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Annie Chave
/ 12 months agoTiers for Fears – everybody wants to rule the game
ANNIE CHAVE NEW COLUMNIST! Tier 1, tier 2, tier 3. New cricketing terms inserted into the domestic calendar and a much-needed...
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Mark Butcher
/ 12 months agoCook proves he has the ingredients for test cricket
Mark Butcher The decision to use the Kookaburra ball, as opposed to the Dukes, for the opening two rounds of the...
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County Championships
/ 12 months agoGrounds for concern
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler My local non-league football club were eyeing promotion before the winter flooding. But between Boxing Day...
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County Championships
/ 12 months agoLong live the battle of the bridge, and rip deadly
DARREN STEVENS It was great to see my old team Kent hold out for a draw in the Battle of the...
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Ben Gardner
/ 12 months agoWhen points and pointlessness combine
BEN GARDNERR NEW COLUMNIST! So was that basically all meaningless then? A fortnight that may as well not have happened? We’ve...
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Mark Butcher
/ 12 months agoStokes withdrawal paves way for England’s young guns
MARK BUTCHER NEW COLUMNIST! Ben Stokes’ decision to opt out of England’s T20 World Cup defence came as no great surprise...
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Annie Chave
/ 12 months agoLuddite’s lament
ANNIE CHAVE Our new columnist says that for the good of the game, it’s time to end the civil war It’s...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 12 months agoOf county and country
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler For many Essex fans, Stuart Turner remains something of a folk hero. Yes, Graham Gooch bullied...
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Darren Stevens
/ 12 months agoWhite pitches, red Kookaburras and rain: A perfect storm for the new season
DARREN STEVENS It wasn’t quite a case of bursting out the blocks, was it? Two of the Championship’s opening nine matches...
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Katya Witney
/ 12 months agoThe end of beginning
KATYA WITNEY The staff writer @wisdencricket, on where women’s cricket finds itself Women’s regional cricket in England is entering its final...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoWinners one and all…and an alternative set of County awards
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Grumbler’s first annual county cricket awards gala dinner. It is...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoOver and out!
DARREN STEVENS Rob Key, my old Kent captain and a great mate, has been on at me about retiring for a...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoTradition runs deep amid power disparity
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Surrey’s second County Championship in as many years has meant the last seven seasons have been much like...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoThe 50-over game is in better nick than ever
DARREN STEVENS Last Saturday at Edgbaston I was flicking from one 50-over game to another, the match going on in front...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoTim can look back on a spell-binding career
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle All eras end eventually and so it is with the Age of Tim Murtagh at Middlesex, after the...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoIt’s an Indian summer for the Championship
It’s been a difficult season for Northamptonshire languishing at the wrong end of the table in the first division of the...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoLet us not go down the football route
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler The relationship between modern sport and morality has become increasingly strained in the past few decades....
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoAll bases covered for Indian mission
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Cricket is not just a game where 11 players pit their skills and wits against 11 others, but...
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ICC Cricket World Cup
/ 2 years agoAll-rounders like Liam could be so key in India
View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN The period leading into a World Cup is a boon for armchair selectors...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoDurham good guys doing the business
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler There are very few things in cricket upon which almost everyone agrees. Fence-sitting is out of...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years ago2022 and all that
DARREN STEVENS It’s hard to believe it’s already that time of year again – the county one-day final. Is it really...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoLike dad, Josh shows value of versatility
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Just like the A-level student who has to settle for their second or third choices of university, there...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoSri Lanka give a glimpse of a very different future
View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN It’s been a marvellous summer for women’s cricket in England, with a hugely...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoAn Olympic return is such a game-changer
Richard Clarke Every four years, without fail, I take up an interest in a new sport. Despite never being the most...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoAfter a taste of Ten10 Texan style, I’m hooked
DARREN STEVENS Exactly one week ago, I walked out to bat in the final of the US Masters T10 in Florida...
