County Championships

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Khushi hundred puts Essex in driving seat

28 April 2024 0 comments

By ECB Reporters April 26-29, Seat Unique Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Durham 358 (Ackermann 112, Robinson 90, Porter 3-57, Cook 3-60) […]

Clark and Burns turn the screw

28 April 2024 0 comments

By Mark Baldwin April 26-29, The Kia Oval, London Hampshire 151 (Gubbins 45, Fuller 39, Clark 3-29, Atkinson 3-40, Worrall […]

Bears buckle with Duckett at the double

28 April 2024 0 comments

By Brian Halford April 26-29, Edgbaston, Birmingham Nottinghamshire 400 (Duckett 218, Haynes 74, Hannon-Dalby 5-78, Ali 2-65) Warwickshire 71-3 (Mousley […]

Banton bolsters Cidermen in tightly fought tussle

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By John Curtis April 26-29, Chester Road North, Kidderminster Somerset 309-9d (Banton 92, Pretorius 49, Holder 3-72, Leach 2-40, Waite […]

De Lange’s best gives Glos the edge

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By Richard Latham April 26-29, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol Middlesex 203 (De Caires 37, Higgins 30, de Lange 6-49, Goodman […]

Rain-hit Northants aim for scoreboard pressure

28 April 2024 0 comments

By Jon Culley April 26-29, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester Northamptonshire 453-7d (Bartlett 126*, Gay 88, Currie 2-102, Ahmed 2-64) Leicestershire […]

England’s Harry and Joe pummel Derbyshire

28 April 2024 0 comments

By Graham Hardcastle April 26-29, Headingley, Leeds Yorkshire 450-5d (Brook 126*, Root 119, Chappell 2-73, Tickner 1-79, Reece 1-86) Derbyshire […]

Home comforts the charm for Hove faithful

28 April 2024 0 comments

By Richard Edwards Results have been thin on the ground in a predictably weather-hit April, which could make Sussex’s win […]

Durham chief insists issues with the ECB are in the past

23 April 2024 0 comments

Chief executive Tim Bostock says Durham being given a tier one women’s team is the “most visible way” the England […]

Defending champions Surrey ease past Kent at Canterbury

22 April 2024 0 comments

Defending champions Surrey recorded their first win of the Vitality County Championship season as they knocked over Kent by an […]

Barking up the wrong tree

21 April 2024 0 comments

Bowler slams Key ball plan By Richard Edwards “What do I think? I think he’s wrong – 100%,” says Keith […]

Dan’s the man for Surrey as he has batters in a spin

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Tawhid Qureshi Dan Lawrence is standing on the Oval outfield after a hard day of Championship cricket against Somerset, […]

Runs galore as rain and Kookaburra have the last laugh

21 April 2024 0 comments

SURREY V SOMERSET AT THE OVAL All nine of the second round’s County Championship fixtures ended in a draw, only […]

Even Thomson’s tenfer cannot bring a win

21 April 2024 0 comments

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIV 2 RESULTS Glamorgan 237 (Carlson 74, Thomson 7-65) and 361-7 dec (Cooke 126*, Harris 61*, Thomson 5-136) […]

Elgar and Westley make Red Rose droop

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Martin Smith April 19-22, The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford Lancashire 146 (Williams 32*, Bruce 26, Snater 4-42, Cook 3-18) […]

Hampshire resolute in reply to Bears run feast

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Alex Smith April 19-22, Utilita Bowl, Southampton Warwickshire 455 (Davies 149, Rhodes 81, Dawson 5-146, Abbas 2-58) Hampshire 140-1 […]

Champions sparkle as they make up for lost time

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Fred Atkins April 19-22, The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury Kent 244 (Bell-Drummond 70, Garrett 48, Lawes 3-53, Steel 3-34) Surrey […]

Notts battle to avoid big defeat at Taunton

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Richard Latham April 19-22, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton Nottinghamshire 193 (Montgomery 48, Clarke 39, Overton 3-57, Gregory […]

Brilliant Bedingham puts Durham on track for big win

21 April 2024 0 comments

By ECB Reporters April 19-22, Chester Road North, Kidderminster Durham 244 (Robinson 55, Ackermann 47, Holder 3-47, Finch 3-37) & […]

Fernandes showing different strokes

21 April 2024 0 comments

Tawhid Qureshi meets Nathan Fernandes, Middlesex’s youngest debutant centurion for over 150 years, and learns that he almost took up […]

Harris double fires Foxes to huge total

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Nigel Gardner April 19-22, County Ground, Derby Leicestershire 574-7d (Harris 214, Cox 69, Conners 2-99, Tickner 2-83) Derbyshire 54-4 […]

Seaxes trump Tykes in low-scoring tussle

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Ben Kosky April 19-22, Lord’s Cricket Ground, London Yorkshire 159 (Masood 33, Bean 29, Higgins 4-31, Roland-Jones 3-49) & […]

Vasconcelos ton puts Northants in box seat

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Jeremy Blackmore April 19-22, County Ground, Northampton Glamorgan 271 (Ingram 82, Crane 61, Sanderson 5-92, Weatherall 2-55, Procter 2-50) […]

Alsop and Pujara lead Sussex response

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Bruce Talbot April 19-22,The 1st Central County Ground, Hove Gloucestershire 417 (Bracey 69, Charlesworth 62, Lamb 3-69, Carson 3-78) […]

Grounds for concern

21 April 2024 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler My local non-league football club were eyeing promotion before the winter flooding. But between Boxing […]

County Championships

Khushi hundred puts Essex in driving seat

Clark and Burns turn the screw

Bears buckle with Duckett at the double

Banton bolsters Cidermen in tightly fought tussle

De Lange’s best gives Glos the edge

Rain-hit Northants aim for scoreboard pressure

England’s Harry and Joe pummel Derbyshire

Home comforts the charm for Hove faithful

Durham chief insists issues with the ECB are in the past

Defending champions Surrey ease past Kent at Canterbury

Barking up the wrong tree

Dan’s the man for Surrey as he has batters in a spin

Runs galore as rain and Kookaburra have the last laugh

Even Thomson’s tenfer cannot bring a win

Elgar and Westley make Red Rose droop

Hampshire resolute in reply to Bears run feast

Champions sparkle as they make up for lost time

Notts battle to avoid big defeat at Taunton

Brilliant Bedingham puts Durham on track for big win

Fernandes showing different strokes

Harris double fires Foxes to huge total

Seaxes trump Tykes in low-scoring tussle

Vasconcelos ton puts Northants in box seat

Alsop and Pujara lead Sussex response

Grounds for concern

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