White-ball fest shows game is in rude health 3 September 2023 0 comments By Richard Edwards IF THE ONE-DAY CUP was expected to play second fiddle to The Hundred and eventually be shunted […]
Handscomb & Mulder see fab Foxes home 3 September 2023 0 comments By Neil Harvey LEICESTERSHIRE are through to their first one-day final for 22 years, surviving some early scares to see […]
After a taste of Ten10 Texan style, I’m hooked 3 September 2023 0 comments DARREN STEVENS Exactly one week ago, I walked out to bat in the final of the US Masters T10 in […]
Rest assured, Westley’s boys won’t go quietly 3 September 2023 0 comments The Run-In It’s a straight two-horse race. With three games left for both clubs, Essex are 17 points behind leaders […]
The greatest campaigns in Championship history 3 September 2023 0 comments The Run-In This season, things have been considerably tighter at the top but last summer, Surrey were peerless in the […]
Bracey’s double sees more records tumble 20 August 2023 0 comments By ECB Reporters Network Im-Prestive: Hampshire’s Tom Prest registered his second 50-over hundred for the club PICTURES: Alamy Midweek round-up… […]
Just me, my boy, and the Oval Invincibles 20 August 2023 0 comments DARREN STEVENS A week or so ago I had the perfect view of Spencer Johnson’s 3-1 – that’s three wickets […]
Kent Lean on captain 13 August 2023 0 comments By Mark Baldwin JACK Leaning led from the front as Kent Spitfires beat Surrey by 87 runs in a Metro […]
Skip looking in good Nick 13 August 2023 0 comments By Jon Culley SKIPPER Nick Gubbins led from the front with an impressive 119 from 123 balls as Hampshire ran […]
Let’s all hail the Northants king 13 August 2023 0 comments BY ECB Reporters Network Midweek round-up… Raising the bar: Prithvi Shaw acknowledges his hundred at Northampton before going on to […]
A method to Jack’s madness 13 August 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It is apt that, during a summer in which the bucket hat is once again […]
Fixtures 6 August 2023 0 comments SUNDAY AUGUST 6 One-Day Cup • Somerset v Worcestershire (Taunton, 11am) • Northamptonshire v Sussex (Northampton, 11am) • Kent v […]
He was just a scrawny kid, but you knew he was something special 6 August 2023 0 comments DARREN STEVENS It was always going to finish with Stuart Broad. Those cricketing gods… There I was thinking I’d had […]
Where stars are born (and swansongs sung!) 30 July 2023 0 comments DARREN STEVENS The return of the One-Day Cup this week stirs some happy memories from last year. Having previously lost […]
When Zak showed the Aussies a thing or two 30 July 2023 0 comments By Richard Edwards We’ve been here before: Steve Smith congratulates Crawley on his stellar innings PICTURES: Alamy In the end […]
YOUNG PRETENDERS TO ONE-DAY KINGS 30 July 2023 0 comments Previews by Josh Stacey and Finn Kirkland DERBYSHIRE FALCONS COACH: Mickey Arthur CAPTAIN: TBC LAST SEASON: 7th in Group B […]
From Hinckley home to Headingley haven 23 July 2023 0 comments DARREN STEVENS What luck I’ve had to have played at so many different cricket grounds all over the UK and […]
Harmer leads Essex with all-round class 23 July 2023 0 comments By Martin Smith Essex made heavy weather of scoring the 30 runs required to beat Kent by seven wickets and […]
Pick your best keeper – and that means Foakes 16 July 2023 0 comments DARREN STEVENS Back when I was a teenager playing for Hinckley Town CC in the early 1990s, I had an […]
Yates hits double as Bears eye glory 16 July 2023 0 comments Division One round-up Warwickshire issued a warning to their title rivals by thrashing Kent by an innings and 46 runs […]
Beefy goes electric 16 July 2023 0 comments MANCHESTER ’81 REVISITED Phil Walker recalls the last time England triumphed over Australia at Old Trafford in the Ashes In […]
Young hits century on Nottinghamshire debut to frustrate leaders Surrey 11 July 2023 0 comments Will Young marked his Nottinghamshire debut with an unbeaten century to anchor the visitors’ response on day two of their […]
For a county cricketer, nothing beats Finals Day 9 July 2023 0 comments DARREN STEVENS When I played for Leicestershire in the first-ever T20 Finals Day in 2003, few of us knew what […]
Kent pipped by Eagles in last-round drama 9 July 2023 0 comments Group stage round-up… Results NORTH GROUP JULY 2, DERBY Worcestershire Rapids 222-5 (Santner 64, Haynes 44, Hose 42*, Khan 2-29); […]
The Definitive Mark Ramprakash 9 July 2023 0 comments The former England, Middlesex and Surrey batter looks back on his run-laden career The lucky break 0 Under-11 trial with […]