Tag: Kookaburra

Warwickshire crush Kent to climb the table

1 September 2024 0 comments

WARWICKSHIRE BANKED their first Championship victory of the season in the most emphatic fashion, by an innings and 21 runs over struggling Kent, well inside three days at Edgbaston.

Lancs losses in sharp relief against Surrey’s success

19 May 2024 0 comments

BEN GARDNER “We need two extra points.” Head coach Gareth Batty, speaking at the end of Surrey’s latest dismantling of […]

Seales keen to come back for more

19 May 2024 0 comments

By Richard Edwards Jayden Seales is hoping to reignite his international career with the West Indies this summer. But not […]

Higgins the heartbeat once again

12 May 2024 0 comments

By Tawhid Qureshi Middlesex all-rounder Ryan Higgins has had a barnstorming start to the season. His eye-catching performances, which earned […]

Bell-Drummond: ‘The sky’s the limit for Muyeye’

5 May 2024 0 comments

It was a glistening July evening at Wantage Road. Kent had bowled out Northants for 237 on the first day […]

Kleinveldt backs Steelbacks attack

5 May 2024 0 comments

By Jeremy Blackmore Northamptonshire’s new bowling coach, Rory Kleinveldt is well placed to guide the club’s young attack as they […]

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 […]

Barking up the wrong tree

21 April 2024 0 comments

Bowler slams Key ball plan By Richard Edwards “What do I think? I think he’s wrong – 100%,” says Keith […]

Dan’s the man for Surrey as he has batters in a spin

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Tawhid Qureshi Dan Lawrence is standing on the Oval outfield after a hard day of Championship cricket against Somerset, […]

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 […]

Notts battle to avoid big defeat at Taunton

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Richard Latham April 19-22, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton Nottinghamshire 193 (Montgomery 48, Clarke 39, Overton 3-57, Gregory […]

Brilliant Bedingham puts Durham on track for big win

21 April 2024 0 comments

By ECB Reporters April 19-22, Chester Road North, Kidderminster Durham 244 (Robinson 55, Ackermann 47, Holder 3-47, Finch 3-37) & […]

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? […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Gay goes big to make Middlesex suffer again

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Jeremy Blackmore April 12-15, County Ground, Northampton Northamptonshire 552-6d (Gay 261, Sales 113*, Roland-Jones 2-81) Middlesex 128-1 (Fernandes 65*) […]