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County Championships
/ 8 months agoQuiet man Ryan Patel embodies the Surrey way
“I THINK you’ve hit the nail on the head, I am a team man”. In conversation with The Cricket Paper, Surrey’s...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoCounty Championship Division One Preview: Can Surrey be stopped?
The three Feathers are looking to make it four in a row The toughest test of their title defence may well...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoCounty Championship Division Two Preview: Who will return to Division One?
The Cricket Paper is expecting Lancashire and Middlesex to be the teams to beat in Division Two this summer, both looking...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoBen Gardner: County Championship isn’t just a shop window for England
Ben Gardner says that Championship success is enough of a pull on its own.
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoEssex make hay while the sun shines at Chelmsford
JORDAN COX made sure his name remained on the England selectors’ radar with the ninth first-class century of his career, and...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoJonny Bairstow battles hard but Yorkies find life tough at top
KYLE ABBOTT and Liam Dawson made sure Jonny Bairstow had a roller-coaster of a first day as Yorkshire captain, as Hampshire...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoTom Banton triple ton sees Somerset dominate
ALL-ROUNDER Kasey Aldridge claimed five wickets in a dramatic Worcestershire batting collapse on the opening day, at Taunton with more than...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoJohn Simpson and Tom Clark excel but Bears fight back
CENTURIES BY Tom Clark and John Simpson ensured that Sussex returned to Division One with a strong day’s work against Warwickshire...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoLate wickets put the skids under Notts with honours even
COLIN ACKERMANN posted the first century of the County Championship season as Durham recovered to 370 for nine on the opening...
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Annie Chave
/ 8 months agoAnnie Chave Column: Saving Counties at the cost of County Cricket
Despite county cricket’s new-found riches, Annie Chave is worried about the future...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoHelter-skelter game sees Hollioake’s Kent on top
By Jeremy Blackmore April 4-7, County Ground, Northampton Kent 231 (Muyeye 72, Leaning 40, Weatherall 3-32, Zaib 2-3, Guthrie 2-69) &...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoLuis Reece’s six and Wayne Madsen ton make Gloucester glum
A six-wicket haul from Luis Reece and four from Anuj Dal got Derbyshire’s season off to an impressive start on the...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoTight tussle at Lord’s as Lancs edge ahead
ROOKIE SEAMERS Tom Aspinwall and Ollie Sutton launched Lancashire’s bid for an immediate return to the top flight in positive fashion...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoHill and Wright hammer home Foxes advantage
LEICESTERSHIRE TOOK control on the opening day against Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens, bowling the hosts out for 229.
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoJonny Bairstow full of fight ahead of huge season
AS JONNY Bairstow, Yorkshire’s new red-ball captain, leads the county for the first time-against Hampshire at Southampton, this next phase in...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoThe Greatest XI No 1: Derbyshire
In the first of our series, Geoff Miller takes on the responsibility of picking a team of Derbyshire’s greatest players.
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoYoung players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
Whilst the modern cricketer increasingly emerges into the spotlight through performances in T20 cricket, the County Championship continues to provide a...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoJames Bracey signs contract extension with Gloucestershire until 2028
Gloucestershire vice-captain James Bracey has signed a three-year contract extension with the Club, keeping him at the Seat Unique Stadium until...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoRocky Flintoff’s fearlessness impresses Lancashire captain Keaton Jennings
For exclusive stories and all the detailed cricket news you need, subscribe to The Cricket Paper website, digital edition, or newspaper from as...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 8 months agoJames Anderson to miss county season start but could play for three more years
James Anderson believes he could still be playing in another three years but a calf twinge will rule the evergreen fast...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoBen Stokes will ‘do whatever it takes’ to be fit for summer, says Durham boss
For exclusive stories and all the detailed cricket news you need, subscribe to The Cricket Paper website, digital edition, or newspaper from as...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoJamie Smith excited by red-ball return ahead of crucial year of Test cricket
Jamie Smith is excited to get his cricket whites back on for Surrey and build on a great first year as...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoAndrew Flintoff’s son Corey signs two-year rookie contract with Kent
For exclusive stories and all the detailed cricket news you need, subscribe to The Cricket Paper website, digital edition, or newspaper from as...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 8 months agoProteas Star Dewald Brevis joins Hampshire Hawks for Vitality Blast
Young South African batting star Dewald Brevis has joined Hampshire Hawks for the entire duration of the 2025 men’s Vitality Blast....
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoCounty Championship: Nottinghamshire sign young gun Francis Moore
Young seam bowler Francis Moore has joined Nottinghamshire on a two-year rookie contract from the start of the 2025 season. Moore,...
County Championships
County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
County Championships
Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
