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Richard Clarke: Joe Denly is one of a dying breed
With his arms folded, a matter-of-fact manner and sporting a physique much younger than his four decades, Joe Denly did not look like he was ending...
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/ 3 weeks agoRichard Clarke: Up for the cup
Richard Clarke on the charm of the One-Day Cup and the healthy number of county cricket purists watching on.
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/ 1 month agoRichard Clarke: So, we’re friends, right?
Richard Clarke reveals his connection with the Utilita Bowl, home of Hampshire Cricket, a venue at the centre of an ownership...
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/ 2 months agoRichard Clarke: It’s time to come out of retirement
Richard Clarke reflects on his father's avid club career, memories of his own playing days and the prospect of donning the...
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/ 3 months agoRichard Clarke: Adam Hollioake sees the whole picture as Kent take a stand
Richard Clarke examines Adam Hollioake’s decision to disable social media comments at Kent, exploring the coach’s views on mental health, online...
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/ 3 months agoRichard Clarke: Married life in the slow lane
The Grumbler takes his missus to the cricket.
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/ 4 months agoRichard Clarke: Stories can be told in many different ways
Richard Clarke on a comically brilliant start to the season...
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/ 4 months agoRichard Clarke: The start of summer! Get ready for a spectacular season of county red-ball cricket
The start of every county season is a process of reacquaintance. There are familiar friends and foes, customs and traditions, sights...
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/ 11 months agoRichard Clarke: It’s The Grumbler’s 2025 County Awards!
Well, ladies and gentlemen, here we are again. While self-praise is no praise, we like to think the Grumbler’s End of...
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/ 11 months agoRichard Clarke: The one where we don’t know who wins
Famously, episodes of Friends were always named the same way. The convention began with “The One”. For example, ‘The One with...
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/ 12 months agoRichard Clarke: Evolution not revolution – What cricket can learn from baseball
For a sport that cherishes its history with such devotion, it seems surprising that there is no official commemoration on the...
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/ 1 year agoRichard Clarke AKA ‘The Grumbler’: You are not alone at the cricket
Richard Clarke says county grounds are the perfect place for conversation One of the most arresting and widely-praised football videos of...
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/ 1 year agoRichard Clarke: Let’s bin the Kookaburra experiment, and fast
The first principle of experimentation is that you must not fool yourself,” said the eminent scientist, Richard Feynman. “And you are...
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/ 1 year agoRichard Clarke: Jack Bond, Jacob Bethell and the catching revolution
Richard Clarke on how our understanding of fielding has changed If you want to make an old Lancastrian go misty-eyed for...
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/ 1 year agoRichard Clarke: Let style triumph over substance
It is the go-to hack for the lazy stylist. If you want to invoke an air of old-fashioned class, elegance and...
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/ 1 year agoRichard Clarke: Let’s get creative
The wagons are circling around the County Championship ahead of another review.
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/ 1 year agoRichard Clarke: What lessons can the Women’s game learn from football
Regular readers of this column will know my grave concerns for the future of county cricket are partly informed by my...
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/ 1 year 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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/ 1 year 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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Club Cricket
/ 2 years 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
/ 2 years 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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Featured
/ 2 years 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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/ 2 years 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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ICC Cricket World Cup
/ 2 years agoTHE HISTORY BOYS
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler The phrase “history is written by the winners” has been widely misattributed. Ironically, most people believe...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoRapid pace of change sees members stuck in the middle
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler This column is called The Grumbler for good reason. It is the pseudonym I first used...
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