Tag: Hampshire

Martin Johnson column – I’m missing fast show but Agnew and Lloyd won’t be…

23 August 2016 0 comments

There is no finer sight in cricket than a genuinely fast bowler in full cry, mixing up the 100mph inswinging […]

Hales may survive but there can be no place for Vince

23 August 2016 0 comments

Chris Stocks looks ahead to the winter double tour to Bangladesh and India and chooses his party for the arduous […]

Where are they now? Yorkshire – C&G Trophy winners 2002

16 August 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Yorkshire had endured a long 14-year wait for trophies between winning the Benson & Hedges Cup in […]

Dawson included in England ODI squad

16 August 2016 0 comments

Uncapped Liam Dawson has been included in England’s 15-man squad for the upcoming ODI series with Pakistan. The Hampshire all-rounder […]

Berg extends stay at Hampshire

9 August 2016 0 comments

Gareth Berg has signed a new deal with Hampshire which will keep him at the county until the end of […]

Injury ends season for Overton

20 July 2016 0 comments

Somerset bowlerJamie Overton has suffered a stress fracture of the back and will miss the remainder of the 2016 season. […]

Mark Wood added to England Lions squad

12 July 2016 0 comments

Mark Wood has been added to the England Lions squad for the Tri-Series against the A-teams of Sri Lanka and […]

Mills and Malan in England T20 squad

14 June 2016 0 comments

Tymal Mills and Dawid Malan will get their chance to shine in England colours after both were named in the […]

Where are they now? Warwickshire – John Player Sunday League Champions 1980

14 June 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Andy Lloyd remembers well Bob Willis’ first season in charge of Warwickshire as it brought about a […]

Martin Johnson column – There’d be no fun if Geoffrey’s mum was at No.11

6 June 2016 0 comments

There are one or two instances in which Wisden’s claim to be cricket’s unimpeachable bible fails to stand up to […]

My Life in Cricket – Chris Tremlett

10 May 2016 0 comments

At school I was more of a batting all-rounder, I’d bat at three and bowl a bit of medium pace. […]

Durham’s plight a cautionary tale…

4 May 2016 0 comments

Derek Pringle suggests that the county’s request to be bailed out is symptomatic of deeper problems that face the game […]

Will curse of the kickabout mean soccer warm-up gets the boot?

4 May 2016 0 comments

Richard Edwards looks behind the injury to Fidel Edwards and wonders whether counties will soon have to rethink their match-day […]

Where are they now? Middlesex – 2002 County Championship Division Two runners up

4 May 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Paul Weekes has good cause to remember Middlesex winning promotion for the first time because it was […]

Where are they now? Hampshire – Second Division runners up 2001

26 April 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Adi Aymes remembers with some fondness Hampshire’s first season at the Rose Bowl following their move from […]

Marcus Trescothick: Tom Abell is knocking on the door

12 April 2016 0 comments

Peter Hayter speaks to Marcus Trescothick about the prospects of Tom Abell as a future England opener… With England’s Test […]

Yasir Arafat moves back to Somerset on loan

22 March 2016 0 comments

YASIR Arafat has returned to Somerset having signed a season-long loan from Hampshire as a non-overseas player. Arafat, 34, has […]

David Balcombe retires from professional cricket

16 February 2016 0 comments

DAVID Balcombe has hung up his spikes with immediate effect and will now take up a role with the Kevin […]

Kent sign wicketkeeper Adam Rouse

19 January 2016 0 comments

FORMER Hampshire and Gloucestershire wicketkeeper Adam Rouse has signed for Kent on a two-year deal. The 23-year-old had a trial […]

Where are they now? Lancashire – NatWest Trophy and Benson & Hedges Cup winners 1990

1 December 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Mike Watkinson admits this was a Lancashire side who, once they got into the winning habit in […]

County Championship Division One fixtures

4 November 2015 0 comments

Sunday April 10 – April 13 Durham v Somerset, Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Hampshire v Warwickshire, The Rose Bowl, Southampton Nottinghamshire […]

County cricket – The gulf between haves and have-nots is widening

13 October 2015 0 comments

Tim Wigmore says the competitive balance between the counties is eroding… It did not take long for Gloucestershire’s warm afterglow […]

Looking back – England v Pakistan series 1992

12 October 2015 0 comments

On paper, it’s a nothing contest: a dead rubber with England already in an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match limited-overs series… but the script of the summer is not allowing events to be played out in a placid manner.