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NOW ALL EYES ARE BACK ON BANCROFT

23 May 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavalette What’s occuring? Umpires Nigel Llong and Richard Illingworth confront Cameron Bancroft during the Sandpaper-gate scandal, which left Australia captain Steve Smith […]

SUPPORTERS HAVE A VOICE WITH CSA

23 May 2021 0 comments

THE GRUMBLER Probing the right areas of the county game Bridging the gap: Listening to the views of the fans […]

NONSENSE TO REST WOAKES

23 May 2021 0 comments

PRINGLE’S VIEWPOINT Specialist: Resting the likes of Chris Woakes, again, gives fringe players such as Gloucestersire’s James Bracey PICTURES: Getty […]

‘ILFORD 2NDS’ GOT SHIRTY WITH GATTS

23 May 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle World class: Richard Hadlee was a brilliant bowler but an ill-advised remark about some of his New Zealand […]

BEWARE! KIWIS HAVE A GIANT GEM IN JAMIESON

23 May 2021 0 comments

ADAM COLLINS Broadcaster of the Year 2020 @collinsadam Warning shot: New Zealand’s giant fast bowler Kyle Jamieson has burst onto […]

AS BUTCH SAID… ‘ON TO A NEW FRONTIER’

16 May 2021 0 comments

THE GRUMBLER Probing the right areas of the county game THE final scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid […]

COUNTY TITLE IS UP FOR GRABS!

16 May 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Just over halfway through the first stage of the County Championship and some curious results have emerged […]

NO TURTLES OR ELVISES…? NO CONTEST!

4 October 2020 0 comments

THE GRUMBLER A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler I had not seen a more disinterested performance since Kevin Pietersen […]

MARKETEERS HAVE MISSED A FINAL TRICK

27 September 2020 0 comments

THE GRUMBLER A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler One of the major moans of County Championship devotees is that […]

TOM COULD BE LEFT LIKE THE BLACK KNIGHT

20 September 2020 0 comments

The Grumbler A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler The demise of the Black Knight is one of the most […]

TIM SHRUGS OFF SPIN OF MURTAUGH

6 September 2020 0 comments

The Grumbler A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler In an era of outrageous claims, fact-checking and fake news, this […]

BY GEORGE! YOU’LL MAKE MUM PROUD

30 August 2020 0 comments

The Grumbler A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler By his own admission, George McMenemy bowls “rustic right-arm over” and […]

BRING BACK THE FA CUP OF CRICKET!

23 August 2020 0 comments

THE GRUMBLER A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler The governors of county cricket are often accused of inaction but […]

LET’S GO WITH THE FLOW OF THE STREAM

16 August 2020 0 comments

THE TRUMBLER A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler Although most of my week was spent at Chelmsford watching Simon […]

FEAR IS LIVE CRICKET MAY BE OFF MENU

9 August 2020 0 comments

A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARK THE GRUMBLER Have you “eaten out to help out” yet? The scheme led by […]

ONE MAN AND HIS DOG STAY LOYAL

2 August 2020 0 comments

The Grumbler A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler Finally, county cricket is back. Hopefully this version is not the […]

JASON, IT’S TIME TO FOLLOW TIGER’S EXAMPLE

26 April 2019 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle No fear! Jason Roy has always been one to play on the front foot PICTURE: Getty Images […]

Columnists

NOW ALL EYES ARE BACK ON BANCROFT

SUPPORTERS HAVE A VOICE WITH CSA

NONSENSE TO REST WOAKES

‘ILFORD 2NDS’ GOT SHIRTY WITH GATTS

BEWARE! KIWIS HAVE A GIANT GEM IN JAMIESON

AS BUTCH SAID… ‘ON TO A NEW FRONTIER’

COUNTY TITLE IS UP FOR GRABS!

NO TURTLES OR ELVISES…? NO CONTEST!

MARKETEERS HAVE MISSED A FINAL TRICK

TOM COULD BE LEFT LIKE THE BLACK KNIGHT

TIM SHRUGS OFF SPIN OF MURTAUGH

BY GEORGE! YOU’LL MAKE MUM PROUD

BRING BACK THE FA CUP OF CRICKET!

LET’S GO WITH THE FLOW OF THE STREAM

FEAR IS LIVE CRICKET MAY BE OFF MENU

ONE MAN AND HIS DOG STAY LOYAL

JASON, IT’S TIME TO FOLLOW TIGER’S EXAMPLE

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