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The romance of an outground

16 July 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It has been suggested that outground cricket represents the county game on its holidays. When […]

Play up, play up and play the game

9 July 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE ‘AKA The Grumbler’ About 20 years ago, I played in the Barnet Sunday League for a football team […]

Will anything really change?

2 July 2023 0 comments

Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler The day after the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) released its report, they […]

If the Sugababes could see us now

18 June 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Perhaps it is the pace of the game, the financial incentives or just the inevitable […]

Offering a voice to the loyal faithfuls

11 June 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Organisations want to ‘frame their argument’, ‘develop their narrative’ or ‘manage their message’. Big decisions […]

Same old Surrey are always smiling

4 June 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE, AKA The Grumbler | The ‘Manchester City of cricket’ are a class act off the field too Last […]

Raising a glass to game’s true heroes

28 May 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE – AKA The Grumbler It is less than a week old yet the T20 Blast has already consumed […]

Don’t deny us the thrill of a chase

23 May 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It happened again last week. County cricket had the chance to create excitement, spectacle and, […]

Walking away the blues

14 May 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Unlike this August’s publication, not everything or everyone can return from a period away with […]

Ravi Bopara’s red-ball veto is a waste | The Grumbler

15 August 2021 0 comments

These days, Press releases rarely reveal actual news. Nine times out of ten, Twitter has forewarned us of anything truly […]

A diverse stance speaks volumes | The Grumbler

8 August 2021 0 comments

Earlier this week, John Digby Jones was so angry at presenter Alex Scott dropping her Gs when hosting the BBC’s […]

50-over games now feel flat | The Grumbler

25 July 2021 0 comments

The introduction of T20 has gone through a certain amount of revisionism in the past few months. But, trust me, […]

Change in English cricket has to be structured | Richard Clarke

18 July 2021 0 comments

Few people hate The Hundred more than myself. It is an ill-considered gamble created by marketers with pounds signs for […]

Alfrick offer us post-Covid hope | The Grumbler

20 June 2021 0 comments

The ‘London mates’ of the Alfrick CC fixture secretary describe his village as ‘Hobbiton’. Nestling on the edge of […]

FANS ARE HAVING FAR MORE TO SAY

6 June 2021 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler On the airwaves: Sky Sports commentator David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd has guested for the County Cricket Podcast […]

TIME TO SUPPORT ROB’S ONLINE GEM

30 May 2021 0 comments

THE GRUMBLER Probing the right areas of the county game Stats life: Shane Warne and Steve Waugh have both proved […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]