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England News
/ 6 months agoIn Review: Mercurial England continue to bewitch and bewilder
Phil Walker revisits another unpredictable and compulsively watchable summer trying to keep up with England’s men’s teams
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Ashes
/ 6 months agoEngland’s spin in the Ashes: Can the counties deliver the missing link?
When England unveiled their 16-member Ashes squad last week, much of the intrigue fixated not on the headline names but on...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoMark Butcher: Jacob Bethell in pole position following Ollie Pope’s demotion
We’re in the commentary box for the One-Day Cup final, it’s raining outside, and Nick Knight pipes up: “Who bats three?...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoDarren Stevens: The season’s over but the show must go on
The lot of a professional domestic cricketer is crazy: he plays way too much cricket between April and September, then far...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoKatya Witney: Emerging batters make it a season to remember
Lancashire’s One-Day Cup win last weekend book-ended their season with silverware. Without wanting to downplay their T20 County Cup win back...
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Columnists
/ 6 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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Features
/ 6 months agoOne month left for state schools to enter Knight-Stokes Cup
Applications for state secondary schools to enter the new competition will close on October 31 The Knight-Stokes Cup, launched by MCC...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoLauren Winfield-Hill: Kate Cross faces uncertain future as Lancashire rise but England career fades
Kate Cross gave a pretty frank account of losing her central contract this week, and I can attest from personal experience...
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Features
/ 6 months agoQuinton de Kock ODI retirement U-turn: The reality facing players who prioritise franchise cricket
South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has been named in the Proteas’ white ball squads for their upcoming tour to Pakistan,...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoDerek Pringle: Phil Salt’s spectacular striking forces the world to sit up
We all know Phil Salt excels in top gear like few others, his pristine ball striking and unerring shot selection clinching...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoMark Butcher: Phil Salt and Jos Buttler go stratospheric
England’s batting performance in the T20 against South Africa at Old Trafford was simply extraordinary.
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Annie Chave
/ 6 months agoAnnie Chave: Fighting for relevance as the new era dawns
The final week of the English domestic cricket season looms against a backdrop of arguments over player fatigue, a seemingly endless...
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Ben Gardner
/ 6 months agoBen Gardner: Nottinghamshire step up as Peter Moores eyes history
It will take a miracle now, or a catastrophe, depending on your point of view.
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Features
/ 6 months agoMixed disability cricket “the way to go” says England’s O’Brien
Adam Hopkins speaks to DPL-winning Tridents captain Luke O’Brien about the future of the disability game Ithink mixed disability cricket is...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoLauren Winfield-Hill: Common sense triumphs as Yorkshire & England plan ahead
Getting a trophy in the cabinet in the Tier Two One Day cup final last weekend was the perfect sign off...
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Features
/ 6 months agoGlenn Maxwell: The year that changed my life
The Aussie shotmaker, Glenn Maxwell, on a rollercoaster 12 months which began in agony, ended in ecstasy, and took in arguably...
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoMark Butcher: Proteas ODI defeat showed best and worst of Harry Brook’s England
England’s rollercoaster ODI series against South Africa summed up where they currently are as a side.
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoDarren Stevens: The One-Day Cup – Frankenstein come good
Finals are coming thick and fast. The T20 Blast yesterday, Surrey v Notts starting tomorrow (unofficially a Championship final), the men’s...
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Features
/ 7 months agoCountry’s second all-weather cricket dome opens, boosting access for state school children
The country’s second all-weather cricket dome has officially opened in Darwen, Lancashire. This state-of-the-art facility marks another important step in the...
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoKatya Witney: Fond farewells as World Cup will be legends’ last hurrah
The pinnacle of the men’s game differs from player to player. Ask an England or Australia Test player, and they’ll tell...
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoLauren Winfield-Hill: No point looking beyond the Aussies for Word Cup glory
As the World Cup comes ever closer, it’s almost time to start making predictions for which team is going to come...
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Columnists
/ 7 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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Features
/ 7 months agoLOST TREASURES
MAHADEVA SATHASIVAM Rob Smyth profiles a Sri Lankan batting maestro who captained three national teams and spent time in a Colombo...
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoMark Butcher: Name changes risk undermining the Hundred’s good work
After the most successful edition of The Hundred yet, in terms of both the quality of cricket and audience engagement, there...
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Ben Gardner
/ 7 months agoBen Gardner: Adam Zampa’s flight turns a spotlight on cricket’s eco-unfriendliness
The very best spinners won’t just test you off the pitch, they’ll beat you in the flight, and when it comes...
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