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Harris double fires Foxes to huge total
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
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
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
By Bruce Talbot April 19-22,The 1st Central County Ground, Hove Gloucestershire 417 (Bracey 69, Charlesworth 62, Lamb 3-69, Carson 3-78) […]
Boo Boo Ball comes to Bristol as young guns fire
By Dan Whiting Gloucestershire’s head coach Mark Alleyne lauded the youngsters coming through the system at the county after their […]
Grounds for concern
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler My local non-league football club were eyeing promotion before the winter flooding. But between Boxing […]
A Cricket Life with Michael Vaughan
Interview by Jo Harman A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week the ex-England […]
Long live the battle of the bridge, and rip deadly
DARREN STEVENS It was great to see my old team Kent hold out for a draw in the Battle of […]
The Definitive Derek Underwood
Derek Underwood, who died last week, was one of England’s most successful spinners ever. A few years ago, he talked […]
Vipers set sights on fourth title in five years
The 2024 edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy got underway on Saturday. James Wilson looks at this year’s tournament. […]
When points and pointlessness combine
BEN GARDNERR NEW COLUMNIST! So was that basically all meaningless then? A fortnight that may as well not have happened? […]
Stuart Law named new USA coach
STUART LAW, former Australia international and county cricket stalwart, has been named as the new coach of the USA men’s […]
Nepal player becomes third man to hit six sixes in a T20I
NEPAL’S DIPENDRA Singh Airee became the third man to hit six sixes in an over in an international T20 game, […]
Buttler blasts another IPL ton as Royal on top
Rajasthan Royals are the side to beat in this year’s competition JOS BUTTLER smashed a second IPL ton of the […]
Fixtures
MONDAY APRIL 22 County Championship Division One Kent v Surrey (Canterbury, Day 4 of 4, 11am) Worcestershire v Durham (Kidderminster, […]
Cummins and Sciver-Brunt named Leading Cricketers in the World
Dominant: Nat Sciver-Brunt had a memorable 2023 THE 2024 EDITION of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack was officially launched at the […]
Boland’s spell under threat
Scott Boland is sitting out Durham’s ongoing Championship match with Worcestershire with plantar fasciitis. Boland got through 13 overs on […]
Rob Lynch to depart PCA after four years
THE PROFESSIONAL Cricketers’ Association (PCA) has announced its Chief Executive Rob Lynch will stand down from his role in June […]
What’s in The Cricket Paper: 21/04/24
We’ll have the latest from every game in the County Championship, as the Dukes ball returns after two rounds of […]
Knight says counties’ frustrations hails ‘progress’ for women’s cricket
England captain Heather Knight insists counties feeling upset by their failure to land a new ‘tier one’ women’s team represents […]
Lanning: Exercise obsession led to Australia retirement
Former Australia captain Meg Lanning revealed her “obsession” with exercise and not eating enough precipitated her surprise international retirement late […]
Yorkshire not in ECB’s new revamp of women’s professional game
Yorkshire will have to wait until 2027 to take part in the England and Wales Cricket Board’s new ‘Tier 1’ […]
Trescothick urges more sports stars to discuss mental health
Former England batter Marcus Trescothick has called for more sports stars to open up about their struggles with mental health. […]
Archer: I don’t know if I’ve got another stop-start year in me
England bowler Jofra Archer admits he may not be able to cope with any fresh injury problems, revealing “I don’t […]