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/ 8 years agoBESS CAN FLOURISH IN BATTLE OF TWIRLY MEN
Such promise: Somerset’s Dom Bess has worked extensively with ECB spin bowling coach Peter Such, right PICTURES: Getty Images Derek Pringle...
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/ 8 years agoHero Henry demolishes high-flying Sussex with bat and ball
By Mark Pennell COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO: May 11-13, The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury Kent 215 (Kuhn 60, Wiese 5-54,...
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/ 8 years agoCub Brookes is revelling in his rise to the top
By Andy Baber FOR a fresh-faced 18-year-old who announced himself on the county stage in spectacular style this season, Henry Brookes...
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/ 8 years agoSkipper Reece learning art of leading from Uncle Nasser
By Charlie Peat Big shoes to fill: Reece Hussain gets advice from Nasser UNICORNS ROUND-UP DIPPING your toe into the world...
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/ 8 years agoTime Buttler announced himself to the Test arena
Five-star display: Jos Buttler recently made five successive fifties in the Indian Premier League for Rajasthan Royals The IPL star has...
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/ 8 years agoBracey digs in deep to heap Middlesex woes
By Jeremy Blackmore COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO: May 11-14, Lord’s, London Middlesex 455-8d (Gubbins 99, Malan 76, Morgan 76, Worrall 3-73)...
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/ 8 years agoMALAN: ASHES TOUR PROVED I CAN PLAY
Broad blade: Dawid Malan made runs against the Australians but will not underestimate Pakistan or India PICTURES: Getty Images Jeremy Blackmore...
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/ 8 years agoDe Lange’s efforts not enough to out-Fox ‘em
By Richard Rae May 11-13, Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester Leicestershire 191 (Dexter 87, Hogan 3-41, de Lange 3-56) &...
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/ 8 years agoCLARKE HAS THE GAME TO FOLLOW ROOT INTO TEST TEAM
Kevin Sharp, the man who found England’s captain, tells Peter Hayter that the Worcestershire star can go right to the very...
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/ 8 years agoAce Henry so proud to lead a band of brothers
By Paul Bolton May 11-13, Edgbaston, Birmingham Warwickshire 265 (Ambrose 78, Crook 4-51, Bracewell 4-71) & 180-4 (Rhodes 100*, Sanderson 3-33)...
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/ 8 years agoMY DREAM XI
Mark Cosgrove, the Leicestershire batsman, chooses his top XI from those he has played alongside 1. Matthew Elliott He was just...
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/ 8 years agoWood chooses perfect time to make his Mark
By Nigel Gardener May 11-14, The 3aaa County Ground, Derby Derbyshire 427 (Madsen 85, Critchley 64, Godleman 61) & 279-9 (Slater...
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/ 8 years agoTHE DAY I FIRST MET SWANTON –AND KO’D HIS PHONE
MARTIN JOHNSON The late EW Swanton was never a man to underestimate his own importance, and had he been around today...
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/ 8 years agoDID ROOT WALK OR WAS HE PUSHED UP TO THREE?
PETER HAYTER @phaytercricket Fully-focused: Joe Root is moving up the order to three as England utilise their long batting line-up PICTURES:...
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/ 8 years agoO’Brien earns place in Ireland’s folklore
By Adam Ellis IRELAND v PAKISTAN TEST SERIES: Only Test, May 11-15, The Village, Dublin Ireland 130 (Abbas 4-44) & 339...
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/ 8 years agoIt’s all Wells and good for Sussex as Luke adds to Kent’s One-Day misery
By Richard Dore ONE-DAY CUP ROUND-UP Ton-up: Paul Horton salutes the crowd after his century for Leicestershire against Northamptonshire PICTURES: Getty...
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/ 8 years agoPutting in the hard yards with Yardy has paid off for Haines
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE: YOUNG GUN TOM HAINES Sussex Batsman For Sussex batsman Tom Haines, it was always cricket – there...
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/ 8 years agoSurrey’s young guns make their own history as Yorkshire suffer
By Roderick Easdale DIVISION ONE STAR GAME May 11-14, Kia Oval, London Surrey 414 (Pope 158*, Clarke 71, Elgar 61, Bresnan...
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/ 8 years agoGuerilla set their sights even higher as surprise rights victory is justified
Ton up: Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien celebrates his ton. Inset: Guerilla co-founder Nigel Henderson PICTURES: Getty Images Adam Collins reflects on a...
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/ 8 years agoTongue has it licked but Essex dish up the treat
By Chris Oldnall May 11-13, Blackfinch New Road, Worcester Worcestershire 238 (Clarke 105, Bopara 3-30) & 182 (Head 62, Siddle 5-37,...
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/ 8 years agoCHANCE OF NEW ERA FOR IRELAND CRICKET
Great start: Ireland’s Tim Murtagh, left, had a superb Test debut, claiming four first- innings wickets PICTURE: Getty Images PLANET CRICKET...
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/ 8 years agoOnions’ class brings a tear to the eye of Notts
By Dave Bracegirdle May 11-13, Trent Bridge, Nottingham Nottinghamshire 133 (Libby 34, Onions 3-22, Bailey 3-28) & 138 (Linny 46, Onions...
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/ 8 years agoWe could only stand and marvel at them…
Frightening pace: Pakistan’s Wasim Akram steams in to bowl at England’s Jack Russell at Lord’s in 1992, with devastating results, inset...
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/ 8 years agoSaviour Vince shows off his timely Test instincts
By Richard Latham May 11-14, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton Somerset 506 (Hildreth 184, Bess 92, C Overton 80, Berg...
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/ 8 years agoIT’S ANOTHER COMPLICATION FOR US POOR STATISTICIANS
SIMON SWEETMAN Confusion: Jack Hobbs’ first-class statistics are unclear The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events This is the least...
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