Is 18 first-class counties too many? 28 April 2024 0 comments MARK BUTCHER The 18 first-class county model we have in this country is unique, and one of its main benefits […]
Dukes ball returns but runs continue to flow in Division One 28 April 2024 0 comments Mammoth: Joe Clarke and Will Young shared a record stand for Nottinghamshire PICTURE: Alamy WORCESTERSHIRE V DURHAM AT KIDDERMINSTER Tipped […]
Clark and Burns turn the screw 28 April 2024 0 comments By Mark Baldwin April 26-29, The Kia Oval, London Hampshire 151 (Gubbins 45, Fuller 39, Clark 3-29, Atkinson 3-40, Worrall […]
Tiers for Fears – everybody wants to rule the game 28 April 2024 0 comments ANNIE CHAVE NEW COLUMNIST! Tier 1, tier 2, tier 3. New cricketing terms inserted into the domestic calendar and a […]
Fixtures 28 April 2024 0 comments MONDAY APRIL 29 County Championship Division One Durham v Essex (Chester-le-Street, Day 4 of 4, 11am) Surrey v Hampshire (The […]
Durham chief insists issues with the ECB are in the past 23 April 2024 0 comments Chief executive Tim Bostock says Durham being given a tier one women’s team is the “most visible way” the England […]
Defending champions Surrey ease past Kent at Canterbury 22 April 2024 0 comments Defending champions Surrey recorded their first win of the Vitality County Championship season as they knocked over Kent by an […]
Barking up the wrong tree 21 April 2024 0 comments Bowler slams Key ball plan By Richard Edwards “What do I think? I think he’s wrong – 100%,” says Keith […]
ECB reveals women’s teams 21 April 2024 0 comments Yorkshire, Middlesex, Kent, Glamorgan snubbed as eight counties announced As part of a considerable restructuring of domestic cricket, the ECB […]
Runs galore as rain and Kookaburra have the last laugh 21 April 2024 0 comments SURREY V SOMERSET AT THE OVAL All nine of the second round’s County Championship fixtures ended in a draw, only […]
Hampshire resolute in reply to Bears run feast 21 April 2024 0 comments By Alex Smith April 19-22, Utilita Bowl, Southampton Warwickshire 455 (Davies 149, Rhodes 81, Dawson 5-146, Abbas 2-58) Hampshire 140-1 […]
Grounds for concern 21 April 2024 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler My local non-league football club were eyeing promotion before the winter flooding. But between Boxing […]
Fixtures 21 April 2024 0 comments MONDAY APRIL 22 County Championship Division One Kent v Surrey (Canterbury, Day 4 of 4, 11am) Worcestershire v Durham (Kidderminster, […]
Knight says counties’ frustrations hails ‘progress’ for women’s cricket 19 April 2024 0 comments England captain Heather Knight insists counties feeling upset by their failure to land a new ‘tier one’ women’s team represents […]
Yorkshire not in ECB’s new revamp of women’s professional game 18 April 2024 0 comments Yorkshire will have to wait until 2027 to take part in the England and Wales Cricket Board’s new ‘Tier 1’ […]
Joe and Jaydn Denly earn Kent draw with Essex 16 April 2024 0 comments An unbeaten 41 from 18-year-old Jaydn Denly in a solid sixth-wicket stand alongside his uncle Joe helped guide Kent to […]
Stokes withdrawal paves way for England’s young guns 14 April 2024 0 comments MARK BUTCHER NEW COLUMNIST! Ben Stokes’ decision to opt out of England’s T20 World Cup defence came as no great […]
Little chef serves up a treat but Essex sweat on points penalty 14 April 2024 0 comments ESSEX V NOTTS AT TRENT BRIDGE At the start of a new era, with head chef Sir Alastair Cook no […]
Hampshire build steadily as Lyon shows his class 14 April 2024 0 comments By Alex Smith April 12-15, Utilita Bowl, Southampton Hampshire 367 (Dawson 86, Prest 85, Lyon 3-110, Bailey 2-60, Williams 2-49, […]
Bears build monumental score as Durham suffer long day in the dirt 14 April 2024 0 comments By Brian Halford April 12-15, Edgbaston, Birmingham Warwickshire 698-3d (Davies 256, Yates 191, Rhodes 178*, Parkinson 2-206, ) Durham 174-3 […]
Northeast hits the heights 14 April 2024 0 comments By Richard Edwards “I guess there were times earlier in my career when I threw my wicket away and didn’t […]
A Cricket Life with Jonathan Agnew 14 April 2024 0 comments A regular feature charting the lives of the game’s stars, this week the TMS frontman – who will stand down […]
White pitches, red Kookaburras and rain: A perfect storm for the new season 14 April 2024 0 comments DARREN STEVENS It wasn’t quite a case of bursting out the blocks, was it? Two of the Championship’s opening nine […]
Fixtures 14 April 2024 0 comments MONDAY APRIL 15 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE Essex v Kent (Chelmsford, Day 4 of 4, 11am) Hampshire v Lancashire (Southampton, […]
Essex underline their title credentials with 254-run win 8 April 2024 0 comments Essex underlined their Vitality County Championship title credentials as seamer Sam Cook spearheaded a comprehensive 254-run win over Nottinghamshire. Cook […]