All posts tagged "County Cricket"
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Haves and have nots in county ground pageant
I have managed, through the admittedly devious process of bribing a Lord’s cleaning lady to secrete a microphone in the handle...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPaul Nixon column – I’d love to go for the hat-trick with Tallawahs and build up my coaching CV
What a couple of weeks it’s been! Caribbean Premier League winners for the second time then a wonderful family holiday in...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – I’m missing fast show but Agnew and Lloyd won’t be…
There is no finer sight in cricket than a genuinely fast bowler in full cry, mixing up the 100mph inswinging toe-crushers...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGraves is facing a mutiny in the shires over his plans for T20 city franchises
Richard Edwards talks to a selection of county members about where they see the future of domestic cricket and what needs...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoDerek Pringle column – English game needs to give spin a chance
The recent heat wave should have had spinners all over England loosening their fingers. Even a few days of 90-degree weather...
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International News
/ 10 years agoEngland selectors raise a few eyebrows with Ballance selection
England have recently announced their squad to face Pakistan in the first test match of the series against Lord’s on the...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoMartin Johnson column – Try Yeovil as there’d never be a ‘murder’ at Lord’s!
Some cricket grounds have more of an aura about them than others, and when a friend phoned the other day to...
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International News
/ 10 years agoGillespie stays on but suitors will still circle
YORKSHIRE coach Jason Gillespie ended all speculation, for now at least, by confirming that he will not be leaving Headingley to...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPaul Nixon column – Thank God… it’s not like Nineties anymore
It wasn’t just in the international set-up that there were ups and downs in the 1990s. The Nineties era was almost...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoDerek Pringle column – North v South… It’s not so cut and dry for me
It is difficult to know whether the North v South one-day series stated for next March is an innovation, a throwback,...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoDurham’s plight a cautionary tale…
Derek Pringle suggests that the county’s request to be bailed out is symptomatic of deeper problems that face the game as...
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International News
/ 10 years agoIreland’s growth has been superb but next step awaits
Tim Wigmore looks at how Ireland are trying to change the face of the game in order for growth in the...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoDerek Pringle column – Beefy and his Brexit call can change cricket
The uncertainty over Brexit is not limited to big business and little Englanders. Much of the country’s sport could be radically...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Cricket – Alan Wells
I can still vividly remember Curtly Ambrose running in at me on my Test debut – and I distinctly remember thinking...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPaul Nixon column – Tykes can make it a triple but Bears are prowling
So here we go again! The County Championship season is finally upon us and for all the global and saturated Test...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoSpecsavers named as new County Championship sponsor
SPECSAVERS will sponsor the County Championship for the next four seasons after agreeing a deal with the ECB. The competition had...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoDerek Pringle column – When the panic sets in there is nowhere to hide…
By Derek Pringle It only takes ten balls to dismiss a cricket team yet we still profess shock and bewilderment when...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Surrey – County Champions 2002
By Neil Fissler Ali Brown admits that the tragic death of Ben Hollioake made him more determined than ever to win...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoIan Bell named new captain of Warwickshire
IAN Bell will take over as Warwickshire captain after Varun Chopra stood down from the role. Chopra had been skipper since...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoBowlers intimidate… but can batsmen?
Garfield Robinson looks at cricket’s fear factor, whether from fast bowlers or dashing strokeplayers Fast bowlers have always sought to intimidate...
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International News
/ 10 years agoMy life in cricket – Jacques Du Toit
It was the England women’s captain, Charlotte Edwards, who pointed me in the direction of Leicestershire. I was playing cricket for...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoDomestic and international cricket crowds in England increase
Crowds at English domestic and international cricket matches are at their highest level since the ECB was formed. Supporters at all...
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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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