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Features
/ 8 years agoBeer thirsty for success
SUSSEX leg-spinner Will Beer is aiming to win some silverware next season after signing a new one-year contract. Beer, 29, has...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBrisbane 2002: Could England have got off to a worse start?
He called right but then he called it wrong… Richard Edwards on Nasser’s coin toss and the horrors of Brisbane 15...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLET’S HOPE ZIMBABWE CAN THRIVE AGAIN
HOW nice to see Brendan Taylor and Kyle Jarvis return to Zimbabwe this week, for their Test series against the West...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWHY WOMEN’S GAME IS RIPE FOR FIXERS
Tim Wigmore warns that match fixers may be emboldened by the wage disparity at international level PLAN T CRICKET At the...
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International News
/ 8 years agoDe Villiers at his destructive best to thrash Tigers
SOUTH AFRICA vBANGLADESH ODI ROUND-UP By Adam Ellis Stunning: South Africa’s AB de Villiers hit a wonderful 176 off just 104...
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International News
/ 8 years agoInzy’s nephew Imam blasts ton in response to talk of nepotism
PAKISTAN v SRI LANKA ODI ROUND-UP By George Jones IN a week where Sri Lanka agreed to return to Pakistan for...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIt’ll be red and white for Hogan andIngram
By George Jones MICHAEL Hogan and Colin Ingram will share the captaincy at Glamorgan next season. After being appointed as interim...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMORE THAN STRUGGLING ONE ISSUE FOR YORKSHIRE MEN
Roderick Easdale looks at the problems facing Yorkshire after a poor Championship season What went wrong? Yorkshire captain Gary Ballance trudges...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAshwin may be back in picture for Worcestershire if the jigsaw fits
By Richard Marshall Just champion: Ravi Ashwin, top left, celebrates winning the Division Two title with Worcestershire last month WORCESTERSHIRE could...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFinal over
JAMIE PORTER Essex seamer ON THE SPOT DOB: 25/05/1993 Batting style: Right-hand bat Bowling style: Right-arm medium-fast Marital status: In a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRemarkable performances come when in the ‘Zone’
Garfield Robinson looks at the time when players reach their peak with a superb performance, and one that is rarely ever...
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News
/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
Postal subscription rates for The Cricket Paper are: £20 for ten issues, £40 for 20 issues, or £80 for 40 issues,...
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News
/ 8 years agoDismissed appeal downs Middlesex
By Jeremy Blackmore MIDDLESEXchief executive Richard Goatley has expressed his disappointment at the ECB’s dismissal of the club’s appeal against a...
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News
/ 8 years agoNorwell wants to roar with white ball then with the Lions
By Andrew Lawton Determined: Liam Norwell SEAMER Liam Norwell will add potency with the white-ball to his armoury ahead of next...
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News
/ 8 years agoOne-club Keogh to stick with Northants
By Joshua Peck NORTHANTS all-rounder Rob Keogh has committed his future to the county and extended his contract. Keogh, 25, will...
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News
/ 8 years agoMullaney pens new deal while Nash steps down as Somerset chairman
COUNTY IN-BRIEF By Edwin Charles New deal: Steven Mullaney NOTTINGHAMSHIRE all-rounder Steven Mullaney will remain an Outlaw for a few more...
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News
/ 8 years agoSharp Tongue aiming recovery by licking to complete the Aussies
By Paul Eddison JOSH Tongue started 2017 recovering from back surgery and awaiting his County Championship debut yet the Worcestershire teenager...
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News
/ 8 years agoRampaul joins the Derbyshire revolution
By Seth Francis FORMER West Indies bowler Ravi Rampaul will continue his county career with Derbyshire, having joined the county from...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoA RIVALRY BONDED NDED BY LOVE
It’s a contest that remains unmatched for history, hunger and of course, villains With this winter’s Ashes looming, Paul Edwards kicks...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFletcher on verge of return to fitness
By Seth Francis LUKE FLETCHER cannot wait to get back to playing cricket after being given the all-clear to start his...
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Features
/ 8 years agoashes needs but please… verbal battle keep it clean
Derek Pringle says let the sledging begin Down Under, as long as it’s kept within the bounds of humour and quick...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIreland ‘must focus on white ball’ before their Test bow
By Richard Edwards Balancing act: Irish cricket CEO Warren Deutrom IRELAND have got themselves a ticket and are now waiting in...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoTHERE’S … WE’LL NO BIG BUDGET HERE BUILD FROM WITHIN
PAUL NIXON www.paulnixoncricket.com Glory days: Paul Nixon celebrates winning the T20 final against Somerset in 2011 Receiving the phone call on...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLawrence aiming at more glory withEssex
By Joshua Peck DAN Lawrence, surely destined for a successful international future, will continue to ply his trade with the county...
