…them as trendsetters. Since Bayliss and Paul Farbrace, his assistant took over three years ago, just under half their completed innings have passed the 300 mark. There have even been…
…the signing, Kent director of cricket Paul Downton told the club’s website: “Carlos is a proven match winner. He is an explosive ball striker and a skilful white-ball bowler with…
By Paul Edwards Four tranquil centuries, three Test matches, two broken fingers and all belonging to one batsman who scored 1,198 Championship runs in his first full season yet managed…
…the batting, with Jennings, new captain Liam Livingstone, Shiv Chanderpaul and Dane Vilas making up the rest of the top order. Assuming everyone is fit, last year’s skipper Steven Croft…
(Photo: Getty Images) By Paul Eddison Australia have shown the depths to which a toxic culture can take a side but the other side of the coin is the positive…
(Photo: Getty Images) By Paul Eddison Sam Curran’s Netflix account has taken a pounding this summer as the 19-year-old has travelled half of the cricketing world. From New Zealand, back…
By Paul Edwards Spend more than five minutes chatting to Paul Nixon and you start to believe him. The optimism and the determination flow out and you begin to share…
By Paul Eddison Sam Hain’s List A average of over 60 is not just world class, it’s historic. The 22-year-old Warwickshire batsman averages 60.21 in the format after a successful…
By Paul Nixon It’s been great to see Jack Leach performing so well for the England Lions in the West Indies this winter. The spin department is one which has…
…Thorpe himself following an injection to kill the pain, to reach stumps unbeaten on 80, next morning Ramprakash slapped Nixon McLean through the covers and the roar of elation and…
…achieved the one-day double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets for England in fewer games than Andrew Flintoff, Ian Botham and Paul Collingwood – the three other cricketers in that…
…loss of Sam Northeast, captain Keaton Jennings and Sam Curran for just one run. Paul then claimed the wickets of Paul Coughlin and later in the innings Richard Gleeson to…
By Paul Eddison Reece Topley is clear – do not lump him in the same bracket as Adil Rashid and Alex Hales. Where Rashid and Hales are trailblazers in abandoning…
(Photo: Getty Images/AllSport) By Paul Nixon As the county season draws ever nearer, the preparations get more and more thorough. But it’s not just about getting the first team ready…
(Photo: Getty Images) By Paul Edwards In the 16 seasons from 2002 to 2017, Warwickshire won two County Championships and four limited-overs trophies. They spent just one of those seasons…
By Paul Edwards Daryl Mitchell made his debut for Worcestershire in 2005. In his 13 seasons as a first-team cricketer he has enjoyed five promotions and suffered four relegations. Unlike…
…in the IPL auction (photo: Paul Kane / Getty Images) Ten years on from Gough’s retirement, his Test skipper Mike Atherton recently summed up his appeal to those who played…
…Strikers head coach Jason Gillespie shows Michael Neser some love after the franchise won the Big Bash League last Sunday (Photo: Paul Kane/Getty Images) “Everyone is just really excited and…
By Paul Edwards Jennings, Stoneman, Borthwick, Richardson, Stokes, Collingwood, Pringle, Coughlin, Wood, Rushworth, Onions. Anyone wondering about the impact of the last two years’ events on Durham’s cricket could do…
…will officially begin work with the county at the end of the month, although he is keen to get cracking on helping Paul Nixon’s Leicestershire revolution. “It will be a…
By Paul Nixon If the talk about the ECB looking to change the County Championship from two divisions to three conferences is correct, then it can only be a good…
(Photo: Getty Images) By Paul Edwards About three years ago the Lancashire coach Glen Chapple and England fast bowler James Anderson were putting one of their county’s young batsmen to…
…direction at the top of the table from Paul Downton, were simply toothless. That’s not really a slight intended for Moores or Downton, but their objectives just weren’t clear. When…
By Paul Edwards “It’s always the same with the Poms. They lose to Australia and then stick Botham’s Ashes in the video to take their minds off it.” It was…
…are working for and making them as good as possible in the future.” It is thought Paul Farbrace, Bayliss’ assistant, will also leave at the end of the 2019 summer…