All posts tagged "Northants"
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoPhil Walker: The making of Ben Duckett
In this extract from the upcoming Wisden Cricket Monthly, Ben Duckett tells Phil Walker how a shift in attitude got his...
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/ 5 months agoBatters dominate but it’s a breeze for Breetzke
By Jeremy Blackmore July 11, County Ground, Northampton Northants Steelbacks 237-4 Derbyshire Falcons 224-6 Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by 13 runs Toss:...
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/ 5 months agoLeaders slip up but chasing pack still distant
WHEN LEICESTERSHIRE and Derbyshire – the top two sides in the second division – entered the latest round of games they...
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/ 5 months agoSalt and Buttler slay Steelbacks
By Ben Kosky July 4, County Ground, Northampton Northants Steelbacks 177 Lancashire Lightning 181-5 Lancashire Lightning won by 5 wickets Toss:...
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoRichard Clarke: Let’s bin the Kookaburra experiment, and fast
The first principle of experimentation is that you must not fool yourself,” said the eminent scientist, Richard Feynman. “And you are...
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County Championships
/ 5 months agoEverything must go as Sales nails Northants chase
By Jeremy Blackmore June 22-25, County Ground, Northampton Middlesex 413 (Cracknell 112, Guthrie 7-94) & 332-8 dec (De Caires 87, Holden...
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/ 6 months agoMoores the merrier as Northants lose two in two
By Jeremy Blackmore June 20, County Ground, Northampton Nottinghamshire Outlaws 164-8Northants Steelbacks 140 Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 24 runs Toss: Nottinghamshire...
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County Championships
/ 6 months agoBig Ben Sanderson the toast of the Northants Steelbacks
Northamptonshire have clearly been the surprise package in this year’s T20 Blast, winning their first six games to top the North...
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/ 6 months agoOld boy Neesham ruins Northants party
By Jeremy Blackmore All-round excellent: Jimmy Neesham halted the Steelbacks’ charge PICTURE: Alamy JIMMY NEESHAM starred with bat and ball to...
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Ben Gardner
/ 6 months agoBen Gardner: Half full or half empty for the Vitality Blast?
Ben Gardner on why less could be more for Blast The contrast was depressing and impossible to ignore, and quickly pointed...
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/ 6 months agoTHE GREATEST XI
No.11 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Allan Lamb picks a team of his county’s outstanding players 1. DENNIS BROOKES (C) 492 matches (in first-class cricket...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 6 months agoT20 Blast analysis: Northants maintain 100% start; England’s Zak Crawley on form
The Vitality Blast is in full swing as the North and South group begin to take shape. Week two of the...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 6 months agoVitality Blast Roundup: Hasan Ali takes hat-trick and James Anderson also among wickets
Hasan Ali claimed a hat-trick – and six wickets in just 3.1 overs – as Birmingham Bears wrapped up a 58-run...
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/ 6 months agoSanderson’s stunning six stuns the Rapids
By Sam Rhymes June 6, Worcestershire New Road Northants Steelbacks 190-5Worcestershire Rapids 159 Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by 31 runs Toss: Northants...
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/ 6 months agoThe Foxes end Lancashire Lightning’s winning start
DERBYSHIRE V NORTHANTS AT DERBY • JUNE 4 A brilliant innings from Ravi Bopara took Northants Steelbacks to a third victory...
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/ 6 months agoFoxes flying, Jewell goes big at Derby
DERBYSHIRE V KENT AT DERBY Luis Reece led Derbyshire’s victory charge as they rolled over Kent before lunch on the final...
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/ 6 months agoWilley punishes old county in tight win
By Graham Hardcastle May 30, Headingley, Leeds Northants Steelbacks 237-4 Yorkshire 224-9 Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by 13 runs Toss: Yorkshire won...
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/ 6 months agoLeicestershire extend lead, Anderson returns
GLAMORGAN V NORTHANTS AT CARDIFF Glamorgan wrapped up a second consecutive three-day win to propel themselves up the table after an...
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County Championships
/ 6 months agoZaif’s personal best drives the Steelbacks forward
By Jeremy Blacklmore May 23-26, County Ground, Northampton Northamptonshire 469 (Zaib 159, Sales 81, Bailey 3-76, B Charlesworth 2-51) Gloucestershire 156-4...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoFoxes find their teeth
By Jeff Thomas IN 2022, Leicestershire endured a humiliating County Championship season, failing to record a single victory as they languished...
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Ben Gardner
/ 7 months agoBen Gardner: Winless Lancashire hit rock-bottom
Ben Gardner on the Red Rose’s recent red-ball struggles How did it come to this? Two seasons ago, Lancashire were comfortably...
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News
/ 7 months agoCurtly by name if not by nature
By Guy Williams HAVING TAKEN 16 wickets in Division One for Yorkshire at a highly respectable average of 17.56, opening bowler...
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/ 7 months agoGlamorgan crush Kent, Northants beat Lancs
KENT V GLAMORGAN AT CANTERBURY Glamorgan thrashed Kent by an innings and 161 runs at Canterbury to pick up their first...
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County Championships
/ 7 months agoGlamorgan go big to grind Steelbacks down
By Blake Bint May 16-19, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Northamptonshire 185 (Procter 61, Broad 24, Fernando 3-28, Gorvin 3-36) & 49-3 (Procter...
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News
/ 7 months agoBell-Drummond’s double goes in vain
THE DAY after experiencing a heart-breaking two-wicket loss to Middlesex at Lord’s in a memorable match which kept spectators gripped throughout,...
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