All posts tagged "History"
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Features and Columns
/ 8 years agoCounty archives – Lancashire 1956
Title drought could have ended had Edrich led throughout Continuing our new series, cricket writer Paul Edwards looks back on the...
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Features and Columns
/ 8 years agoSimon Sweetman column – Fagg’s amazing record stands unchallenged
The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events From time to time we might sit back and consider those cricketing records...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Sussex – 1993 NatWest Trophy runners-up
By Neil Fissler Ed Giddins admits the 1993 NatWest Trophy final against Warwickshire still causes him to wake up at night...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1976
By Neil Fissler Neil Riddell admits Durham weren’t unhappy that it was the rain which enabled them to claim their first...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Lancashire – 2003 ECB National League Division Two champions
By Neil Fissler Kyle Hogg admits that West Indian star Carl Hooper was a major influence on Lancashire winning promotion into...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNick Selman commits future to Glamorgan
Nick Selman will remain at Glamorgan until at least 2019 after signing a new three-year contract with the county. Selman, 20,...
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International News
/ 9 years agoHow Lord’s intensifies both glory and failure
Peter Hayter offers a 44-year appreciation of the magic of HQ Lord’s. There is something about the place that always makes...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Warwickshire – John Player Sunday League Champions 1980
By Neil Fissler Andy Lloyd remembers well Bob Willis’ first season in charge of Warwickshire as it brought about a change...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Leicestershire – 2001 runners up Sunday League and C&G Trophy
By Neil Fissler Neil Burns admits that Leicestershire were disappointed not to have ended the 2001 season with at least one...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Glamorgan – National League winners 2002 & 2004
By Neil Fissler Mike Powell believes that the key strength of Glamorgan at the turn of the millennium was that the...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Middlesex – 2002 County Championship Division Two runners up
By Neil Fissler Paul Weekes has good cause to remember Middlesex winning promotion for the first time because it was his...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Hampshire – Second Division runners up 2001
By Neil Fissler Adi Aymes remembers with some fondness Hampshire’s first season at the Rose Bowl following their move from Northlands...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Northamptonshire – 2000 Division Two County Champions
By Neil Fissler Darren Cousins admits that it was a dream come true helping Northamptonshire win the first ever Second Division...
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News
/ 9 years agoCricket Fans Love More Than Just Cricket
Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world, with an estimated 2.5 billion fans. Only soccer is more popular...
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News
/ 9 years agoExpert Guide to Profitable Betting on T20 Cricket World Cup
Cricket buffs from around the world brace themselves to see the sixes raining the subcontinent as T20 world cup arrives. Since...
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International News
/ 9 years agoA Brief History of Gambling in Cricket
That some cricket fans enjoy betting on the sport should come as little surprise to anyone. After all, it’s been going...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPaul Nixon column – Brendon’s knock so special but Viv is still king
By Paul Nixon You couldn’t have written a better script, could you? Brendon McCullum strides to the crease on the first...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Shropshire – NatWest Trophy giant killers 1984
By Neil Fissler John Foster admits that the start of summer sunshine takes him back to the day that Shropshire brought...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Surrey – County Champions 2002
By Neil Fissler Ali Brown admits that the tragic death of Ben Hollioake made him more determined than ever to win...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Durham – 1992 County Championship debutants
By Neil Fissler David Graveney might have been born in Bristol and played the vast majority of his cricket in the...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Scotland – 1998 NatWest Trophy giantkillers
By Neil Fissler Craig Wright admits that helping Scotland shock Worcestershire in the NatWest Trophy not only put cricket north of...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Oxfordshire – 1989 Minor Counties champions
By Neil Fissler RUPERT EVANS says Oxfordshire have always had an unwritten rule when it came to selecting their sides –...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Zimbabwe’s 1992 World Cup win over England
By Neil Fissler Dave Houghton admits that Zimbabwe were just worried about saving themselves from embarrassment after being bowled out by...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Cumberland CCC – 1986 Minor Counties champions
By Neil Fissler Steve Sharp admits that nobody was as surprised as Cumberland themselves when they were crowned Minor Counties Champions...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGrace Road set to be sponsored
LEICESTERSHIRE are set to have a sponsor for their Grace Road home for the first time in the ground’s 137-year history....
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