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Some ‘chuckers’ have made fortunes in game

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Jon Batham looks at two spin bowlers who know the mental strain of being called for throwing Concerns: Ollie Rayner […]

Hampshire 1973

7 April 2017 0 comments

Paul Edwards looks back to the unlikely winners of the inaugural County Championship trophy and the stories behind the men […]

BAT’S JUST LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!

7 April 2017 0 comments

Derek Pringle looks at the bond a player builds with his favourite willow… Derek Pringle Cricket bats are more than […]

Life in fast lane took its toll on ‘Wild Thing’ Tait

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Tristan Lavalette pays tribute to a fearsome bowler who brought excitement to the game Tristan Lavalette Hardy English supporters, sensing […]

HOW CAN YOU PREPARE THE PERFECT WICKET?

7 April 2017 0 comments

You can’t just get the mower out and start cutting away. Wickets require serious attention to detail General Maintenance As […]

LAST CHANCE TO LAND THIS UNWANTED PRIZE

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DEREK PRINGLE England have yet to win a 50-over global tournament but if they do happen to clinch the 2017 […]

Why total-play became cricket’s big cover story

7 April 2017 0 comments

Innovative and lightweight, this system of breathable pitch protection can be put in place by one person This year marks […]

RETRO FASHION AND HOW I MISSED OUT ON BEING A VOGUE MODEL

7 April 2017 0 comments

TRADITIONALISTS will be heartened by the return of the cable knit sweater to the England team, following a nineyear hiatus […]

England in the zone to be Champs!

7 April 2017 0 comments

By Chris Stocks MOEEN Ali insists England will embrace the pressure of being favourites for this summer’s Champions Trophy because […]

‘Traditionalist’ Andrew recognises value of T20

7 April 2017 0 comments

John Roberts talks cricket’s survival and the rise of the short form game with the new CEO of Sussex John […]

OLYMPIC STADIUM CAN GET TILLS RINGING

7 April 2017 0 comments

ENGLAND will also hold the original limitedovers trophy, the World Cup, in 2019, with plans to stage what it sees […]

Jimmy: Hameed better than Cook

7 April 2017 0 comments

By Peter Hayter JAMES Anderson has made the extraordinary claim that rookie England opener Haseeb Hameed is already a better […]

How will 10th IPL cope with this drop in star quality?

7 April 2017 0 comments

Chetan Narula casts a critical eye over the IPL and waits for new stars to emerge to make up for […]

THERE’S NO REVERSING CHANGE IN THE GAME AFTER THIS

7 April 2017 0 comments

PETER HAYTER For those still unaware of, or who have made it their business to ignore, the reality that tumultuous […]

Realist Anderson now accepts his fitness must be ‘managed’ and that he faces missing games

7 April 2017 0 comments

Peter Hayter identifies a change in tone from England’s record breaking bowler as he bids to prolong career Peter Hayter […]

Rod says fans must open up to new T20

7 April 2017 0 comments

By Richard Edwards ROD Bransgrove has hit back at suggestions that counties have been railroaded into accepting the ECB’s plans […]

LET’S NOT BE TOO KWIK TO EXPECT THIS TO WORK WITHOUT TV…

7 April 2017 0 comments

AS part of its push to attract the next generation of kids to the sport, the ECB has come up […]

End of the Pakistan road for Misbah

7 April 2017 0 comments

MISBAH-UL-HAQ will hang up a set of his spikes after announcing he is to retire from international cricket after the […]

Westley hoping to make experience pay

7 April 2017 0 comments

Chris Stocks speaks to Essex’s Tom Westley about life in the top flight and an England call-up Chris Stocks Prolific: […]

MONTY AND THE DALEKS COULD PUT A CHECK ON TIDE OF T20

7 April 2017 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON The Test series between India and Australia was one of the more enjoyable of recent years, the pendulum […]

Sam Dares to play it again as IPL begins…

7 April 2017 0 comments

Richard Edwards speaks to Sam Billings as the wicketkeeper jets off to India for this year’s IPL Richard Edwards You […]

Fraser: We’ll still have the hunger

7 April 2017 0 comments

NO room for complacency. That’s the message from Middlesex, with Angus Fraser stressing that 2016’s Division One winners have no […]

UNI GAMES ARE STILL RELEVANT AND MUST REMAIN SO

7 April 2017 0 comments

PAUL NIXON With the County Championship beginning today, the counties have been warming up with clashes against University teams, and […]

GILO EYES TROUTS’ IMPACT AT BEARS

7 April 2017 0 comments

By Alex Narey WARWICKSHIRE Sport Director, Ashley Giles, is hailing the influence of Jim Troughton as the Edbgaston outfit look […]

Hampshire let-off can be Champion for Liam

7 April 2017 0 comments

Success: Liam Dawson celebrates the wicket of India’s Murali Vijay on Test debut Richard Dawson speaks to Hampshire Liam Dawson […]

Features

Some ‘chuckers’ have made fortunes in game

Hampshire 1973

BAT’S JUST LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!

Life in fast lane took its toll on ‘Wild Thing’ Tait

HOW CAN YOU PREPARE THE PERFECT WICKET?

LAST CHANCE TO LAND THIS UNWANTED PRIZE

Why total-play became cricket’s big cover story

RETRO FASHION AND HOW I MISSED OUT ON BEING A VOGUE MODEL

England in the zone to be Champs!

‘Traditionalist’ Andrew recognises value of T20

OLYMPIC STADIUM CAN GET TILLS RINGING

Jimmy: Hameed better than Cook

How will 10th IPL cope with this drop in star quality?

THERE’S NO REVERSING CHANGE IN THE GAME AFTER THIS

Realist Anderson now accepts his fitness must be ‘managed’ and that he faces missing games

Rod says fans must open up to new T20

LET’S NOT BE TOO KWIK TO EXPECT THIS TO WORK WITHOUT TV…

End of the Pakistan road for Misbah

Westley hoping to make experience pay

MONTY AND THE DALEKS COULD PUT A CHECK ON TIDE OF T20

Sam Dares to play it again as IPL begins…

Fraser: We’ll still have the hunger

UNI GAMES ARE STILL RELEVANT AND MUST REMAIN SO

GILO EYES TROUTS’ IMPACT AT BEARS

Hampshire let-off can be Champion for Liam

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