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/ 3 weeks agoECB substitute rule under scrutiny after chaotic start to County Championship season
It may have been introduced with the best of intentions – the sight of Rishabh Pant coming out to bat at...
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/ 3 weeks agoCounty Cricket Day encourages fans to celebrate Championship cricket
County Cricket Day returns for a third year next month, with cricket fans new and old encouraged to head down to...
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/ 3 weeks agoCounty Championship: Ben McKinney doubles up to take player of the round
Durham opener Ben McKinney admits he wanted to be “greedy” as his career best first-class score in Durham’s innings and 225-run...
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/ 3 weeks agoMark Wallace: Inside Glamorgan’s revival
Mark Wallace was a young wicketkeeper-batter when Glamorgan last graced the topflight in 2005. Two decades on, Jeff Thomas listens to...
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/ 3 weeks agoCounty Championship analysis: Division One – Somerset top, Sussex shake off deduction
Adam Hopkins takes a look at where things stand in Division One of the County Championship after the opening two rounds.
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/ 3 weeks agoCounty Championship analysis: Division Two – Durham dominate after Ben McKinney double
Two rounds into Division Two, Adam Hopkins looks back at the front-runners and early action.
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/ 3 weeks agoHampshire fight back as Somerset fall short
By Alex Smith April 17-20, Utilita Bowl, Southampton Hampshire 238 (Lehmann 76, Albert 42, Overton 3-50, Gregory 3-45) & 146-1 (Gubbins...
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County Championships
/ 3 weeks agoHain battles hard but Essex tighten the screw
By Brian Halford theCRICKETpaper Sunday, April 19, 2026 April 17-20, Edgbaston, Birmingham Warwickshire 190 (Hain 88*, Thompson 22, Porter 4-59, Cook...
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County Championships
/ 3 weeks agoJennings digs in for Red Rose as Gloucestershire flounder
By Richard Latham April 17-20, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol Gloucestershire 136 (Price 35, B Charlesworth 26, Balderson 5-34, Anderson 3-12) &...
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/ 3 weeks agoMcSweeney and Sales turn tables on Seaxes
By Jeremy Blackmore April 17-20, County Ground, Northampton Middlesex 341 (Gohar 83, Cracknell 79, Sanderson 5-62, Conway 3-74) Northamptonshire 229-4 (McSweeney...
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/ 3 weeks agoSimon Harmer: Essex stalwart’s long road to redemption
With 17 wickets across two triumphant Tests against India last year, Simon Harmer finally had his moment in the sun. It...
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/ 3 weeks agoSam Northeast finds crumbs of home comfort with Kent
Sam Northeast is hoping that being on the wrong end of two draws in Division Two will be the precursor to...
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/ 3 weeks agoDan Lategan learning fast to help Worcestershire prosper
Worcestershire batter Dan Lategan has hit the ground running. The 19-year-old made his county debut last August in the Metro Bank...
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/ 3 weeks agoIndian Premier League analysis: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dazzles and mixed fortunes for England cohort
The Indian Premier League is approaching the end of its third week as the league table begins to take shape, with...
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County Championships
/ 4 weeks agoThe key talking points from Round Two of the County Championship
The second round of the County Championship season produced another week of absorbing action, with seven positive results across the two...
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/ 4 weeks agoWorcestershire County Cricket Club forms partnership with leading mindset development team
In what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind approach in elite sport, Worcestershire County Cricket Club (CCC) has begun to embed...
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/ 4 weeks agoCounty Championship revival: Why traditional cricket still matters in 2026
The start of the County Championship has been a lot of fun, with the timelessness, the reassuring solidity, the enduring battle...
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/ 4 weeks agoCounty Championship: Matt Critchley makes an early statement with inaugural Player of the Round award
Matt Critchley was fastest out of the blocks in the earliest ever start to a County Championship season, scooping the inaugural...
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/ 4 weeks agoFormer England international Ravi Bopara’s innings comes to an end
At some point during our chat in the back garden of a Hertfordshire coffeehouse, most likely just after his account of...
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/ 4 weeks agoSouth African players continue to strengthen England’s cricket county game
It's not often that an uncapped South African cricketer makes headlines around the cricket-playing world, but 27-year-old all-rounder Beyers Swanepoel managed...
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County Championships
/ 4 weeks agoOverton hits career best to put Somerset in box seat
By Martin Smith April 10-13, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford Essex 149 (Allison 49, Elgar 41, Shaw 3-30, Overton 2-35, Ball...
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County Championships
/ 4 weeks agoClarke cracks hundred after Glamorgan skittled
By Jon Culley April 10-13, Trent Bridge, Nottingham Nottinghamshire 279 (Haynes 100, O’Neill 59, van der Gugten 4-54, Hadley 4-76) &...
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/ 4 weeks agoPatel powers Foxes in high-scoring encounter
By Mark Baldwin April 10-13, The Kia Oval, Kennington Surrey 520 (Smith 166, Pope 103, Scriven 3-81, B Green 2-89, Ahmed...
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County Championships
/ 4 weeks agoYates anchor Bears in tight south coast tussle
By Paul Weaver April 10-13, County Ground, Hove Warwickshire 267 (Woakes 64, Smith 53, Crocombe 3-44, Price 3-71) & 154-5 (Yates...
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County Championships
/ 4 weeks agoBaker and Abbott put Tykes on the back foot
By Graham Hardcastle April 10-13, Headingley, Leeds Hampshire 251 ((Lehmann 76, Gubbins 43, Hill 5-46, Coad 2-47) & 93-2 (Gubbins 48,...
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