 year agoKeep the red ball rolling
ANNIE CHAVE Annie Chave laments the loss of long days watching Championship cricket ball The ECB waited until the return of...
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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year agoEngland’s rigid approach strangled their chances of success
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England’s ignominious exit from the T20 World Cup had been signposted for a while. From the moment the...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 1 year agoRED-HOT ROBINSON PILES PRESSURE ON BAIRSTOW
MARK BUTCHER Not for the first time, England face a wicketkeeping conundrum as they prepare for the start of the Test...
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Ben Gardner
/ 1 year agoLOUIS KIMBER AND THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE
BEN GARDNER HOW MOMENTS LIKE THESE KEEP US COMING BACK FOR MORE If you’re not actually at a ground, then there...
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County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
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Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
