Annie Chave

This is where you will find all The Cricket Paper’s Annie Chave columns, opinion and content.

Annie Chave: County Championship season one to remember

29 September 2024 0 comments

In the ECB laboratory, the domestic game is laid bare, its schedule trailing across the table as technicians busily fiddle with the formats.

There’s Tea In Every Team – Because County Cricket Matters

15 September 2024 0 comments

By Annie Chave Recently, my cricket team played a friendly 20-over game. It was an absorbing contest that had me […]

Annie Chave column: Money talks but memberships matter

1 September 2024 0 comments

Apart from its rich legacy, and the historical importance of the games that are played in a fiercely competitive division structure, one of the main things that made me fall in love with county cricket was its altruistic aspect.

The lifeblood of cricket

18 August 2024 0 comments

Annie Chave argues for the One-Day Cup to become an FA Cup of cricket.

The colour of cricket

4 August 2024 0 comments

Annie Chave asks why the One Day Cup cannot be played with a red ball

Keep the red ball rolling

7 July 2024 0 comments

ANNIE CHAVE Annie Chave laments the loss of long days watching Championship cricket ball The ECB waited until the return […]

LIVESTREAMS A LIFELINE FOR COUNTY CRICKET FANS

23 June 2024 0 comments

ANNIE CHAVE Not camera shy: the livestreaming of games has been a boon for county fans PICTURE: Alamy From a […]

Supersize me – The rise and rise of the cult cricketer

9 June 2024 0 comments

ANNIE CHAVE As the ECB and the counties discuss financial terms for the privatisation of the Hundred in the England […]

Finding a second home

26 May 2024 0 comments

ANNIE CHAVE At the end of the 2020 season when, after 15 years playing and coaching on the county circuit, […]

Playing the long game

12 May 2024 0 comments

ANNIE CHAVE Will Jacks flew to a 41-ball century for the Royal Challengers Bangaluru in the IPL. Johnny Bairstow’s Punjab […]

Tiers for Fears – everybody wants to rule the game

28 April 2024 0 comments

ANNIE CHAVE NEW COLUMNIST! Tier 1, tier 2, tier 3. New cricketing terms inserted into the domestic calendar and a […]

Luddite’s lament

14 April 2024 0 comments

ANNIE CHAVE Our new columnist says that for the good of the game, it’s time to end the civil war […]

Annie Chave

Annie Chave: County Championship season one to remember

There’s Tea In Every Team – Because County Cricket Matters

Annie Chave column: Money talks but memberships matter

The lifeblood of cricket

The colour of cricket

Keep the red ball rolling

LIVESTREAMS A LIFELINE FOR COUNTY CRICKET FANS

Supersize me – The rise and rise of the cult cricketer

Finding a second home

Playing the long game

Tiers for Fears – everybody wants to rule the game

Luddite’s lament

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