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Jennings can be missing piece of the Lancs jigsaw

6 April 2018 0 comments

By Graham Hardcastle Welcome aboard: Keaton Jennings is Lancashire’s marquee signing having joined from Durham PICTURE: Getty Images Div1: Lancashire […]

WHAT AN EXCITING TIME TO BE INVOLVED IN CRICKET

6 April 2018 0 comments

Comeback kings? Yorkshire will be looking to bounce back from last season PICTURE: Getty Images PAUl NIXON @Paulnico199 PaulNixoncricket.com After […]

Kent must look to others now in their quest for top Billings

6 April 2018 0 comments

By Andy Baber Div 2: Kent LOSING their best four-day batsman on the eve of a fiercely competitive season was […]

OUTDOOR NETS HAVE PROVED INVALUABLE

6 April 2018 0 comments

IN ALL my years of cricket – and that’s quite a few – I honestly can not remember a Spring […]

FORTY DAYS OF GLAMOUR GLITZ, AND BIG-HITTERS!

6 April 2018 0 comments

Paul Edwards looks forward to the white-ball summer which promises to be bigger and better than ever before Champions: Can […]

Jeetan’s the man to lead the Bears’ revolution back to the top flight

6 April 2018 0 comments

By Charlie Talbot-Smith Div 2: Warwickshire WARWICKSHIRE are playing Division Two cricket in 2018 for the first time in a […]

Hales nets IPL Sunrisers gig in place of Warner

6 April 2018 0 comments

By Matt Halfpenny NOTTS Outlaws batsman Alex Hales has been signed by Indian Premier League side Sunrisers Hyderabad as a […]

Rafiq looking to take advantage of Gale’s lifeline

6 April 2018 0 comments

By Graham Hardcastle Captain Marvel: Skipper Gary Ballance will be looking to lead from the front and launch another Yorkshire […]

Retired pair will hand burden of winning games to Aussie Marsh

6 April 2018 0 comments

By Charlie Bennett Div 2: Glamorgan GLAMORGAN have spent the last two years in the bottom half of the Division […]

We won’t be able to surprise teams again –McGrath

6 April 2018 0 comments

By Chris Stocks Good shout: Simon Harmer played a major role in Essex’s success last season PICTURE: Getty Images Div […]

Proteas’ class can lift Hants title challenge

6 April 2018 0 comments

By Charlie Bennett Key man: The addition of Hashim Amla, and Sam Northeast, inset, is a huge boost to the […]

England hopeful Robson’s wary of Middlesex’s favourites’ tag

6 April 2018 0 comments

By Charlie Talbot-Smith Div 2: Middlesex MIDDLESEX may be early favourites for promotion, but new vice-captain Sam Robson says the […]

There’s nothing to dampen the spirits of Leach

6 April 2018 0 comments

By Josh Richards Making a buzz: the arrival of big-hitting Martin Guptill at Worcester has created excitement says Joe Leach, […]

The only way is up for Kim’s boys but climb may be gradual

6 April 2018 0 comments

By Bradley Adams Div 2: Derbyshire DERBYSHIRE are preparing for a fifth straight season in Division Two, and there are […]

Captain Dent looks to steer Gloucs’ ship to progression

6 April 2018 0 comments

By Paul Eddison Div 2: Gloucestershire GLOUCESTERSHIRE endured a miserable 2017 in which they never really threatened a promotion challenge […]

FORGET ENGLAND DEFENDING THE TITLE IS MY BIGGEST TEST

6 April 2018 0 comments

Chris Stocks catches up with New Zealander Neil Wagner who can’t wait to get back to fulfil county duties at […]

KIM GOES BACK TO OLD-SCHOOL VALUES

6 April 2018 0 comments

Richard Edwards explains how Kim Barnett has gone back to basics in a bid to turn around Derbyshire’s fortunes Perfect […]

It’s going to plan for spin king Parkinson

22 September 2017 0 comments

WINLESS Leicestershire have had little to cheer about so far this summer but left-arm spinner Callum Parkinson is still smiling […]

Classy Kumar still shines so bright

22 September 2017 0 comments

Jeremy Blackmore watches a true legend of the game make yet another brilliant century He’s still got it: Kumar Sangakkara […]

Fisher reels ‘em in to boost Yorkshire

22 September 2017 0 comments

Graham Hardcastle reflects on the timely return to form of Yorkshire’s young gun This was almost the ideal time for […]

Essex comedown has a Silver lining

22 September 2017 0 comments

Alex Smith argues the new county champions might actually benefit from their first-innings collapse Abb-ey days! Kyle Abbott takes the […]

Lord’s ace Bailey is left coining it in

22 September 2017 0 comments

Scott Read explains how the desire to ‘produce a result’ has benefitted Middlesex and Tom Bailey Pumped: Lancashire’s Tom Bailey […]

Durham still left facing dilemmas

22 September 2017 0 comments

Simon Sinclair finds that the north-east county are still struggling, a year on from enforced relegation Departing: Paul Coughlin is […]

Northants fans are not found Wanting

22 September 2017 0 comments

Matt Wright reports on a fascinating promotion battle, dominated by one man, Rory Kleinveldt Ton-up: Northants batsman Richard Levi struck […]

Emergence with a bit of Glam-our

22 September 2017 0 comments

Peter Miller highlights the efforts of a young man who very nearly became a county history maker Top effort: Kiran […]

County Championships

Jennings can be missing piece of the Lancs jigsaw

WHAT AN EXCITING TIME TO BE INVOLVED IN CRICKET

Kent must look to others now in their quest for top Billings

OUTDOOR NETS HAVE PROVED INVALUABLE

FORTY DAYS OF GLAMOUR GLITZ, AND BIG-HITTERS!

Jeetan’s the man to lead the Bears’ revolution back to the top flight

Hales nets IPL Sunrisers gig in place of Warner

Rafiq looking to take advantage of Gale’s lifeline

Retired pair will hand burden of winning games to Aussie Marsh

We won’t be able to surprise teams again –McGrath

Proteas’ class can lift Hants title challenge

England hopeful Robson’s wary of Middlesex’s favourites’ tag

There’s nothing to dampen the spirits of Leach

The only way is up for Kim’s boys but climb may be gradual

Captain Dent looks to steer Gloucs’ ship to progression

FORGET ENGLAND DEFENDING THE TITLE IS MY BIGGEST TEST

KIM GOES BACK TO OLD-SCHOOL VALUES

It’s going to plan for spin king Parkinson

Classy Kumar still shines so bright

Fisher reels ‘em in to boost Yorkshire

Essex comedown has a Silver lining

Lord’s ace Bailey is left coining it in

Durham still left facing dilemmas

Northants fans are not found Wanting

Emergence with a bit of Glam-our

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