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Ashes
/ 1 year agoHow much of a blow would Pat Cummins’ potential Ashes absence be for Australia?
With still a little over six weeks away until the highly anticipated Ashes gets underway, the series has already had a...
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England News
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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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