All posts tagged "Northants"
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/ 8 months agoBopara boundary blitz sees Steelbacks shock Surrey
By Ben Kosky September 3 , The Kia Oval, Kennington Northants Steelbacks 154-4 (Bopara 105*, Robinson 20, Clark 3-13, Jordan 1-22)...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoMark Butcher: Can a revamp reignite the T20 Blast?
As The Hundred draws to a close, attention returns to the Men’s T20 Blast next week, with the first of the...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoDarren Stevens: Reset to Blast – T20 quarters loom at last
Last spotted in mid-July, the T20 Blast returns next week with four quarter-finals between Wednesday and Saturday. I’m happy to say...
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/ 8 months agoArchie Vaughan hits maiden one-day ton
By Richard Latham August 26, County Ground, Taunton Northants Steelbacks 238 Somerset 240-2 Somerset won by 8 wickets (DLS Method) Toss:...
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/ 9 months agoDawkins, Evison drive Kent to win
By Jeremy Blackmore August 21, Northampton Northants Steelbacks 243 Kent Spitfires 247-3 Kent Spitfires won by 7 wickets Toss: Northants Steelbacks...
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County Championships
/ 9 months agoTearing it up: Sussex star Charlie Tear shows a different gear
Charlie Tear was a man in a hurry on Sunday as he tore into the Northamptonshire bowling to smash 159 off...
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/ 9 months agoBOPARA: “ONE DAY I WANT TO COACH ENGLAND”
The great stylist opens up to Phil Walker about Northants, his England career, and his coaching ambitions Ravi Bopara is enjoying...
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/ 9 months agoSteelbacks post first win as Durham falter
By Graham Hardcastle August 15, Chester-le-Street Northants Steelbacks 321-8Durham 171 Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by 150 runs Toss: Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the...
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/ 9 months agoImam break records as Tykes tonk Steelbacks
By Jeremy Blackmore August 8, County Ground, Northampton Yorkshire 374-5 Northants Steelbacks 172 Yorkshire won by 202 runs Toss: Yorkshire won...
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County Championships
/ 9 months agoMiddlesex crush Northants with three centurions
By Jon Batham DAY ONE MIDDLESEX’S MAX Holden plundered an unbeaten century as he and New Zealand star Kane Williamson piled...
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Ben Gardner
/ 9 months agoBen Gardner: Less is more? Counties have their say on 2026 schedule
The battle lines are being drawn, the media releases readied, the statements disseminated. County cricket’s civil war is here and it’s…...
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoDarren Stevens: Umpires must crack the whip – but we love a bit of needle
Just before tea on that extraordinary final day at Lord’s, in the midst of an astonishing rearguard innings that nearly pulled...
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/ 10 months agoLees, Clark lead Durham to a home quarter-final
By Thomas Ridley July 19, Chester-le-Street Northants Steelbacks 203-5 Durham 204-1 Durham won by 9 wickets Toss: Northants Steelbacks won the...
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/ 10 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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/ 10 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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/ 10 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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/ 10 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
/ 10 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
/ 10 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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/ 11 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
/ 11 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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Latest News
/ 11 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
/ 11 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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/ 11 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
/ 11 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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