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England batter Zak Crawley signs new Kent deal running to end of 2025 campaign

2 October 2024 0 comments

England opener Zak Crawley has signed a contract extension with Kent running to the end of the 2025 season. The […]

Joe Root in numbers: A look at England star’s stats

8 September 2024 0 comments

Joe Root’s brace of hundreds at Lord’s took him past Sir Alastair Cook as England’s all-time leading Test centurion. Here we take a look at the stats behind his extraordinary Test career.

Worcestershire dig in to give Essex tricky chase

1 September 2024 0 comments

FIFTIES BY Jake Libby, Brett D’Oliveira and Adam Hose ensured Worcestershire would make Essex bat again in their rollercoaster match at Chelmsford.

Bracebridge Heath smash 400 in Lincolnshire League

25 August 2024 0 comments

LINCOLNSHIRE PREMIER League side Bracebridge Heath racked up a mammoth 447 against Market Deeping in an incredibly one-sided clash at […]

Harry Brook has the right stuff to lead for England

28 July 2024 0 comments

There would have been sniggers as well as knowing nods over Harry Brook’s credentials to be an England captain when the notion was aired last week.

Buttler’s England have firepower to win again

26 May 2024 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England have just two more T20 matches against Pakistan, following Saturday’s pipe-opener at Edgbaston, before they mount […]

Cox at the double as Kent old boy drives Essex on

26 May 2024 0 comments

By Fred Atkins May 24, St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Essex 591-7d (Cox 207, Snater 83*, Bhuiyan 2-114, Evison 2-93, Parkinson […]

Finding a second home

26 May 2024 0 comments

ANNIE CHAVE At the end of the 2020 season when, after 15 years playing and coaching on the county circuit, […]

Anderson’s retirement in England’s best interests

19 May 2024 0 comments

MARK BUTCHER It was a brave call from the England management to signal the end of Jimmy Anderson’s career. It […]

Building a Spitfire

19 May 2024 0 comments

By Jeremy Blackmore Kent’s new Director of Cricket Simon Cook has developed a fresh, bold approach to bring success to […]

What’s in The Cricket Paper: 19/05/24

17 May 2024 0 comments

In the week after England’s greatest ever bowler announced his retirement from test cricket, Mark Butcher pays tribute to Jimmy […]

Broad says potential lack of experience in England attack ‘scary’

13 May 2024 0 comments

Stuart Broad believes England could find themselves with a “quite scary” lack of bowling experience once his old partner James […]

Who can replace England’s talisman Anderson?

12 May 2024 0 comments

By Matt Green With the news of Jimmy Anderson’s impending retirement, the question is who will spearhead the England attack […]

Bravo to Emilio Gay, inspiring the next generation

12 May 2024 0 comments

Jeremy Blackmore on a cricketer with a unique background who is hoping to use his profile to help others Northamptonshire […]

Wins for Somerset and Kent but Essex stay top

12 May 2024 0 comments

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIV 1 RESULTS Kent 261 (Evison 71*) and 166-3 (Bell-Drummond 79*) beat Lancashire 92 (Gilchrist 6-24, Agar 4-35) […]

Ruthless Surrey steal a march as rain causes rivals to draw

5 May 2024 0 comments

International class: Ben Duckett hit a double hundred for Notts PICTURE: Alamy WORCESTERSHIRE V SOMERSET AT KIDDERMINSTER Tom Lammonby continued […]

Snater’s storming start sees Eagles flying high

28 April 2024 0 comments

By Tawhid Qureshi Shane Snater is in magnanimous mood. The 28-year-old has been central to Essex’s strong start to the […]

What is going off out there?

28 April 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS You are forgiven if a glance at the scorecards has left you scratching your head during these first […]

Cook proves he has the ingredients for test cricket

21 April 2024 0 comments

Mark Butcher The decision to use the Kookaburra ball, as opposed to the Dukes, for the opening two rounds of […]

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) […]

Red and white can co-exist, says Overton

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Richard Edwards CRAIG OVERTON can understand why some young cricketers are intent on prioritising white ball cricket over the […]

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? […]

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) […]

Of county and country

14 April 2024 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler For many Essex fans, Stuart Turner remains something of a folk hero. Yes, Graham Gooch […]

A Cricket Life with Jonathan Agnew

14 April 2024 0 comments

A regular feature charting the lives of the game’s stars, this week the TMS frontman – who will stand down […]

Tag: Cook

England batter Zak Crawley signs new Kent deal running to end of 2025 campaign

Joe Root in numbers: A look at England star’s stats

Worcestershire dig in to give Essex tricky chase

Bracebridge Heath smash 400 in Lincolnshire League

Harry Brook has the right stuff to lead for England

Buttler’s England have firepower to win again

Cox at the double as Kent old boy drives Essex on

Finding a second home

Anderson’s retirement in England’s best interests

Building a Spitfire

Broad says potential lack of experience in England attack ‘scary’

Who can replace England’s talisman Anderson?

Bravo to Emilio Gay, inspiring the next generation

Wins for Somerset and Kent but Essex stay top

Ruthless Surrey steal a march as rain causes rivals to draw

Snater’s storming start sees Eagles flying high

What is going off out there?

Cook proves he has the ingredients for test cricket

Elgar and Westley make Red Rose droop

Red and white can co-exist, says Overton

When points and pointlessness combine

Elgar and Critchley grind Kent down

Of county and country

A Cricket Life with Jonathan Agnew

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