All posts tagged "cricket"
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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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England News
/ 2 years agoEngland looking for positives against Pakistan
Jos Buttler’s side host Pakistan for four T20Is as Windies World Cup trip looms England will face Pakistan four times in...
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IPL
/ 2 years agoJacks of all trades
By Richard Edwards Some players don’t take long to leave an imprint on their coach. Quite literally. Neil Stewart, a man...
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England News
/ 2 years agoJimmy Anderson – the turning point
By Richard Edwards A win against a fairly middling New Zealand side at Wellington in March 2008 might not feel like...
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England News
/ 2 years agoJimmy in numbers
Here are a few of the numbers confirming Anderson as one of cricket’s true greats: 187 – Test matches, second to...
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Mark Butcher
/ 2 years agoAnderson’s retirement in England’s best interests
MARK BUTCHER It was a brave call from the England management to signal the end of Jimmy Anderson’s career. It was...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoVintage Roach and sparkling Smith see Surrey clear at the top
Quality: Kemar Roach took a fantastic six-for for Surrey PICTURE: Alamy SURREY V WARWICKSHIRE AT THE OVAL Surrey took just 39...
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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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County Championships
/ 2 years agoLeach’s return caps great day for Somerset
By Richard Latham DAY ONE AGGRESSIVE CENTURIES from Tom Banton and James Rew helped Somerset pile up 440 for seven after...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 2 years agoUmeed at peace in second stint
By Sam Dalling Andy Umeed laughs warmly. Then, in his smooth, Scottish accent, says, “I mean, you say ‘shake the tag’...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 2 years agoBuilding a Spitfire
By Jeremy Blackmore Kent's new Director of Cricket Simon Cook has developed a fresh, bold approach to bring success to Canterbury,...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoStoneman century puts Middlesex in control
By Peter Miller Fast and nasty: Tom Helm’s aggression decimated the Glamorgan innings PICTURE: Alamy DAY ONE MIDDLESEX TOOK charge of...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoGlos break their all-time record as Foxes flounder
By Richard Rae DAY ONE A RECORD-BREAKING opening partnership between Cameron Bancroft and Ben Charlesworth saw Gloucestershire dominate the opening day...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 2 years agoSeales keen to come back for more
By Richard Edwards Jayden Seales is hoping to reignite his international career with the West Indies this summer. But not until...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoTime for transfer talk to get real
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler In the next week or so, the county cricket rumour mill will start to turn. On...
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A Cricket Life
/ 2 years agoA Cricket Life with Mike Hussey
A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week the run machine-turned-commentator on a life spent...
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Club Cricket
/ 2 years agoFaith in the future
Tim Beard reports from the Eman Cup finals at Lord’s last Sunday The Eman Cup is a national tournament for 8-11...
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Club
/ 2 years agoWindsor deal to benefit local children
Windsor Cricket Club (WCC) has announced a new sponsorship deal with CFL, Heathrow’s only on-site express courier. The two-year deal is...
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ECB Premier Leagues
/ 2 years agoWindies star Blackwood to play for Heyside
Heyside Cricket Club, who play in the second tier of the Greater Manchester Premier League, have signed West Indies and Jamaica...
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Club
/ 2 years agoFamily affair for South Woodham & Burnham
It was a real dads and lads match at South Woodham & Burnham Cricket Club in Essex as four father and...
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International News
/ 2 years agoIreland players receive pay rises
NEWS IN BRIEF IRELAND’S PLAYERS are set to sign new central contracts and have secured a pay raise after Cricket Ireland...
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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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England Women
/ 2 years agoSciver-Brunt reveals she missed T20 to undergo egg-freezing treatment
Nat Sciver-Brunt has revealed she missed England’s T20 match against Pakistan on May 11 to undergo egg-freezing treatment. Sciver-Brunt, 31, who...
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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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