All posts tagged "Leicestershire"
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County Championships
/ 2 weeks agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Somerset
Somerset celebrated its 150th anniversary as a county club in 2025, and did so with an outstanding season. To finish third...
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County Championships
/ 2 weeks agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Leicestershire
Last season was Leicestershire’s best for at least a decade. After years of struggle, particularly in the red-ball game, Alfonso Thomas...
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County Championships
/ 2 weeks agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division One – Glamorgan
Promotion last season represented a huge success for Glamorgan, who had endured a lean couple of decades in the County Championship....
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County Championships
/ 2 weeks agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division Two – Middlesex
Last year was a season of disappointment for Middlesex, a failure to push for promotion and the usual T20 struggles, although...
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County Championships
/ 2 weeks agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division Two – Lancashire
The season can be split into two parts really, the first half of the season made for pretty grim viewing at...
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County Championships
/ 2 weeks agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division Two – Gloucestershire
After the highs of the previous September, there was always going to be the question of how to reset for 2025....
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County Championships
/ 2 weeks agoCounty by County 2026 Season Preview – Division Two – Northamptonshire
Although results in two of the three competitions – excepting the T20 Blast – were disappointing in 2025, the season did...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoFixtures 2026
Here we go: Championship cricket returns in early April REGULAR WEEKLY EDITION RETURNS FROM EASTER SUNDAY, 5 APRIL FRIDAY APRIL 3...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 2 months agoAll-rounder Francesca Sweet signs two-year deal with Hampshire
All-rounder Francesca Sweet has signed a two-year contract with Hampshire following a successful trial period with the club.
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Ashes
/ 5 months agoMatthew Hoggard on the 2025–26 Ashes: ‘England’s run rate could be Australia’s biggest headache’
Former England fast bowler Matthew Hoggard MBE believes England’s fearless approach under Ben Stokes could be the key to unsettling Australia...
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County Championships
/ 6 months agoCounty by County 2025 season review – Worcestershire
Worcestershire finished bottom of the Division One table. The bowling attack stuck to the task well throughout the season, but the...
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County Championships
/ 6 months agoCounty by County 2025 season review – Leicestershire
Outstanding in the County Championship Division Two. Winning five out of the first eight matches, including four in a row, all...
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County Championships
/ 6 months agoCounty by County 2025 season review – Glamorgan
An excellent season to earn promotion, made all the sweeter by the recovery from a dreadful start to a 10-match unbeaten...
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County Championships
/ 6 months agoCounty by County 2025 season review – Middlesex
Middlesex will be massively frustrated, but with the resources available to them that they did not mount to a better promotion...
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County Championships
/ 6 months agoCounty by County 2025 season review – Northamptonshire
Second-from-bottom in Division Two – with, for the fourth season running, just two victories – was clearly a disappointment for Northamptonshire.
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County Championships
/ 6 months agoCounty by County 2025 season review – Kent
A fantastic start that promised a fight for promotion, descended into a devastating injury list and poor form as Kent ended...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoTHE RISE OF THE UNDERDOG
Phil Walker sees the little guys come out on top Leicestershire and Glamorgan will play first-division cricket next year after they...
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County Championships
/ 6 months agoAndy Hurry keeps humble as Somerset hit the heights
Somerset are taking nothing for granted in white-ball cricket, despite winning a third T20 title on Finals Day last month.
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoRichard Clarke: It’s The Grumbler’s 2025 County Awards!
Well, ladies and gentlemen, here we are again. While self-praise is no praise, we like to think the Grumbler’s End of...
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County Championships
/ 6 months agoFoxes finish with a bang as Steelbacks stumble
By Jeremy Blackmore September 24-27, County Ground, Northampton Leicestershire 429 (Eskinazi 155, Tattersall 47, Broad 3-83, Scrimshaw 3-104) & 260-5 dec...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoDawson’s no-frills formula turns doubters into believers
By Jeff Thomas Having been unexpectedly crowned One-Day Cup champions at a sodden Trent Bridge last September, there was an air...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoNational treasure Dickie Bird passes away
One of cricket’s best known and most-respected umpires, Harold “Dickie” Bird died last week at the age of 92. He officiated...
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Ashes
/ 6 months agoAshes squad announcement: Key talking points from Ben Stokes’ touring party
England have revealed their 16-man squad that will head Down Under this winter, hoping to put an end to the long-suffering...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 6 months agoRespected all over world – Graham Gooch leads tributes to Dickie Bird
Former England captain Graham Gooch led the tributes to Dickie Bird while remembering with a smile the time he hit the...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 6 months agoDickie Bird: The loveable Yorkshireman who defined the art of umpiring
Dickie Bird achieved only moderate success in his first cricketing career, but from the moment he traded his bat for an...
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