All posts tagged "Leicestershire"
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Columnists
/ 1 day agoMark Butcher: Searching for an Ashley Giles! Who is England’s spinner?
There are no easy answers when it comes to England’s spin conundrum as they consider their options for the first Test...
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County Championships
/ 1 day agoCounty Championship: Kiran Carlson’s double makes him Player of the Round
Glamorgan’s Kiran Carlson has been named the Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round after his maiden first-class double-ton helped Glamorgan...
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County Championships
/ 1 day agoCounty Championship review: Division One – Nottinghamshire still at the top, Surrey get first win
County Champions Nottinghamshire went eight points clear atop the Division One table after a 10-wicket win over last season’s Division Two...
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County Championships
/ 1 day agoClarke purple patch continues as Notts flex their muscles
By Jon Culley May 8-11, Trent Bridge, Nottingham Nottinghamshire 415 (Clarke 129, Haynes 82, Worrall 6-73, Abbott 3-84) Surrey 211-4 (Sibley...
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County Championships
/ 1 day agoHughes ton puts Sussex in the driving seat
By Paul Weaver May 8-11, County Ground, Hove Leicestershire 328 (Holland 63, B Green 50, Carson 4-40, Robinson 3-85) Sussex 386-8...
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ECB Premier Leagues
/ 1 day agoECB Premier Leagues round-up
IN BRADFORD, Pudsey St Lawrence took the spoils in the Pudsey derby after thrashing Pudsey Congs by 170 runs. There were...
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County Championships
/ 6 days agoKey talking points from Round Five of the County Championship
After the abundance of drawn contests in Division One last week, the latest action in the Rothesay County Championship produced a...
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Columnists
/ 1 week agoBen Raine: Mind the gap! The real differences between Division One and Two
There’s definitely a difference in standard between the two divisions, but it’s not necessarily about the individual players.
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County Championships
/ 1 week agoCounty Championship: Emilio Gay named Rothesay Player of the Round
“It was a great feeling,” says Emilio Gay after his match-winning hundred and record stand with David Bedingham against Lancashire saw...
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County Championships
/ 1 week agoStephen Eskinazi relishing fresh start with Leicestershire
Stephen Eskinazi has just returned from a run. The Cricket Paper jokes that the number of boundaries he has hit so...
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County Championships
/ 1 week agoCounty Championship review: Warwickshire go top and Durham beat Lancashire
Warwickshire are one point ahead of Somerset at the top of the County Championship Division One table after drawing with Nottinghamshire...
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County Championships
/ 1 week agoStone leads Notts’ charge after Slater piles on the runs
By Jon Culley May 1-4, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester Nottinghamshire 490 (Slater 178, Clarke 97, B Green 7-112, Scriven 2-61) Leicestershire...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoPremier League Cricket Roundup
BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT champions Smethwick kicked off their title defence with a crushing 222-run win over Shrewsbury. Isaac Mohammed, nephew of...
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International News
/ 1 week agoCricket Scotland award 20 national contracts for 2026-27 cycle
Cricket Scotland have handed out 20 national contracts for the 2026-27 cycle.
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County Championships
/ 2 weeks agoKey talking points from Round Four of the County Championship
The first month of the County Championship is already done and dusted and the 2026 season is beginning to take shape...
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County Championships
/ 2 weeks agoCounty Championship review: Division Two –James Anderson in the wickets as Lancashie lead the way
James Anderson’s Lancashire are out in front in Division Two of the County Championship with the England great himself sitting atop...
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County Championships
/ 2 weeks agoFoxes fight back after Glamorgan near misses
By Blake Bint April 24-27, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Glamorgan 440 (van der Gugten 99, Carlson 95, Holland 2-33, B Green 2-66)...
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County Championships
/ 2 weeks agoBean bites back after Simpson’s stunner
By Graham Hardcastle April 24-27, Headingley, Leeds Sussex 502 (Simpson 136, Price 93, White 4-60, Hill 3-86) Yorkshire 192-1 (Bean 102*,...
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County Championships
/ 2 weeks agoInside The Mind: Michael Carberry
The former England and Hampshire opener talks to Jo Harman-McGowan about overcoming two serious health scares, his belated chance at Test...
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County Championships
/ 3 weeks agoCounty Championship analysis: Division One – Somerset top, Sussex shake off deduction
Adam Hopkins takes a look at where things stand in Division One of the County Championship after the opening two rounds.
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoRichard Clarke: Stories can be told in many different ways
Richard Clarke on a comically brilliant start to the season...
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County Championships
/ 4 weeks agoThe key talking points from Round Two of the County Championship
The second round of the County Championship season produced another week of absorbing action, with seven positive results across the two...
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County Championships
/ 4 weeks agoCounty Championship revival: Why traditional cricket still matters in 2026
The start of the County Championship has been a lot of fun, with the timelessness, the reassuring solidity, the enduring battle...
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Annie Chave
/ 4 weeks agoAnnie Chave: Cold weather, warm embrace! County cricket returns
It’s safe to say that it was a decidedly uncomfortable lead-in to the much-anticipated County Championship this season.
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County Championships
/ 4 weeks agoFormer England international Ravi Bopara’s innings comes to an end
At some point during our chat in the back garden of a Hertfordshire coffeehouse, most likely just after his account of...

