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Mark Butcher: Where do England turn in their search for a spinner?

It’s been a tough start to the county season for spinners. Calvin Harrison, the Notts leg-spinner on loan at Northants, took 11 in the match against Lancashire and...

Richard Clarke: Let’s not hear it for the County Championship

By Richard Clarke, AKA The Grumbler Far be it from me to disagree with heavy metal gods AC/ DC, but rock’n’roll may, in fact, be noise pollution. Certainly,...

Katya Witney: National Counties reap the rewards of new structure

Katya Witney on the third tier of the women’s game The culmination of a hectic year of immense change began this week, with the professional women’s county teams...

Lauren Winfield-Hill: Tier one round one throws up some intriguing storylines

Lauren Winfield-Hill has been doing some detective work Having England players available for the first round of the Tier One summer made an immense difference to the standard...

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Nat Sciver-Brunt named England captain in new era under Charlotte Edwards

Nat Sciver-Brunt has been appointed England captain, leading the side into a new era alongside head coach Charlotte Edwards. Sciver-Brunt was the instant favourite to pick up the...

Tongues wagging! Josh Tongue shines for Nottinghamshire

On another sun-filled round of county games, Josh Tongue was perhaps the standout performer, as Nottinghamshire continued their good start to the year as they bowled out Sussex,...

Fergus O’Neill makes waves in short, sharp stay at Nottinghamshire

By Ciaran McCarthy Beyond a short tour to England as a 15-year-old, Australian seamer Fergus O’Neill had never played on these shores before pulling on a Nottinghamshire shirt...

Wisden names Five Cricketers of the Year

By Matthew Slinn The 2025 edition of the Wisden Almanack has named its illustrious Five Cricketers of the Year, with the quintet all being England-qualified for the first...

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County Championship R4 Team of the Week – Bowlers on top in reduced round of games

By Dom Harris The fourth round of the Rothesay County Championship saw just five fixtures across both divisions, with batters struggling to maintain early season form. In Division...

Ben Duckett helps Division One leaders Nottinghamshire to victory over Sussex

Test opener Ben Duckett helped Nottinghamshire continue their strong start to the season, scoring an unbeaten half-century as they swept aside Sussex by nine wickets. Duckett, slotting in...

Two Good! Durham complete two-day County Championship win over Worcestershire

Durham completed a low-scoring County Championship win over Division One basement boys Worcestershire inside two days at New Road. Ben Raine took three wickets in his first two...

Tongues wagging! Josh Tongue shines for Nottinghamshire

On another sun-filled round of county games, Josh Tongue was perhaps the standout performer, as Nottinghamshire continued their good start to the year as they bowled out Sussex,...

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Dom Bess’s best leads to thoughts of England

By Guy Williams Full of confidence following his first Championship hundred (107 in 117 balls) in Yorkshire’s game against Worcestershire before the current clash at Chester-le-Street, Dom Bess...

The Pace Race: Good news for young pace bowlers in England

Amer Malik says there is good news for young quicks in England Rob Key, the managing director of England men’s cricket, has a clear message for the next...

Sam Cook rested by Essex ahead of possible England Test call-up

Sam Cook’s long wait for international recognition could be on the verge of ending after he was rested from Essex‘s latest Rothesay County Championship match at England’s request....

Harry Brook named captain as England expects

By Matt Thacker England have named Harry Brook as their new white-ball captain and the Yorkshire star has revealed that due to his new role, he will not...

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Steve Smith – from Sydney to Sevenoaks

Scott Oliver on the circuitous route by which Steve Smith came to be playing club cricket in Kent After reluctantly agreeing to take on first team skippering duties...

Fidel Edwards: The net that changed my life

Fidel Edwards recalls the training session with two West Indies legends that led to the start of his international career. Interview by James Wallace "My cousin answered the...

Windies Women fail to qualify for World Cup

The West Indies have failed to qualify for the Women’s World Cup for the first time in 25 years, missing out by an agonising 0.01 on net run-rate....

Jason Gillespie in financial dispute with PCB

Former Pakistan coach Jason Gillespie is engaged in a financial dispute with the Pakistan Cricket Board. The ex-Yorkshire and Sussex coach believes that he’s owed money, which includes...

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