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County Championship R1 Team of the Week – Tom Banton breaks Somerset record, Josh Tongue impresses on return
By Dom Harris The County Championship returned for the 2025 season under clear blue skies across England and Wales. Over the course of four days, there...
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/ 3 days agoAnd we’re off! The 2025 County Championship season begins
Hotter than the Algarve, they reckon. And it did look pretty blissful with good crowds, with queues at several venues –,...
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/ 3 days agoWhat you may have missed this week…
Here is a round-up of cricket stories from the week gone by.
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/ 3 days agoDazball comes to Northampton
NEW NORTHAMPTONSHIRE head coach Darren Lehmann, who has arrived after the departure of John Sadler last September after three years in...
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/ 3 days agoQuiet man Ryan Patel embodies the Surrey way
“I THINK you’ve hit the nail on the head, I am a team man”. In conversation with The Cricket Paper, Surrey’s...
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/ 3 days agoCounty Championship Division One Preview: Can Surrey be stopped?
The three Feathers are looking to make it four in a row The toughest test of their title defence may well...
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/ 3 days agoCounty Championship Division Two Preview: Who will return to Division One?
The Cricket Paper is expecting Lancashire and Middlesex to be the teams to beat in Division Two this summer, both looking...
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Columnists
/ 3 days agoBen Gardner: County Championship isn’t just a shop window for England
Ben Gardner says that Championship success is enough of a pull on its own.
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/ 3 days agoEssex make hay while the sun shines at Chelmsford
JORDAN COX made sure his name remained on the England selectors’ radar with the ninth first-class century of his career, and...
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/ 3 days agoJonny Bairstow battles hard but Yorkies find life tough at top
KYLE ABBOTT and Liam Dawson made sure Jonny Bairstow had a roller-coaster of a first day as Yorkshire captain, as Hampshire...
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/ 3 days agoTom Banton triple ton sees Somerset dominate
ALL-ROUNDER Kasey Aldridge claimed five wickets in a dramatic Worcestershire batting collapse on the opening day, at Taunton with more than...
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/ 3 days agoJohn Simpson and Tom Clark excel but Bears fight back
CENTURIES BY Tom Clark and John Simpson ensured that Sussex returned to Division One with a strong day’s work against Warwickshire...
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/ 3 days agoLate wickets put the skids under Notts with honours even
COLIN ACKERMANN posted the first century of the County Championship season as Durham recovered to 370 for nine on the opening...
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Annie Chave
/ 3 days agoAnnie Chave Column: Saving Counties at the cost of County Cricket
Despite county cricket’s new-found riches, Annie Chave is worried about the future...
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/ 3 days agoHelter-skelter game sees Hollioake’s Kent on top
By Jeremy Blackmore April 4-7, County Ground, Northampton Kent 231 (Muyeye 72, Leaning 40, Weatherall 3-32, Zaib 2-3, Guthrie 2-69) &...
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/ 3 days agoLuis Reece’s six and Wayne Madsen ton make Gloucester glum
A six-wicket haul from Luis Reece and four from Anuj Dal got Derbyshire’s season off to an impressive start on the...
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/ 3 days agoTight tussle at Lord’s as Lancs edge ahead
ROOKIE SEAMERS Tom Aspinwall and Ollie Sutton launched Lancashire’s bid for an immediate return to the top flight in positive fashion...
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/ 3 days agoHill and Wright hammer home Foxes advantage
LEICESTERSHIRE TOOK control on the opening day against Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens, bowling the hosts out for 229.
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/ 3 days agoJonny Bairstow full of fight ahead of huge season
AS JONNY Bairstow, Yorkshire’s new red-ball captain, leads the county for the first time-against Hampshire at Southampton, this next phase in...
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/ 3 days agoThe Greatest XI No 1: Derbyshire
In the first of our series, Geoff Miller takes on the responsibility of picking a team of Derbyshire’s greatest players.
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/ 5 days agoYoung players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
Whilst the modern cricketer increasingly emerges into the spotlight through performances in T20 cricket, the County Championship continues to provide a...
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/ 5 days agoJames Bracey signs contract extension with Gloucestershire until 2028
Gloucestershire vice-captain James Bracey has signed a three-year contract extension with the Club, keeping him at the Seat Unique Stadium until...
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/ 7 days agoRocky Flintoff’s fearlessness impresses Lancashire captain Keaton Jennings
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/ 1 week agoBen Stokes will ‘do whatever it takes’ to be fit for summer, says Durham boss
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/ 1 week agoJamie Smith excited by red-ball return ahead of crucial year of Test cricket
Jamie Smith is excited to get his cricket whites back on for Surrey and build on a great first year as...
