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International News
/ 10 years agoSecrets of Hesson’s Black Cap revival
Tim Wigmore explores the spectacular climb by New Zealand up the world rankings On January 2, 2013, New Zealand were bowled...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Northants – Runners-up, NatWest Trophy & B&H Cup 1987
By Neil Fissler Geoff Cook admits that he still cannot believe that Northants failed to win a trophy in 1987 despite...
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News
/ 10 years agoStudents on learning curve in bid to top world
By Francis Kelly While the national team do battle with Pakistan in tricky foreign conditions, another English side will be venturing...
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International News
/ 10 years agoIt was fast and furious but how many will miss the WACA?
Tristan Lavalette locates a love-hate relationship as the end looms for one of cricket’s most iconic grounds… Known universally simply as...
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Club Cricket
/ 10 years agoClub Spotlight – Swardeston CC
By Frank Smith SWARDESTON may have broken the East Anglian Cricket League record by winning a fourth consecutive title this summer,...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Surrey – Benson & Hedges Cup runners-up 1979
By Neil Fissler Alan Butcher admits his abiding memory of Surrey’s Benson & Hedges Cup defeat to Essex was walking when...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoTammy Beaumont: I must start scoring big
Eyes on the prize: Tammy Beaumont is pictured (left) handing out the Chance to Shine Participant of the year award to Jaz...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoKent’s Darren Stevens targets another vintage season
By Charlie Talbot-Smith Darren Stevens was compared at the PCA dinner earlier this month, to a fine red wine – getting...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoCounty cricket – The gulf between haves and have-nots is widening
Tim Wigmore says the competitive balance between the counties is eroding… It did not take long for Gloucestershire’s warm afterglow at...
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International News
/ 10 years agoLooking back – England v Pakistan series 1992
On paper, it’s a nothing contest: a dead rubber with England already in an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match limited-overs...
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Club Cricket
/ 10 years agoClub spotlight – Harold Wood CC
By Chris Bailey HAROLD Wood is a century-old institution in Essex but the club was forced to, quite literally, rise from...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Nottinghamshire – 2004 Division Two champions
By Neil Fissler Darren Bicknell admits that the signings of Australians Stuart MacGill and David Hussey were just what Notts needed...
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International News
/ 10 years agoLooking back – England’s victory over Pakistan in Karachi in 2000
Tim Wigmore reveals how England upset the odds in a stirring series win away to Pakistan in 2000… As dusk engulfed...
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Club Cricket
/ 10 years agoClub spotlight – South Northumberland CC
By James Gray THE SUMMER of 1882 will be best remembered for the events at the Oval at the end of...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Yorkshire – Sunday league winners 1983
By Neil Fissler Raymond Illingworth had a long history in the game of winning trophies, but nobody had expected that the...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoCounty Championship Division Two – Team of the Year
The Cricket Paper’s experts offer their team of the season from Division Two
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoCounty Championship Division One – Team of the Year
The Cricket Paper’s experts offer their team of the season from Division One
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Leicestershire – NatWest Trophy finalists 1992
By Neil Fissler Justin Benson admits that he won’t ever forget Leicestershire’s first Lord’s final for seven years – but for...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoRoom 101 – Holly Colvin
Pushy passengers It really bugs me when people try and jump into the doors on the tube as they are closing....
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Gloucestershire – Treble winners 2000
By Neil Fissler Mark Alleyne laughs as he remembers Gloucestershire proving the critics wrong when they completed a one-day clean sweep...
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International News
/ 10 years agoAsian Cricket Awards shortlists announced
It has been another remarkable season for British Asians in cricket. Moeen Ali has again blazed a trail, appearing as the...
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International News
/ 10 years agoEngland team to tour UAE announced
ALEX Hales and Zafar Ansari have both been included in England’s Test squad to tour UAE next month to face Pakistan....
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Devon CCC – 1995 Minor Counties Champions
By Neil Fissler Nick Folland has revealed that it was a chance conversation that led to one of the most successful...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoYours all year – The Cricket Paper to remain on sale throughout the winter!
FOLLOWING England’s success in this summer’s Ashes series, The Cricket Paper will be following the Three Lions every step of the...
