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County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
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England News
/ 3 years agoBen’s the best yet!
Anderson fires Aussies a warning By Neil Harvey He's been skippered by five true legends of the English game, but James...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJamie has Surrey on the cusp of more glory
By Bruce Talbot "My main aim this season is to be a bit more consistent but I’m pretty happy" – Surrey’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIt’s wide Open
Hardly have we taken off our winter jackets and the County Championship is nearly a third done, writes BENJI MOOREHEAD. The...
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News
/ 3 years agoCricket helped save me
After 19 years at the top, fast bowler Katherine Sciver-Brunt has retired from international cricket. There will never be another like...
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Features
/ 3 years agoFigures are up by 1.5 million
AN increase of 1.5 million either played, attended or followed cricket last year, according to new ECB figures. Total match attendances...
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Features
/ 3 years agoARCHER SUFFERS SETBACK
JOFRA Archer’s injury troubles have continued after his IPL campaign came to a premature close. The England, Sussex and Mumbai Indians...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoOverton leads the Cidermen
By Ben Kosky CRAIG Overton recorded his best figures this summer to propel Somerset to their first County Championship win of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNorthants crash again
By Alex Smith NORTHANTS succumbed to their third straight innings County Championship defeat to bogey side Hampshire led by Liam Dawson’s...
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County Championships
/ 3 years agoCook rolls back the years to lift Essex
By Jon Culley Having scored only one first-class fifty in 14 previous visits to Trent Bridge, former England captain Sir Alastair...
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News
/ 3 years agoWe’re back in business
WE’RE BACK! Here for what promises to be a mouth-watering summer, The Cricket Paper is delighted to strap on its pads...
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County Championships
/ 3 years agoHolders lay down Lawes back on top
By Mark Baldwin Tom Lawes dismissed both Zak Crawley and Sam Billings in dramatic fashion early on day three, finishing with...
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Vitality Blast
/ 3 years agoHain gets Bears up and roaring early
By Brian Halford The enduring excellence of Sam Hain sparkled yet again as Birmingham Bears began their Vitality Blast campaign with...
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Vitality Blast
/ 3 years agoAll’s Wells and good now for ace Lightning
LANCASHIRE Lightning beat Derbyshire Falcons by four wickets to start the 2023 Vitality Blast campaign as they aim to end it...
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Vitality Blast
/ 3 years agoBlast off
The T20 caravan is back in town with the Vitality Blast having kicked off on May 20 and set to run...
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Associate Nations
/ 3 years agoWatt dares to dream with World Cup and Hundred in sight
By Malhar Hathi Mark Watt, Derbyshire’s left-arm spinner, cut a relaxed figure ahead of the T20 Blast opener against Lancashire at...
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Vitality Blast
/ 3 years agoSimpson’s expecting a big Blast for Middlesex
Wicketkeeper says youth and experience is the key John Simpson was looking forward to Middlesex’s Vitality Blast campaign as he spoke...
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Derek Pringle
/ 3 years agoJofra’s now got a tough decision to make
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England have played exactly 48 Tests since Jofra Archer made his debut in 2019, but due to a...
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Features
/ 3 years agoIreland WC hopes ended in whitewash
BANGLADESH ace celebrating completing a 2-0 series win over Ireland at Chelmsford after left-arm quick Mustafizur Rahman took 4-44 in the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoHOW IS THE PREP GOING?
Assessing the form of England’s chosen ones Ben Stokes (Capt) After a couple of quiet performances at the start of the...
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England News
/ 3 years agoFit-again Jonny be good for Key and co
ANALYSIS by Taha Hashim The issue arose in the winter. With each straight drive, menacing pull and cocksure nod to yet...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHERE COMES THE SUMMER
Ahead of a bumper summer of Ashes action, we’re back! By Taha Hashim BEFORE we get into what’s to come, let’s...
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County Championships
/ 3 years agoSteve Smith finds form with Ollie Robinson and Stuart Broad among the wickets
Steve Smith enjoyed a timely return to form on his third and final appearance for Sussex with 68 not out to...
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England Women
/ 3 years agoCross laid low by ongoing battle against tropical disease
England seamer Kate Cross admitted persistent setbacks in an ongoing battle against a tropical disease has taken a toll on her...
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Women (International)
/ 3 years agoNat Sciver-Brunt says mental health break helped put her in a ‘good place’
England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt has revealed how last year’s mental health break and working with sports psychologists has helped keep her...
