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Mark Butcher: Ben Stokes uncertainty creates England dilemma
As England prepared for the first match of their three-Test series in Pakistan, they were faced with a familiar conundrum.
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Featured
/ 6 months agoLOOSE-TONGUED HARRY RECEIVES LESSON IN LEADERSHIP
ARK BUTCHER It’s been an eventful week for Harry Brook, who came under fire for his comments after England’s defeat to...
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Featured
/ 6 months agoSUNRISERS ON THE UP AS SUN SETS ON RHFT
katya witney Regional cricket bowed out last weekend with the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. While the game went...
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/ 6 months agoA DAMP SQUIB, BUT END OF REGIONAL ERA FEELS PREMATURE
DARREN STEVENS It was a funny old way to bring down the curtain on women’s regional cricket. Saturday at Grace Road,...
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/ 6 months agoHANDING OUT THE GONGS
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler Tap. Tap. Can you hear me at the back? Thumbs up? Super. Good evening, ladies and...
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Featured
/ 6 months agoA CHAMPION OF A SEASON
BECAUSE... COUNTY CRICKET MATTERS ANNIE CHAVE In the ECB laboratory, the domestic game is laid bare, its schedule trailing across the...
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Features
/ 6 months agoACE announces the first professional rookie contracts
This month the African-Caribbean Engagement programme [ACE] took another giant leap forward in their extraordinary story with the announcement of rookie...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoMark Butcher: Glib Harry Brook receives lesson in leadership
It has been an eventful week for Harry Brook, who came under fire for his comments after England’s defeat to Australia...
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Club Cricket
/ 6 months agoKatya Witney: Sunrisers win Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy send-off
Regional women's cricket bowed out last weekend with the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, won by Sunrisers.
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Club Cricket
/ 6 months agoDarren Stevens: Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy ends regional era
It was a funny old way to bring down the curtain on women’s regional cricket on Saturday at Grace Road in...
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Featured
/ 6 months agoTriple tons build big Essex lead
By Martin Smith After a rain-dominated first two days in which Essex reached 116 for 1, Essex batters Dean Elgar, Tom...
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Featured
/ 6 months agoHANDING OUT THE GONGS
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumblerr Tears of joy: Gloucestershire president Syd Lawrence gets his hands on the Blast trophy PICTURES: Alamy...
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Annie Chave
/ 6 months agoAnnie Chave: County Championship season one to remember
In the ECB laboratory, the domestic game is laid bare, its schedule trailing across the table as technicians busily fiddle with...
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Features
/ 6 months agoACE announces the first professional rookie okie contracts
Blazing a trail: ACE graduate Amy Wheeler has secured a deal with The Blaze This month the African-Caribbean Engagement programme [ACE]...
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Big Interview
/ 6 months agoINTERVIEW: South Africa legend Allan Donald on cricket and life
The former South African fast bowler and original ‘White Lightning’ reflects on the defining moments of his extraordinary career.
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Club Cricket
/ 6 months agoMark Butcher: Gloucestershire show T20 Blast retains magic
Gloucestershire went into Finals Day as the rank outsiders but delivered a stunning performance to win their first T20 trophy.
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Ben Gardner
/ 6 months agoBen Gardner: Sussex’s solid season points to a bright future
For Sussex, at the start of this year, simply not ending the season in crisis would have marked a form of...
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Club Cricket
/ 6 months agoPirates win Disability Premier League after unbeaten campaign
Pirates won their first Disability Premier League (DPL) title at Sophia Gardens last weekend, completing a dominant unbeaten season.
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Club Cricket
/ 6 months agoDarren Stevens: Gloucestershire deserving T20 Blast champions
After Gloucestershire’s heroics a week ago, I can’t hide my pleasure at seeing a smaller county triumph on domestic cricket’s biggest...
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Big Interview
/ 6 months agoINTERVIEW: England great Dennis Amiss on cricket’s evolution
The former England opener, Warwickshire chief executive and deputy chairman of the ECB reflects on his career in the game.
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Club Cricket
/ 6 months agoRichard Clarke: Luke Fletcher, Joe Leach a dying breed
There was a time when Luke Fletcher’s preparation for a cricket match consisted of two paracetamols plus a double sausage and...
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Club Cricket
/ 7 months agoGloucestershire defeat Somerset at Edgbaston to win T20 Blast
Gloucestershire ripped up the scripts and form-books to write their own joyous story on a day of high drama and deep...
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Club Cricket
/ 7 months agoRichard Clarke: T20 Blast finals day is magical, unique
It is 10am on September 4, 1993 and I am shouting at cricket fans as they shuffle into Lord’s. To a...
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Club Cricket
/ 7 months agoKatya Witney: Women’s cricket at crossroads ahead of restructuring
September is weird. Cricket season desperately tries to extend the summer warmth, entering its sixth month as nights start to creep...
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Derek Pringle
/ 7 months agoBowlers need the art of surprise to fight back
By Derek Pringle It was Ricky Ponting who spotted it on commentary and only then after a battery of replays. But...
