All posts tagged "Leicestershire"
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/ 9 years agoCounty Archives – Nottinghamshire 1981
Rice’s relentless charges proved too strong for all-comers Paul Edwards casts his county net back 36 years to look at the...
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/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – You don’t need style to make runs, just ask Colly!
I was watching a clip from an oldTest match the other day and was mildly surprised, given that the Government’s Health...
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/ 9 years agoCounty Archives – Sussex 2003
Hove’s first Championship was 164 years in the making Respected cricket writer Paul Edwards goes back to the early days of...
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/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Gloves labours lost – Or a comedy of errors
The first cricket related Christmas present I ever got was a scorers’ book, although I’d only got through one pencil (mainly...
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/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Rousing speeches work but so does laughter
Chandika Hathurusingha is not given to tub thumping but his words to Bangladesh’s cricketers, as they stood poised between victory and...
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/ 9 years agoSadler leaves Derbyshire by mutual consent
(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Derbyshire have announced that Head Coach John Sadler has left the club by mutual consent....
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/ 9 years agoDream Team – James Taylor
Alastair Cook I think he is one of, if not the most, talented cricketers in the world right now. He’s a...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Derbyshire – Benson & Hedges Cup finalists 1978
By Neil Fissler Derbyshire shocked the country in reaching the Benson & Hedges Cup final but preparation for their big day...
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/ 9 years agoEssex lead way but Duckett catches eye
The Cricket Paper’s experts offer their team of the season from Division Two Essex earned the only promotion spot available in...
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/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Old game springs to life just as T20 moves in for kill
Scientists have made a couple of important discoveries in the past week, but exciting though it is to think that there...
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/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Work to be done for Essex to shake off yo-yo tag
The biggest challenge of promotion it seems, for those teams which manage it like my old county Essex, is adapting to...
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/ 10 years agoOutgrounds – Surrey
Tree-lined Guildford still able to deliver the festival fun for Surrey Dan Whiting’s journey through cricket’s more unlikely venues takes him...
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/ 10 years agoWelch named as Leicestershire assistant coach
Graeme Welch will work alongside new Leicestershire head coach Pierre de Bruyn after the former Derbyshire elite performance director was named...
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/ 10 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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/ 10 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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/ 10 years agoOutgrounds – Middlesex
Dan Whiting looks at the stories behind some of the venues that Middlesex have used over the years Middlesex might be...
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/ 10 years agoOutgrounds – Leicestershire
When Gower rescued Taylor from a battering by snarling Sylvester Dan Whiting unearths some intriguing tales from Leicestershire’s forays into the...
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/ 10 years agoRoderick out for six weeks
Gloucestershire Championship captain Gareth Roderick will miss up to six weeks of cricket after breaking his finger on Sunday. Wicket keeper...
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/ 10 years agoMark Wood added to England Lions squad
Mark Wood has been added to the England Lions squad for the Tri-Series against the A-teams of Sri Lanka and Pakistan....
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/ 10 years agoCosgrove to stay at Leicestershire until 2018
Leicestershire captain Mark Cosgrove will stay at the county until at least the end of the 2018 season after signing a...
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/ 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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/ 10 years agoPaul Nixon column – All counties need equal TV exposure
With the One-Day Cup and T20 Blast now in full flow, there is plenty of county action on our TV screens...
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/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Warwickshire – John Player Sunday League Champions 1980
By Neil Fissler Andy Lloyd remembers well Bob Willis’ first season in charge of Warwickshire as it brought about a change...
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/ 10 years agoNiall O’Brien set to be out until end of July
Leicestershire could be without wicketkeeper Niall O’Brien until the end of July with the Irishman suffering a calf muscle tear. O’Brien,...
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/ 10 years agoICP Young Gun – Michael Burgess
‘I was gutted to fall for 98 on county debut’ Scoring 98 against Sri Lanka on county debut is hardly the...
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