Darren Stevens

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

Penny for your thoughts, coach

13 August 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS A few years ago, Paul Downton, Kent’s director of cricket, told me that my playing days were up […]

He was just a scrawny kid, but you knew he was something special

6 August 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS It was always going to finish with Stuart Broad. Those cricketing gods… There I was thinking I’d had […]

Where stars are born (and swansongs sung!)

30 July 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS The return of the One-Day Cup this week stirs some happy memories from last year. Having previously lost […]

From Hinckley home to Headingley haven

23 July 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS What luck I’ve had to have played at so many different cricket grounds all over the UK and […]

Pick your best keeper – and that means Foakes

16 July 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS Back when I was a teenager playing for Hinckley Town CC in the early 1990s, I had an […]

For a county cricketer, nothing beats Finals Day

9 July 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS When I played for Leicestershire in the first-ever T20 Finals Day in 2003, few of us knew what […]

What is going on at Leicestershire?

2 July 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS I’m a Leicester lover, it’s my home town and the place where I played for the first eight […]

Bob helped set me free, now he’s on the Bazball trail

25 June 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS My first thought when I heard that Rob Key had been appointed managing director of the England men’s […]

No disrespect to Kookaburra, but I’m a dukes man!

18 June 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS While our very own Dukes cricket ball takes centre stage in the Ashes over the next few weeks, […]

Playing a waiting game

12 June 2023 0 comments

The girls play exclusively white-ball cricket at domestic level, but it’s great to see that the longer format will be […]

The time has come to bring in the red ball

11 June 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS For the past 18 months, I’ve had a coaching role with South East Stars, one of the eight […]

My all-time blast XI (Please forgive me, Azhar!)

4 June 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS The Cricket Paper asked me to pick my all-time XI for English domestic cricket and it’s been a […]

Hats off to my old roommate Jimmy!

28 May 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS What another extraordinary achievement by Jimmy Anderson: 20 years as a fast bowler in Test cricket. Back in […]

Red or white, it’s easy – Just watch the ball

23 May 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS It’s good that the T20 Blast is played out in one block now, with just a handful of […]

RED OR WHITE, IT’S EASY – JUST WATCH THE BALL

21 May 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS It’s good that the T20 Blast is played out in one block now, with just a handful of […]

Why are we giving smith a free net?

14 May 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS So, Steve Smith has arrived on these shores to play three County Championship matches for Sussex. Or, to […]