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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoSlaughtered seamers need not despair
DARREN STEVENS The T20 World Cup begins next Saturday hard on the heels of the Indian Premier League in which arguably...
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Mark Butcher
/ 2 years agoAnderson’s retirement in England’s best interests
MARK BUTCHER It was a brave call from the England management to signal the end of Jimmy Anderson’s career. It was...
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Ben Gardner
/ 2 years agoLancs losses in sharp relief against Surrey’s success
BEN GARDNER "We need two extra points.” Head coach Gareth Batty, speaking at the end of Surrey’s latest dismantling of a...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoTime for transfer talk to get real
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler In the next week or so, the county cricket rumour mill will start to turn. On...
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Katya Witney
/ 2 years agoThe unsolvable problem
KATYA WITNEY Katya Witney, staff writer @wisdencricket, on the packed cricketing schedule Being a professional cricketer is a dream for so...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoThe long goodbye?
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler As you might expect from one of the world’s most literate sports, county cricket has been...
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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoPlaying the long game
ANNIE CHAVE Will Jacks flew to a 41-ball century for the Royal Challengers Bangaluru in the IPL. Johnny Bairstow’s Punjab Kings...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoKeeping sane on the country merry-go-round
DARREN STEVENS There will be those who will have rolled their eyes after the PCA released a statement voicing the players’...
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Mark Butcher
/ 2 years agoArcher brings venom to England’s World Cup bid
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
/ 2 years agoBacking the bat in the balancing act of T20
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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County News/The Hundred
/ 2 years agoHandle with care
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
/ 2 years agoOne last ride with the Stars before I’m a brown hatter
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
/ 2 years agoIs 18 first-class counties too many?
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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County Championships
/ 2 years agoWhat is going off out there?
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'
/ 2 years agoListening to the voices of reason
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
/ 2 years agoTiers for Fears – everybody wants to rule the game
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
BEN GARDNERR NEW COLUMNIST! So was that basically all meaningless then? A fortnight that may as well not have happened? We’ve...
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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
/ 2 years agoLuddite’s lament
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'
/ 2 years agoOf county and country
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
/ 2 years agoWhite pitches, red Kookaburras and rain: A perfect storm for the new season
DARREN STEVENS It wasn’t quite a case of bursting out the blocks, was it? Two of the Championship’s opening nine matches...
County Championships
County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
County Championships
Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
