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After a taste of Ten10 Texan style, I’m hooked

3 September 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS Exactly one week ago, I walked out to bat in the final of the US Masters T10 in […]

Big stage brings out the best in me

3 September 2023 0 comments

Danni Wyatt, Player of the Match in Southern Brave’s victory over Northern Superchargers in the Hundred final at Lord’s, speaks […]

Thanks for the memories

3 September 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN It’s been quite the summer for retirements and ‘unretirements’. By far the […]

A Cricket Life, with Stephen Fleming

3 September 2023 0 comments

As England take on New Zealand with the white ball, the former Black Caps skipper talks to Euan Crumley about […]

Championship is still favourite with fans

3 September 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Miss Rogers was a nice teacher. She was my form tutor for a year and, […]

The greatest campaigns in Championship history

3 September 2023 0 comments

The Run-In This season, things have been considerably tighter at the top but last summer, Surrey were peerless in the […]

Walking among giants

3 September 2023 0 comments

Scott Oliver looks back on when the player commonly recognised as the greatest all-rounder ever to play the game mixed […]

Atkinson’s ascent caps breakout year

3 September 2023 0 comments

By Phil Walker An England debut and the first of many international wickets caps a spectacular year for Gus Atkinson. […]

Brook omission shows Jos is playing it

3 September 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle For a captain forever championing the aggressive option, Jos Buttler has played it pretty safe with the […]

Could there be a twist in the tale?

27 August 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS After a rush of white-ball cricket over the last month, the domestic schedule now makes space for September’s […]

The need for speed

27 August 2023 0 comments

THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER As The Hundred hurls along to its conclusion, the Caribbean Premier League […]

Key must get tough in game’s Wild West

27 August 2023 0 comments

@derekpringle Mark Wood is such a compelling cricketer and character, so seemingly steeped in those team concepts of loyalty and […]

Rivals pay the Price!

27 August 2023 0 comments

By Dan Whiting The first thing that strikes you about Gloucestershire’s Price brothers, Tom and Ollie, is how polite they are. […]

Laying down Marshall law

27 August 2023 0 comments

Scott Oliver on perhaps the greatest fast bowler who ever lived, Malcolm Marshall, playing in the leagues Tasty signing: Malcolm […]

Pulling power

27 August 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Jimi Hendrix always used a Fender Stratocaster, Bruce Springsteen is never seen on stage without […]

Hemp had cricket world at her feet

20 August 2023 0 comments

By Richard Edwards “Time will tell if she has made the right decision,” laughs Pete Free, head of women and […]

When Immy met Nathan

20 August 2023 0 comments

Scott Oliver looks back to when he signed, and then captained, Imran Tahir in club cricket Imran had arrived in […]

That’s how the game should be

20 August 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler We are told the future of cricket is city franchises. Like Brigadoon, the fabled Scottish […]

A fond farewell to the too-gentle giant

20 August 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Steven Finn never had the slick, repeatable action to be England’s Curtly Ambrose but he should have […]

Just me, my boy, and the Oval Invincibles

20 August 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS A week or so ago I had the perfect view of Spencer Johnson’s 3-1 – that’s three wickets […]

Lightning strikes again and again…

13 August 2023 0 comments

Scott Oliver on a time when Allan Donald lit up the league with Rishton Friday night, eve of the match, […]

A method to Jack’s madness

13 August 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It is apt that, during a summer in which the bucket hat is once again […]

Domestic bliss

13 August 2023 0 comments

Too much cricket? English cricket fans should be grateful for the range and quality of games they have access to […]

Overseas churn sees steep drop in quality

13 August 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Allan Border was an uncompromising cricketer but even he took that to extremes in 1986 at Ilford’s […]

Penny for your thoughts, coach

13 August 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS A few years ago, Paul Downton, Kent’s director of cricket, told me that my playing days were up […]

Features

After a taste of Ten10 Texan style, I’m hooked

Big stage brings out the best in me

Thanks for the memories

A Cricket Life, with Stephen Fleming

Championship is still favourite with fans

The greatest campaigns in Championship history

Walking among giants

Atkinson’s ascent caps breakout year

Brook omission shows Jos is playing it

Could there be a twist in the tale?

The need for speed

Key must get tough in game’s Wild West

Rivals pay the Price!

Laying down Marshall law

Pulling power

Hemp had cricket world at her feet

When Immy met Nathan

That’s how the game should be

A fond farewell to the too-gentle giant

Just me, my boy, and the Oval Invincibles

Lightning strikes again and again…

A method to Jack’s madness

Domestic bliss

Overseas churn sees steep drop in quality

Penny for your thoughts, coach

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