All posts tagged "Championship"
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ECB Premier Leagues
/ 2 years agoBrentwood quick out of the blocks in Essex
BRENTWOOD ARE three from three in the Essex League so far this summer after a dominant start thanks to top order...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoSimon Harmer leads Essex victory charge against Kent at Canterbury
Essex moved just two points behind Vitality County Championship Division One leaders Surrey after crushing Kent at Canterbury. Kent were skittled...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoYorkshire still winless, Leicestershire dig deep
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIV 2 RESULTS Sussex 150 (Hill 4-22) and 227 (Alsop 86) beat Yorkshire 195 (Root 67, Hunt 4-64) and...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoBedingham and Stokes sink Somerset in two days
By Thomas Ridley May 24, Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Somerset 171 (Pretorius 53, Banton 36, Stokes 4-54, Raine 3-41, Siddle 3-27) &...
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Featured
/ 2 years agoFocus on the fans
By RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler How red-ball cricket can survive if attention is paid to those who are still paying...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoAndrew Radd – 40 not out
By Jeremy Blackmore For 40 years Andrew Radd has been the reassuring voice of Northamptonshire Cricket for the BBC and a...
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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoFinding a second home
ANNIE CHAVE At the end of the 2020 season when, after 15 years playing and coaching on the county circuit, Australian...
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IPL
/ 2 years agoSunrisers to face Knight Riders in IPL showdown
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the IPL final this afternoon (Sunday 26) after coming out victorious...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoSomerset and Essex win to keep in touch with County Championship leaders Surrey
Somerset and Essex both kept in touch with Vitality County Championship Division One leaders Surrey after claiming victories during the latest...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoBen’s back to test himself
STOKES’ CHAMPS RETURN By Matt Thacker Ben Stokes is playing his first Championship game for almost exactly two years, for Durham...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoWins for Glamorgan and Gloucs but Sussex stay top
Good import: Cameron Bancroft scored a fifty and a hundred for Gloucestershire PICTURE: Alamy Career best: Andy Gorvin took 5-40 for...
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Ben Gardner
/ 2 years agoLancs losses in sharp relief against Surrey’s success
BEN GARDNER "We need two extra points.” Head coach Gareth Batty, speaking at the end of Surrey’s latest dismantling of a...
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ECB Premier Leagues
/ 2 years agoEarly upsets in Surrey Championship
The Surrey Championship got underway with two of last year’s top three starting their 2024 campaigns with a loss. Last year’s...
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News
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Cricket Paper: 19/05/24
In the week after England’s greatest ever bowler announced his retirement from test cricket, Mark Butcher pays tribute to Jimmy Anderson...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoLeach named in Somerset squad as England spinner continues comeback
Jack Leach makes his return to the Somerset squad this week, almost four months after leaving England’s Test tour of India...
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Test
/ 2 years agoStone keen on England recall as he looks to put injuries behind him
Olly Stone’s Test ambitions remain undimmed by injury setbacks and the fast bowler is optimistic he can force his way back...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoSurrey secure big win over Warwickshire to go 21 points clear
Surrey took just 39 minutes on the fourth morning to complete an impressive nine-wicket victory over Warwickshire at the Kia Oval...
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Features
/ 2 years agoBravo to Emilio Gay, inspiring the next generation
Jeremy Blackmore on a cricketer with a unique background who is hoping to use his profile to help others Northamptonshire batter...
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Katya Witney
/ 2 years agoThe unsolvable problem
KATYA WITNEY Katya Witney, staff writer @wisdencricket, on the packed cricketing schedule Being a professional cricketer is a dream for so...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoReady, willing and Abell
Richard Edwards on the Somerset captain’s return to the ranks County Captaincy can take its toll. So it’s little wonder Tom...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoWins for Somerset and Kent but Essex stay top
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIV 1 RESULTS Kent 261 (Evison 71*) and 166-3 (Bell-Drummond 79*) beat Lancashire 92 (Gilchrist 6-24, Agar 4-35) and...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoThe long goodbye?
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler As you might expect from one of the world’s most literate sports, county cricket has been...
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Annie Chave
/ 2 years agoPlaying the long game
ANNIE CHAVE Will Jacks flew to a 41-ball century for the Royal Challengers Bangaluru in the IPL. Johnny Bairstow’s Punjab Kings...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoKeeping sane on the country merry-go-round
DARREN STEVENS There will be those who will have rolled their eyes after the PCA released a statement voicing the players’...
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Minor Counties
/ 2 years agoHargrave blasts century for Shropshire
By Paul Bolton GEORGE HARGRAVE wrote another chapter in Shropshire’s record books with a spectacular century that clinched their place in...
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