All posts tagged "sport"
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoScratching beneath the surface: Damien Fleming’s guide to all five Ashes venues
Damien Fleming, the former Australian Test seamer who will be covering the forthcoming series as a commentator for the Seven Network...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoAshes 2021/22 analysis: England suffer under Covid regulations
Adam Hopkins sums up England’s most recent and perhaps most difficult Ashes tour. Lone hand: Jonny Bairstow made England’s only hundred...
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Adam Collins
/ 3 weeks agoAdam Collins: Why do Aussies hate Bazball?
A confession: I am an Australian who doesn’t have a pathological hatred of the current England team. I’m not exactly enthralled...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoWhen an English prospect came to Prospect
By Richard Edwards JOE ROOT may be the England batter that Australia fear above all others, but the former England captain...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoCricket welcomes its fourth format – Test Twenty
Today, cricket enters a new era as visionary sports entrepreneur Gaurav Bahirvani, and legends of the game, unveiled Test Twenty.
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoDickie Bird remembered as ‘best umpire in world’ at emotional Yorkshire farewell
Sir Geoffrey Boycott gave a touching eulogy at the funeral of Dickie Bird, praising his fellow Yorkshireman as “the best umpire...
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County Championships
/ 2 months agoCounty by County 2025 season review – Leicestershire
Outstanding in the County Championship Division Two. Winning five out of the first eight matches, including four in a row, all...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoDarren Stevens: The season’s over but the show must go on
The lot of a professional domestic cricketer is crazy: he plays way too much cricket between April and September, then far...
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Features
/ 2 months agoOne month left for state schools to enter Knight-Stokes Cup
Applications for state secondary schools to enter the new competition will close on October 31 The Knight-Stokes Cup, launched by MCC...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoLauren Winfield-Hill: Kate Cross faces uncertain future as Lancashire rise but England career fades
Kate Cross gave a pretty frank account of losing her central contract this week, and I can attest from personal experience...
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International News
/ 2 months agoICC suspends USA Cricket
A Media release from the ICC on Tuesday announced “the suspension of ICC membership status of USA Cricket, with immediate effect.”
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Ashes
/ 2 months agoEngland’s Joe Root hopes a European Ryder Cup success can provide Ashes inspiration
Joe Root is hoping to take inspiration from this weekend’s Ryder Cup, with both Team Europe and England’s Ashes squad looking...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 2 months agoCricket legend Harold ‘Dickie’ Bird dies aged 92
The world of cricket is mourning the loss of one of its most cherished figures, Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird OBE, who...
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Ashes
/ 3 months agoSir Geoffrey Boycott warns England not to believe their own hype ahead of Ashes
Sir Geoffrey Boycott has warned England not to believe their own hype ahead of this winter’s Ashes, suggesting they do not...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoMark Butcher: Proteas ODI defeat showed best and worst of Harry Brook’s England
England’s rollercoaster ODI series against South Africa summed up where they currently are as a side.
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England News
/ 3 months agoPhil Salt shakes up the world for England in 2nd T20I against South Africa
It’s true that even some very fine T20 cricket matches fail to leave a mark on the memory. They come, they...
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Features
/ 3 months agoCountry’s second all-weather cricket dome opens, boosting access for state school children
The country’s second all-weather cricket dome has officially opened in Darwen, Lancashire. This state-of-the-art facility marks another important step in the...
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Features
/ 3 months agoLOST TREASURES
MAHADEVA SATHASIVAM Rob Smyth profiles a Sri Lankan batting maestro who captained three national teams and spent time in a Colombo...
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Latest News
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Ben Gardner
/ 3 months agoBen Gardner: Adam Zampa’s flight turns a spotlight on cricket’s eco-unfriendliness
The very best spinners won’t just test you off the pitch, they’ll beat you in the flight, and when it comes...
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Features
/ 3 months agoTHE SHANGHAI LIFE: CLUB CRICKET IN CHINA
The Cricket Paper editor Adam Hopkins casts his mind back to his time playing cricket in China “Xià yí zhàn: Shìjì...
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Features
/ 3 months agoCRICKET DOMES TO BRING YEAR-ROUND SPORT TO COMMUNITIES
Cricket-loving communities in Luton and Lancashire will soon get to play all year round, after the Government today announced funding for...
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Cricket Paper News
/ 3 months agoKey dates for the 2025-26 Ashes
The Ashes might be one of the smallest prizes in world sport, but it means a heck of a lot to...
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Features
/ 3 months agoDurham Cricket Foundation initiative supports female coaches
The county’s foundation recently held a free coaching course to support more women to take their first steps into coaching, writes...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoTHE CHOICE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
The veteran Derbyshire strokemaker on leaving behind the sport he loved to pursue a career as a professional cricketer. Interview by...
County Championships
County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
County Championships
Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
