Columnists

This is where you will find all The Cricket Paper’s Columnists content and opinion.

The hare and the tortoise

2 June 2024 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler If Jerry Springer was still on the telly, my relationship with the County Championship would […]

Buttler’s England have firepower to win again

26 May 2024 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England have just two more T20 matches against Pakistan, following Saturday’s pipe-opener at Edgbaston, before they mount […]

World Cup offers welcome break from franchise diet

26 May 2024 0 comments

MARK BUTCHER With the ICC holding global tournaments every year for the foreseeable future, it doesn’t leave long for the […]

Focus on the fans

26 May 2024 0 comments

By RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler How red-ball cricket can survive if attention is paid to those who are still […]

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, […]

Waters muddied as ECB changes rules for Yorkshire

26 May 2024 0 comments

KATYA WITNEY After the latest development to Project Darwin, it’s hardly surprising if those following it are struggling to keep […]

Slaughtered seamers need not despair

26 May 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS The T20 World Cup begins next Saturday hard on the heels of the Indian Premier League in which […]

Anderson’s retirement in England’s best interests

19 May 2024 0 comments

MARK BUTCHER It was a brave call from the England management to signal the end of Jimmy Anderson’s career. It […]

Lancs losses in sharp relief against Surrey’s success

19 May 2024 0 comments

BEN GARDNER “We need two extra points.” Head coach Gareth Batty, speaking at the end of Surrey’s latest dismantling of […]

Time for transfer talk to get real

19 May 2024 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler In the next week or so, the county cricket rumour mill will start to turn. […]

The unsolvable problem

12 May 2024 0 comments

KATYA WITNEY Katya Witney, staff writer @wisdencricket, on the packed cricketing schedule Being a professional cricketer is a dream for […]

The long goodbye?

12 May 2024 0 comments

Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler As you might expect from one of the world’s most literate sports, county cricket has […]

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 […]

Keeping sane on the country merry-go-round

12 May 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS There will be those who will have rolled their eyes after the PCA released a statement voicing the […]

Archer brings venom to England’s World Cup bid

5 May 2024 0 comments

MARK BUTCHER The headline news from England’s T20 World Cup squad was Jofra Archer’s return and, fingers crossed, if he […]

Backing the bat in the balancing act of T20

5 May 2024 0 comments

BEN GARDNER A major fascination of international T20 cricket is its necessary get-what-you’re-given nature. While franchise teams don’t all follow […]