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/ 4 days agoThe Cricket Paper Pre-Season Preview: The wait is over – county cricket returns for 2026
After England’s topsy-turvy winter, more eyes will be on the red-ball game than usual come this Easter weekend when the grand...
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/ 4 days agoBACK TO THE FUTURE
A RED BALL RESET IN ENGLAND Traditional values: white kit, red ball, green grass; the colours of summer return under an...
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/ 4 days agoAdam Hopkins on eight things to look forward to during the 2026 cricket season
There’s a big summer of cricket ahead of us once more. Adam Hopkins picks out some of the highlights...
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Cricket Paper
/ 4 days agoT20 World Cup 2026 review: India triumph in their own backyard
Adam Hopkins looks back at the recent men’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka...
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County Championships
/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Nottinghamshire/The Blaze
Last season will live long in the memory for Nottinghamshire’s players and supporters. To win a County Championship is tough at...
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Surrey
Surrey will be doing the chasing this summer, and even though they came close to making it four straight Championship wins...
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Somerset
Somerset celebrated its 150th anniversary as a county club in 2025, and did so with an outstanding season. To finish third...
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Sussex
Last season was a success for Sussex; fourth place in the County Championship was a tremendous effort, having only been promoted...
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Warwickshire
Finishing mid-table in the Championship and falling short of the final in the two white-ball competitions was an unspectacular result, but...
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Essex
Overall, it was a disappointing season for Essex. Injury and availability problems hampered the County Championship side, and at the halfway...
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Yorkshire
2025 was yet another year of change for Yorkshire, with Anthony McGrath taking over as head coach, Gavin Hamilton as general...
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Hampshire
For a team that’s been used to competing at the top end of the County Championship table, last season’s narrow escape...
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Leicestershire
Last season was Leicestershire’s best for at least a decade. After years of struggle, particularly in the red-ball game, Alfonso Thomas...
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Glamorgan
Promotion last season represented a huge success for Glamorgan, who had endured a lean couple of decades in the County Championship....
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County Championships
/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division Two – Durham
Richie Benaud used to say “disasters happen at sea, not on cricket fields”. But the manner in which Durham were relegated...
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County Championships
/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division Two – Worcestershire
Disappointing to be relegated, after being in a good position in a lot of games, but brilliant to win the One-Day...
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County Championships
/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division Two – Derbyshire
Having finished bottom of the second division in 2024, most would have expected Derbyshire to go into the 2025 campaign with...
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division Two – Middlesex
Last year was a season of disappointment for Middlesex, a failure to push for promotion and the usual T20 struggles, although...
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division Two – Lancashire
The season can be split into two parts really, the first half of the season made for pretty grim viewing at...
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division Two – Gloucestershire
After the highs of the previous September, there was always going to be the question of how to reset for 2025....
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/ 4 days agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division Two – Northamptonshire
Although results in two of the three competitions – excepting the T20 Blast – were disappointing in 2025, the season did...
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/ 4 days agoKent
FORMED: 1870 HOME GROUND: The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury ONE-DAY NAME: Kent Spitfires CAPTAIN(S): Daniel Bell-Drummond (CC), TBC (ODC), Sam...
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/ 4 days agoWomen’s 2026 summer preview
With more than 300 women’s matches scheduled across domestic and international cricket in 2026, it’s a huge summer for the women’s...
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/ 4 days agoOffseason action: what happened over the winter
Adam Hopkins recaps what you might have missed since the end of last summer On top of the world: India won...
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