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Annie Chave: Cold weather, warm embrace! County cricket returns

It’s safe to say that it was a decidedly uncomfortable lead-in to the much-anticipated County Championship this season.

Lauren Winfield-Hill: Home is where the heart lies

It’s been a long winter, but after six months in Australia and a brief trip to South Africa for pre-season, it was so good to be back at...

Katya Witney: A testing summer ahead for women’s domestic cricket

This time last year, counties were navigating their new homes alongside men’s sides at the same grounds, looking apprehensively at schedules which would see them play more cricket...

Cricket returning is the chance for county supporters to get back together

Richard Clarke: The start of summer! Get ready for a spectacular season of county red-ball cricket

The start of every county season is a process of reacquaintance. There are familiar friends and foes, customs and traditions, sights and smells.

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Ashley Giles

Worcestershire County Cricket Club forms partnership with leading mindset development team

In what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind approach in elite sport, Worcestershire County Cricket Club (CCC) has begun to embed mindset development throughout its entire organisation.

The Kia Oval welcomed 5,000 fans on Friday

County Championship revival: Why traditional cricket still matters in 2026

The start of the County Championship has been a lot of fun, with the timelessness, the reassuring solidity, the enduring battle of bat against ball in springtime, finding...

Matt Critchley polished off Hampshire having already hit a daddy hundred for Essex

County Championship: Matt Critchley makes an early statement with inaugural Player of the Round award

Matt Critchley was fastest out of the blocks in the earliest ever start to a County Championship season, scooping the inaugural Player of the Round award – as...

NEWS IN BRIEF

INDIA’S WUNDERKIND Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has so far made 52, 31, 39 and 78 for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, meaning he is the Orange Cap leader, his 200...

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Ashley Giles

Worcestershire County Cricket Club forms partnership with leading mindset development team

In what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind approach in elite sport, Worcestershire County Cricket Club (CCC) has begun to embed mindset development throughout its entire organisation.

The Kia Oval welcomed 5,000 fans on Friday

County Championship revival: Why traditional cricket still matters in 2026

The start of the County Championship has been a lot of fun, with the timelessness, the reassuring solidity, the enduring battle of bat against ball in springtime, finding...

Matt Critchley polished off Hampshire having already hit a daddy hundred for Essex

County Championship: Matt Critchley makes an early statement with inaugural Player of the Round award

Matt Critchley was fastest out of the blocks in the earliest ever start to a County Championship season, scooping the inaugural Player of the Round award – as...

Former England international Ravi Bopara’s innings comes to an end

At some point during our chat in the back garden of a Hertfordshire coffeehouse, most likely just after his account of his recent hundred for England Legends, it...

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James Rew is tipped to have a big summer

England watch: Jamie Smith and James Rew hit the ground running in the County Championship

The return of the County Championship bears significance in its own right but once again conversations around the relationship between the domestic circuit and the international setup are...

England bowler Matthew Potts in action

England’s Matthew Potts targets ‘being a workhorse that doesn’t miss’ after Ashes misery

England bowler Matthew Potts is ready to go back to his roots as a ‘workhorse’ after his Ashes disappointment in Sydney, admitting: “the cold, hard facts were I...

Sir James Anderson feels England remain in good position to claim Ashes revenge

Sir James Anderson believes England remain well-placed to claim Ashes revenge despite a dismal display Down Under.

Nottinghamshire’s Haseeb Hameed sees ‘whole picture’ and eyes an England return

Haseeb Hameed feels in a “better space” than when he last represented England as he attempts to reignite his international ambitions in the early weeks of the Rothesay...

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Cricket analysis: All you need to know ahead of IPL 2026

For many cricket fans, the start of April signals only one thing - the return of the English domestic season. But as ever, a white-ball franchise competition is...

England Nets and Press Conference – The Gabba – Wednesday December 3rd

England back Brendon McCullum despite Ashes defeat as ECB rejects ‘football-style’ sackings

The England and Wales Cricket Board has defended its decision to back the leadership team that oversaw this winter’s Ashes surrender, insisting the future of Brendon McCullum and...

India players celebrating

T20 World Cup: India make history by thrashing New Zealand to retain trophy

India made history as the first men’s team to win back-to-back T20 World Cups with a dominant 96-run victory over New Zealand in Ahmedabad.

India celebrate Jos Buttler’s dismissal in the T20 World Cup semi-final

T20 World Cup: India and New Zealand power their way into final showdown

Co-hosts India will look to become the first nation to successfully defend their title when they take on New Zealand in the final of the Men’s T20 World...

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