England’s World Cup defence began with a punishing nine-wicket defeat in Ahmedabad as New Zealand helped themselves to a slice […]
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Relieved Kent saved from drop after agonising wait
By Fred Atkins “Hopefully I’ll get the job full time for next year. I’ve made it quite clear to take […]
Robson can’t rescue Seaxers from the relegation trapdoor
By Jon Culley “We have talked all year about how much harder playing cricket is in the First Division compared […]
Northants fire a parting shot and gun down sorry Essex
By Ben Kosky “As soon as we were bowled out below 400, there’s devastation because we wanted first place and, […]
Hants earn the bragging rights, Surrey the trophy
By Alex Smith “It feels pretty special. We set out to go back-to-back and the way we have done that […]
County Championship Division Two: Team of the season
Durham were the outstanding side in Division Two, and Worcestershire will join them in the top league next summer. Here’s […]
Ball to leave Notts after 15 years
Farewell: Fast bowler Jake Ball has been with Nottinghamshire since he was a teenager PICTURE: Alamy JAKE BALL says he […]
ECB want cricket to be ‘most inclusive’ sport
RICHARD Thompson, the chairman of the ECB, believes cricket should strive to become the “the most inclusive sport in England […]
County Championship Division One: Team of the season
Surrey may have won the title but there’s plenty of representation from elsewhere in our best XI from this year’s […]
Fixtures
SUNDAY OCTOBER 1 INTERNATIONAL • Australia Women v West Indies Women (1st T20I, Sydney, 5.30am) • South Africa Women v […]
Standings
FINAL COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES 2023 FINAL COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 2023 … Continue reading… Access all our premium content from as […]
Marsh and Maxwell hand Aussies consolation win
By Matthew Luddington MITCHELL Marsh’s 96 and Glenn Maxwell’s four wickets set up Australia’s consolation 66-run victory over India in […]
Mo quits ECB for Challengers role
MO Bobat, England men’s performance director, will leave his role to become Royal Challengers Bangalore’s new director of cricket operations. […]
Kane is back with a bang for Black Caps
Back: Kane Williamson hits out during his halfcentury PICTURES: Alamy KANE WILLIAMSON returned from injury in style to lead New […]
Waugh comes to English shores
Scott Oliver on the time that Australia’s greatest stylist, Mark Waugh, found himself strutting his stuff amongst club players in […]
Winners one and all…and an alternative set of County awards
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Grumbler’s first annual county cricket awards gala dinner. It […]
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR OF EUROPE BOWLED ME OVER
Jet-setter Jenny Thompson embarks on part two of her whistlestop global cricketing tour, taking in 30 European countries along the […]
Injury-ravaged Sri Lanka stutter to the start line
By Jo Harman Just a couple of weeks ago, Sri Lanka appeared to be shaping up nicely for the World […]
A touch of Klaasen
By Katya Witney No one in the world is hitting it as well as Heinrich Klaasen. From only playing two […]
The many layers of Babar Azam
By Ben Gardner As a captain and as a person, Babar Azam is famously inscrutable, and that can make it […]
Devon’s backpacking way up to the summit
By James Wallace Devon Conway, beaming smile, hitch in the voice, has let his mind wander to the opening match […]
Tradition runs deep amid power disparity
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Surrey’s second County Championship in as many years has meant the last seven seasons have been much […]
Bas-ball, Dutch style
By Phil Walker Bas de Leede knew what was needed, and what was at stake. Chase down Scotland’s 277 inside […]
Shubman Gill – The crown prince of India
By Aadya Sharma As ever, India enter a World Cup unanimously branded ‘favourites’. Moreover it’s a home tournament, and the […]
Shakib Al Hasan: Scoundrel; Steward; Survivalist…
By Ben Gardner At the 2019 World Cup, Shakib Al Hasan was many people’s pick as the unofficial Player of […]