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Wily old dog Steve still shining with new tricks

2 May 2017 0 comments

…bags of five wickets, and match figures of 10-70 against Worcestershire. “It was probably more from a mental side,” he says of the adjustment. “I didn’t adapt. I still went…

Alison Mitchell column – Women Test umpires? Why not, if they’re good enough

25 April 2017 0 comments

…two other women in officiating men’s County 2nd XI cricket for the ECB; 53-year-old Alison Smith, from Buckinghamshire, and 52-year-old Ingeborg Bevers, of Worcestershire (originally from the Netherlands). Redfern knows…

Derek Pringle column – Let’s hope Leach can thrive with his new action

19 April 2017 0 comments

…expectation from others is that he will not be as effective as before. Take Saeed Ajmal, whose deeds as an off-spinner for Pakistan and Worcestershire were legendary until the ICC…

Bunburys go global in first overseas trip

19 April 2017 0 comments

…Haynes, of Worcestershire, and included boys from up and down the country. Indeed, Haynes led from the front making 93 as the visiting side won the third encounter after going…

Simon Sweetman column – As Gayle nears another milestone, who’s interested?

19 April 2017 0 comments

…made 405 not out for Worcestershire v Somerset in 1988 – at Taunton – with the word being that neither Hick nor his captain, Phil Neale, realised that he was…

Peter Hayter column – How Gooch is fighting a poison at the heart of cricket

27 March 2017 0 comments

…helpline for those in the game who fear their habit has taken too strong a hold. At New Road on Wednesday, Worcestershire’s players listened wide-eyed and, on occasion, open-mouthed to…

Where are they now? Shropshire – 1973 Minor Counties champions

7 March 2017 0 comments

…bowlers win matches, and he also scored a lot of runs for us,” says York. “He came in from Worcestershire, taking over from Tony Mann as our pro, and started…

County Archives – Essex 1979

28 February 2017 0 comments

…with the assertion of an undoubted dominance which Essex’s opponents at Scarborough probably appreciated. Fletcher’s team won 13 of their 21 games in 1979; runners-up Worcestershire managed seven victories and…

Hameed ruled out of MCC fixture

23 February 2017 0 comments

…Sam Northeast (Kent, captain), Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire, England), Joe Clarke (Worcestershire), Ben Cox (Worcestershire), Lewis Gregory (Somerset), Matt Coles (Kent), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire, England), Mason Crane (Hampshire), Jack Leach (Somerset)…

Former England batsman Richardson passes away

17 February 2017 0 comments

…career with Worcestershire before going on to play for Kent and England, scored 2061 runs for his country at an average of 37.47 across 34 Test matches. The left-hander made…

Finn replaces injured Willey for West Indies tour

15 February 2017 0 comments

…ranking. The touring side are 5th in the World Rankings, while West Indies are 9th. England ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jake Ball…

County Archives – Gloucestershire 2000

14 February 2017 0 comments

…Alleyne’s team became one of the few in the history of cricket to win a knockout competition after losing a match. Their three-wicket defeat to Worcestershire in June had seemed…

England leave Hales out of ODI squad for West Indies tour

27 January 2017 0 comments

…England ODI Squad: Moeen Ali (Worcestershire) Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire) Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire) Sam Billings (Kent) Jos Buttler (Lancashire) Liam Dawson (Hampshire) Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) Captain Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire) Adil Rashid…

Sales is my selection as the best to never earn England Test call-up

10 January 2017 0 comments

…shout out the name of former captain David Sales during these conversations. In 1996 and at the age of 18 he announced himself with a double hundred against Worcestershire, becoming…

Derek Pringle column – Lose outgrounds and we start to lose touch

6 December 2016 0 comments

…the 1989 Championship, Worcestershire pipping us by six points. The punishment was scarcely deserved as there had been other pitches, home and away that season, which had been tougher to…

Famous Cricket Players from the United Kingdom

16 November 2016 0 comments

…Sparkhill. He played as the left- handed opening batsman and right- arm off spin bowler for Warwickshire until 2006. He has now moved to Worcestershire. Ali played his first professional…

Where are they now? Derbyshire – Benson & Hedges Cup finalists 1978

12 October 2016 1 comment

…the final they lost their first Sunday League match of the season against Worcestershire and were then knocked out of the Gillette Cup by Middlesex. Derbyshire had never previously survived…

Essex lead way but Duckett catches eye

5 October 2016 1 comment

…his arm over every now and again. His highest score of the season, and what turned out to be a career-best of 254 came as Essex thumped Worcestershire this month…

Outgrounds – Somerset

13 September 2016 0 comments

…wicket wasn’t always so generous to batsmen, though, as in 1965 Worcestershire were submerged for a mere 42. However, the cost of a festival at Bath and Weston outweighed any…

Graves is facing a mutiny in the shires over his plans for T20 city franchises

16 August 2016 1 comment

…perhaps uniquely qualified to comment on the dilemma facing some of England’s most historic sporting institutions. Worcestershire, one of the four counties that Viner holds membership for, were founded in…

Dawson included in England ODI squad

16 August 2016 0 comments

…Middlesex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy…

England U19 add two to squad

5 August 2016 0 comments

…Worcestershire seamer Josh Tongue, who is injured, and Tom Moores, the Nottinghamshire wicketkeeper-batsman who is currently gaining senior experience in all formats of the game in a loan spell at…

Derek Pringle column – Why Amir & Co must get into reverse gear again

2 August 2016 0 comments

…that contained two spinners. Which could turn Pakistan’s current game against Worcestershire a Test trial in all but name. This piece originally featured in The Cricket Paper, Friday July 29…

Mark Wood added to England Lions squad

12 July 2016 0 comments

…squad.” England Lions squad for Tri-Series, July 18-25 Dawid Malan (Middlesex, captain), Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent), Ben Duckett (Northants), Joe Clarke (Worcestershire), Brett D’Oliveira (Worcestershire), Sam Billings (Kent, wk), Liam Livingstone…

Buttler suffers fractured thumb while playing for Lancashire

12 July 2016 0 comments

…Lancashire in their T20 Blast clash with Worcestershire. Lancashire play Derbyshire in the same competition on Wednesday where Buttler may play as a batsman but Alex Davies will step in…

Search Results for "worcestershire"

Wily old dog Steve still shining with new tricks

Alison Mitchell column – Women Test umpires? Why not, if they’re good enough

Derek Pringle column – Let’s hope Leach can thrive with his new action

Bunburys go global in first overseas trip

Simon Sweetman column – As Gayle nears another milestone, who’s interested?

Peter Hayter column – How Gooch is fighting a poison at the heart of cricket

Where are they now? Shropshire – 1973 Minor Counties champions

County Archives – Essex 1979

Hameed ruled out of MCC fixture

Former England batsman Richardson passes away

Finn replaces injured Willey for West Indies tour

County Archives – Gloucestershire 2000

England leave Hales out of ODI squad for West Indies tour

Sales is my selection as the best to never earn England Test call-up

Derek Pringle column – Lose outgrounds and we start to lose touch

Famous Cricket Players from the United Kingdom

Where are they now? Derbyshire – Benson & Hedges Cup finalists 1978

Essex lead way but Duckett catches eye

Outgrounds – Somerset

Graves is facing a mutiny in the shires over his plans for T20 city franchises

Dawson included in England ODI squad

England U19 add two to squad

Derek Pringle column – Why Amir & Co must get into reverse gear again

Mark Wood added to England Lions squad

Buttler suffers fractured thumb while playing for Lancashire

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