Tag: Championship

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 […]

Long live the battle of the bridge, and rip deadly

21 April 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS It was great to see my old team Kent hold out for a draw in the Battle of […]

The Definitive Derek Underwood

21 April 2024 0 comments

Derek Underwood, who died last week, was one of England’s most successful spinners ever. A few years ago, he talked […]

When points and pointlessness combine

21 April 2024 0 comments

BEN GARDNERR NEW COLUMNIST! So was that basically all meaningless then? A fortnight that may as well not have happened? […]

Cummins and Sciver-Brunt named Leading Cricketers in the World

21 April 2024 0 comments

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

21 April 2024 0 comments

Scott Boland is sitting out Durham’s ongoing Championship match with Worcestershire with plantar fasciitis. Boland got through 13 overs on […]

Sciver-Brunt named Wisden’s leading women’s cricketer in the world

16 April 2024 0 comments

Nat Sciver-Brunt has become the first English woman to be honoured as Wisden’s leading cricketer in the world, heading an […]

Joe and Jaydn Denly earn Kent draw with Essex

16 April 2024 0 comments

An unbeaten 41 from 18-year-old Jaydn Denly in a solid sixth-wicket stand alongside his uncle Joe helped guide Kent to […]

Fan-tastic!

14 April 2024 0 comments

The death knell for county cricket has been rung many times over the last century but the landscape of almost […]

Kashif shows the way

14 April 2024 0 comments

The first of eight South Asian Cricket Academy graduates to get a county contract, Kashif Ali has started the season […]

CA curtails Lyon spell

14 April 2024 0 comments

Cricket Australia’s has capped their star off-spinner Nathan Lyon’s County Championship stint with Lancashire at just seven games. The 36-year-old […]

Stokes withdrawal paves way for England’s young guns

14 April 2024 0 comments

MARK BUTCHER NEW COLUMNIST! Ben Stokes’ decision to opt out of England’s T20 World Cup defence came as no great […]

Simpson eyes south coast success with Sussex

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Dan Whiting John Simpson was in a relaxed but confident mood on the eve of the County Championship season […]

Burns eyeing threepeat in gaffer Stewie’s swansong season

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Tawhid Qureshi Sitting on the balcony of a plush new stand at the Kia Oval, Rory Burns is a […]

Elgar and Critchley grind Kent down

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Martin Smith April 12-15, The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford Essex 530-7d (Critchley 151*, Elgar 120, Garrett 2-80, Parkinson 2-125) […]

Hampshire build steadily as Lyon shows his class

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Alex Smith April 12-15, Utilita Bowl, Southampton Hampshire 367 (Dawson 86, Prest 85, Lyon 3-110, Bailey 2-60, Williams 2-49, […]

Somerset collapse leaves dominant Surrey on top

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Mark Baldwin April 12-15, The Kia Oval, London Somerset 285 (Lammonby 100, Renshaw 87, Gregory 50, Steel 4-50, Atkinson […]

Bears build monumental score as Durham suffer long day in the dirt

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Brian Halford April 12-15, Edgbaston, Birmingham Warwickshire 698-3d (Davies 256, Yates 191, Rhodes 178*, Parkinson 2-206, ) Durham 174-3 […]

Northeast hits the heights

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Richard Edwards “I guess there were times earlier in my career when I threw my wicket away and didn’t […]

Luddite’s lament

14 April 2024 0 comments

ANNIE CHAVE Our new columnist says that for the good of the game, it’s time to end the civil war […]

Thomson tenfer turns it Derbyshire’s way

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Peter Miller April 12-15, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Glamorgan 237 (Carlson 74, Zain-ul-Hassan 35, Thomson 7-65, Tickner 2-57) and 69-4 […]

Masood masterclass as Root and Brook fail

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Richard Latham April 12-15, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol Yorkshire 326 (Masood 140, Tattersall 58, Milnes 51, Akhter 5-89, Singh […]

Hudson-Prentice the key as Sussex on top of the Foxes

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Jon Culley April 12-15, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester Leicestershire 338 (Patel 87, Trevaskis 82, Hudson-Prentice 5-50, Lamb 2-57) Sussex […]