All posts tagged "sport"
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County Championships
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 months agoSign-up today and receive your
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Ben Gardner
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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...
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Columnists
/ 9 months agoMark Butcher: The Hundred in holding pattern as identity questions loom
The fifth edition of The Hundred is underway and this feels very much like a holding year. Several of the new...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 9 months agoMichael Eden: Hawks fest bring opportunity to Hampshire youngsters
Hampshire Cricket Board recently hosted an annual cricket festival, designed to bring young people of the county into the game. On...
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Columnists
/ 9 months agoRichard Clarke: Evolution not revolution – What cricket can learn from baseball
For a sport that cherishes its history with such devotion, it seems surprising that there is no official commemoration on the...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoAmazing Grace is talk of the town
By Tawhid Qureshi Another maximum: Grace Harris has showcased her immense power for London Spirit PICTURE: ECB Images GRACE HARRIS, the...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoWindies legends want greater ICC shareout
WEST INDIES men won their first ODI series in Pakistan for 34 years, Jayden Seales bagging 6-18 in the series decider...
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England News
/ 9 months agoRace for the Ashes: Chris Woakes determined to make Tour Down Under
England's Chris Woakes, who heroically came out to bat last Monday with a seriously injured shoulder, has said that rehab "could...
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