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IRELAND CAN TAKE A LEAD FROM NEW ZEALAND

23 March 2018 0 comments

ISABELLE WESTBURY ECB BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR It hasn’t been a bad fortnight to be Irish. Results at the Cheltenham […]

COLLAPSES LIKE THIS HAPPEN, IT IS NO TIME TO PANIC!

23 March 2018 0 comments

PAUL NIXON Express pace: Chris Lewis rolled us over at Leicestershire while playing for Surrey – it happens in top-level […]

FINAL OVER

23 March 2018 0 comments

SOPHIE ECCLESTONE Lancashire and England left-arm spinner THE LAST Bat you bought/used? I use Kookaburras as I’m sponsored by them, […]

WARM WEATHER HAS WORKED FOR US

23 March 2018 0 comments

THERE’S been a lot of talk on the back pages of the newspapers these last few days on the benefits […]

HOW LEACH BECAME NEW ACTION HERO

23 March 2018 0 comments

Chris Stocks speaks to England new boy Jack Leach about his hopes for pinning down a regular international place Chris […]

ALL GREAT DOUBLE ACTS HAD A MEAN STREAK!

23 March 2018 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON English cricket has a long association with celebrated double acts – Hobbs and Sutcliffe, Boycott and Edrich, Duckworth […]

Yes, I took 8-1 but my Dad has bragging rights with his ten-for

23 March 2018 0 comments

YOUNG GUN GEORGE GARRETT Warwickshire seamer George Garrett can remember the exact moment he realised he might have something a […]

Planet Cricket: Kiwi model worth its weight in gold

22 March 2018 0 comments

By Tim Wigmore A few years ago, it was faddish in UK politics to obsess over the Swedish model. Politicians […]

Westbury column: How T20 reflects lure of private sector

22 March 2018 0 comments

By Isabelle Westbury When David Storey, arguably the greatest novelist to have played professional sport (granted a narrow genre), wrote […]

Leicestershire head coach Paul Nixon ready to mould the 21st century Foxes

22 March 2018 0 comments

By Paul Edwards Spend more than five minutes chatting to Paul Nixon and you start to believe him. The optimism […]

Johnson column: Marshall and co dished out a 5-1 thumping….and that was just the number of skippers

22 March 2018 0 comments

By Martin Johnson It’s not unknown for a team to change captains in the course of a five-Test series, but […]

Joe Root says Ben Stokes can’t risk another demerit point

21 March 2018 0 comments

The first Test between New Zealand and England gets underway on Thursday

Pringle column: Are steady attendance rates at England Tests pushing prices towards a fault line?

21 March 2018 0 comments

England invariably sell out home Tests, but is there a breaking point when it comes to prices?

I’m happy for Trent Boult and Tim Southee to take the limelight, says Wagner

20 March 2018 0 comments

Neil Wagner sits sixth in the ICC Test rankings, above his New Zealand team-mates

Emburey: County spinners need to feel some wind in their sails

20 March 2018 0 comments

The former England Test captain on how spinners need more help from county wickets

Lions’ tour showing confirms Sam Hain can set his sights higher

20 March 2018 0 comments

The Warwickshire batsman could be the next ODI star for England after shining against West Indies A

Hayter column: Whitaker & Co picked too many nearly men for England

20 March 2018 0 comments

Hard work that at times beared no fruit – Peter Hayter on the role of outgoing national selector James Whitaker

Rabada’s ban is harmful to keeping Test cricket’s spirit

19 March 2018 0 comments

Derek Pringle on the ICC laws which have left to South Africa bowler Kagiso Rabada missing the rest of the Test series against Australia

Sam Curran gets a taste of the big time ahead of new county season

16 March 2018 0 comments

The younger of the Curran brothers talks about his time touring Australia and New Zealand with the seniors and the West Indies with the Lions

THIS WAS NO SLIGHT JOFRA, SELECTION IS JUST NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE

16 March 2018 0 comments

On Jofra Archer’s decision to quit the West Indies, Garfield Robinson explains that early judgments can be flawed No, I’m […]

MY DREAM XI

16 March 2018 0 comments

New Zealander Kieran Noema-Barnett, the Gloucestershire all-rounder, names the best he has played with and against 1. Chris Dent An […]

Callum aiming at twin’s peak with his own spin tweaks

16 March 2018 0 comments

By Paul Eddison Got him: Callum Parkinson, right centre, celebrates a wicket for Leicestershire CALLUM Parkinson enjoyed a breakthrough season […]

HOW T20 REFLECTS LURE OF PRIVATE SECTOR

16 March 2018 0 comments

ISABELLE WESTBURY ECB BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR Big crowds, big stars: Domestic T20 competitions are setting the agenda for the […]

It’sa great format so why have we fallen out of love with the great indoors?

16 March 2018 0 comments

John Fuller enjoys an exciting day watching the manic action of the Indoor National Club cricket Championship in Leeds Yorkshire […]

MARSHALL &CODISHED OUT A 5-1 THUMPING

16 March 2018 0 comments

… AND THAT WAS JUST THE NUMBER OF SKIPPERS MARTIN JOHNSON It’s not unknown for a team to change captains […]

Features

IRELAND CAN TAKE A LEAD FROM NEW ZEALAND

COLLAPSES LIKE THIS HAPPEN, IT IS NO TIME TO PANIC!

FINAL OVER

WARM WEATHER HAS WORKED FOR US

HOW LEACH BECAME NEW ACTION HERO

ALL GREAT DOUBLE ACTS HAD A MEAN STREAK!

Yes, I took 8-1 but my Dad has bragging rights with his ten-for

Planet Cricket: Kiwi model worth its weight in gold

Westbury column: How T20 reflects lure of private sector

Leicestershire head coach Paul Nixon ready to mould the 21st century Foxes

Johnson column: Marshall and co dished out a 5-1 thumping….and that was just the number of skippers

Joe Root says Ben Stokes can’t risk another demerit point

Pringle column: Are steady attendance rates at England Tests pushing prices towards a fault line?

I’m happy for Trent Boult and Tim Southee to take the limelight, says Wagner

Emburey: County spinners need to feel some wind in their sails

Lions’ tour showing confirms Sam Hain can set his sights higher

Hayter column: Whitaker & Co picked too many nearly men for England

Rabada’s ban is harmful to keeping Test cricket’s spirit

Sam Curran gets a taste of the big time ahead of new county season

THIS WAS NO SLIGHT JOFRA, SELECTION IS JUST NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE

MY DREAM XI

Callum aiming at twin’s peak with his own spin tweaks

HOW T20 REFLECTS LURE OF PRIVATE SECTOR

It’sa great format so why have we fallen out of love with the great indoors?

MARSHALL &CODISHED OUT A 5-1 THUMPING

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