Tag: Championship

Mind the gap! No, Essex have proved otherwise

2 June 2017 0 comments

LAST season it was being suggested that the gap between First and Second Divisions of the County Championship was so […]

Rhodes says Leach will handle workload

2 June 2017 0 comments

Sussex v Worcestershire By Phil Birchmore June 2-5, County Ground, Hove, 11:00 Wickets: Joe Leach JOE Leach may be Worcestershire’s […]

Expectations high following four-day clash

28 April 2017 0 comments

Derbyshire v Northants Sun, April 30, County Ground, Derby, 11:00 By Matt Wright NORTHANTS travel to Derbyshire for the second […]

Foxes problems compounded by Robson departure

14 April 2017 0 comments

By Joshua Peck LEICESTERSHIRE’S season has not got off to the best of starts. Deducted 16 points on the eve […]

Gillespie returns to England in Kent role

24 March 2017 0 comments

JASON Gillespie ‘couldn’t resist’ the chance to move back to England with Kent snapping up the Australian as interim assistant […]

Jaik takes step back in bid to rejoinelite

24 March 2017 0 comments

By Seth Francis FORMER Essex batsman Jaik Mickleburgh views signing for Suffolk as the potential springboard for a return to […]

New kit and badge for champs

21 March 2017 0 comments

By Joshua Peck WITH less than a month until the start of the County Championship, reigning champions Middlesex have rebranded […]

County Archives: Somerset 2001

25 January 2017 0 comments

When Cox’s upstarts laid down the gauntlet to the big guns

Roderick out for six weeks

20 July 2016 0 comments

Gloucestershire Championship captain Gareth Roderick will miss up to six weeks of cricket after breaking his finger on Sunday. Wicket […]

London youngsters battle it out at Lord’s in disability cricket championships

24 May 2016 1 comment

Teams from across the Capital battled it out at the home of cricket on Friday in the Lord’s Taverners Disability […]

Specsavers named as new County Championship sponsor

4 March 2016 0 comments

SPECSAVERS will sponsor the County Championship for the next four seasons after agreeing a deal with the ECB. The competition […]

Harry Podmore joins Glamorgan on loan

2 February 2016 0 comments

GLAMORGAN have bolstered their bowling attack for the start of this season with a short term loan of Harry Podmore. […]

Surrey sign Aaron Finch as cover for Kumar Sangakkara

2 February 2016 0 comments

SURREY will welcome Aaron Finch to the county as cover for Kumar Sangakkara this summer. Sangakkara is set to play […]

Dan Redfern signs for Shropshire

29 December 2015 0 comments

Shropshire have signalled their intent to challenge for honours in the Unicorns Championship next season by signing former Derbyshire and […]

County Championship coin toss scrapped

27 November 2015 0 comments

The coin toss that decides whether a team bat or fields is to be scrapped in the County Championship next […]

Tom Fell fit to play after surgery for cancer

25 November 2015 1 comment

Tom Fell has revealed he has had surgery for testicular cancer but the Worcestershire batsman has been given the go-ahead […]

Domestic and international cricket crowds in England increase

24 November 2015 0 comments

Crowds at English domestic and international cricket matches are at their highest level since the ECB was formed. Supporters at […]

LV= Breakthrough Player Award shortlist announced

30 June 2015 0 comments

Six of the county game’s brightest young talents have been shortlisted for this year’s LV= Breakthrough Player Award. Alex Davies […]

Our Wait Will Be Over Soon Says Bedfordshire’s Andrew Reynoldson

7 August 2014 0 comments

BEDFORDSHIRE are without a Championship win since July 2010 but captain Andrew Reynoldson is certain it’s on the way.