What’s in The Cricket Paper this Sunday: 27/08/23
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We’ll have all the up-to-the-minute news from The Hundred Eliminators, with a preview of the Finals on Sunday, in The Cricket Paper being released on the same day.
And it’s quarter-final stage in the Metro Bank One Day Cup, with one game today and another on Sunday. We’ve got all the latest!
After getting the call up to defend his country’s crown, Liam Livingstone assesses England’s World Cup hopes, while one of the stars of the test summer, Josh Tongue, also sits down with TCP to discuss his T20 call up.
Luke Wood will be hoping to wear England’s colours in their three match series against Ireland towards the end of September, and he is also one of our interviewees this week.
At the same time as that series the County Championship season will be concluding, as as it enters its final phase Darren Stevens discusses some great season finishes.
From our other columnists, Derek Pringle asks whether central contracts are now fit for purpose, Richard Clarke looks back on a time when everyone wanted a Duncan Fearnley bat, and Mel Farrell explains how to tackle declining over rates.
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