All posts tagged "Somerset"
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/ 10 years agoYasir Arafat moves back to Somerset on loan
YASIR Arafat has returned to Somerset having signed a season-long loan from Hampshire as a non-overseas player. Arafat, 34, has a...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Northamptonshire – 2000 Division Two County Champions
By Neil Fissler Darren Cousins admits that it was a dream come true helping Northamptonshire win the first ever Second Division...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Durham – 1992 County Championship debutants
By Neil Fissler David Graveney might have been born in Bristol and played the vast majority of his cricket in the...
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/ 10 years agoChris Gayle joins Somerset for t20 Blast
CONTROVERSIAL West Indian Chris Gayle will be back at Taunton this summer after agreeing a deal to play in the T20...
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/ 10 years agoMarcus Trescothick steps down as Somerset skipper
CHRIS Rogers will lead Somerset in this summer’s County Championship after Marcus Trescothick stepped down from the role. Trescothick, 40, lead...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoBowlers intimidate… but can batsmen?
Garfield Robinson looks at cricket’s fear factor, whether from fast bowlers or dashing strokeplayers Fast bowlers have always sought to intimidate...
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News
/ 10 years agoHosts named for Women’s Super League
GLOUCESTERSHIRE will team up with Somerset as a host for the inaugural Women’s Cricket Super League this summer. The two counties,...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Lincolnshire – 1974 Gillette Cup giant-killers
By Neil Fissler Martin Maslin admits that Lincolnshire just wanted to avoid embarrassing themselves when they were drawn away to Glamorgan...
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/ 10 years agoYorkshire groundsman picks up top award
YORKSHIRE have picked up another County Championship accolade as groundsman Andy Fogarty was awarded the main prize at the Groundsman of...
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/ 10 years agoCounty Championship Division One fixtures
Sunday April 10 – April 13 Durham v Somerset, Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Hampshire v Warwickshire, The Rose Bowl, Southampton Nottinghamshire v...
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/ 10 years agoCounty cricket – The gulf between haves and have-nots is widening
Tim Wigmore says the competitive balance between the counties is eroding… It did not take long for Gloucestershire’s warm afterglow at...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Yorkshire – Sunday league winners 1983
By Neil Fissler Raymond Illingworth had a long history in the game of winning trophies, but nobody had expected that the...
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/ 10 years agoCounty Championship Division One – Team of the Year
The Cricket Paper’s experts offer their team of the season from Division One
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Leicestershire – NatWest Trophy finalists 1992
By Neil Fissler Justin Benson admits that he won’t ever forget Leicestershire’s first Lord’s final for seven years – but for...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoDream Team – Tom Cooper
The Somerset batsman picks the best XI he has played with and against...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoDream Team – Sarah Taylor
The England Women’s wicketkeeper picks the best XI she has played with and against in her career. Charlotte Edwards – England...
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Club Cricket
/ 11 years agoMorrant Young Gun: Sam Weller, Oxford MCCU and Kent seamer
Between devising a plan to dismiss Kevin Pietersen and sharing a pre-Ashes drink with Mitchell Johnson, Sam Weller has packed a...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Leicestershire – County Champions 1996
By Neil Fissler Leicestershire were the rank outsiders to win the County Championship in 1996 with bookmakers offering them at odds...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Yorkshire – Gillette Cup winners 1969
By Neil Fissler John Hampshire admits that he did not know it at the time but Yorkshire’s second Gillette Cup win...
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International News
/ 11 years agoInside this week’s TCP
When Mickey Arthur was sacked 16 days before the start of the 2013 Ashes series in England, few would have predicted...
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/ 11 years agoFearless Sophia is ‘England cert’
By Luke Baker As England’s new male generation continue to impress against New Zealand, Middlesex women’s captain Izzy Westbury believes her...
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/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Northamptonshire – NatWest Trophy winners 1992
By Neil Fissler Northants might have only won the Gillette Cup in 1976 and Benson & Hedges Cup in 1980 but...
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/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Glamorgan – 1993 AXA Equity & Law League winners
By Neil Fissler Tony Cottey wrote himself into Glamorgan history when he hooked Kent’s Duncan Spencer to fine leg to hand...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Somerset – 1979 Gillette Cup and Sunday League double
By Neil Fissler Brian Rose admits that Somerset were determined not to repeat their mistakes of 12 months earlier as they...
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/ 11 years agoMy Life in Cricket – Ant Botha
I was bowling a bit of spin in the nets as a youngster at Natal when Graham Ford mentioned I should...
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