Anthony McGrath named Yorkshire head coach on five-year deal 8 October 2024 0 comments Yorkshire have appointed former Essex director of cricket Anthony McGrath as their new head coach. The 49-year-old ex-Yorkshire and England […]
Season review: Hampshire 6 October 2024 0 comments Hampshire’s season didn’t quite reach the heights of the recent past and for the second campaign in a row they ended trophyless.
Season review: Somerset 6 October 2024 0 comments It was so near and yet so far again for the men from Somerset as they contrived to lose out on three trophies at the last hurdle.
Season review: Essex 6 October 2024 0 comments By Essex’s usually high standards, it has been a disappointing season of cricket for the men from the east coast.
Season review: Worcestershire 6 October 2024 0 comments Worcestershire will be very satisfied with their season in the County Championship, avoiding relegation and the yo-yo back to Division Two.
Season review: Lancashire 6 October 2024 0 comments The Red Rose were relegated from Division One of the County Championship and finished rock bottom of Group A of the One-Day Cup.
Season review: Kent 6 October 2024 0 comments It has been a disappointing season all round for Kent, who were blighted by injuries and struggled to build momentum in any competition.
Season review: Sussex 6 October 2024 0 comments This was a fantastic County Championship season in which Sussex dominated the division right from the start.
Season review: Northamptonshire 6 October 2024 0 comments Despite achieving a pre-season target by reaching the knockout stages of the T20 Blast, it was a middling season for Northamptonshire.
Season review: Glamorgan 6 October 2024 0 comments The surreal scenes at Trent Bridge as Glamorgan won the One-Day Cup in a 20-over game will give Welsh supporters warm memories for winter.
Season review: Gloucestershire 6 October 2024 0 comments It was a season of incremental improvements here and euphoric victories there for Gloucestershire as they sensationally won the T20 Blast.
Season review: Derbyshire 6 October 2024 0 comments After disappointing red-ball and white-ball campaigns, you would have to be a glass full kind of person to find any sunshine at Derbyshire.
Return of cricket’s Champions League ‘inevitable’ 6 October 2024 0 comments By Richard Edwards Sydney Sixers win the Champions League in October 2012, the last tournament in which English sides appeared […]
A DAMP SQUIB, BUT END OF REGIONAL ERA FEELS PREMATURE 6 October 2024 0 comments DARREN STEVENS It was a funny old way to bring down the curtain on women’s regional cricket. Saturday at Grace […]
Weatherley sends wake-up call over scheduling issues 6 October 2024 0 comments By Richard Edwards ONE WELL-KNOWN former cricketer from the 1980s once confided to The Cricket Paper that it was “something […]
Darren Stevens: Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy ends regional era 29 September 2024 0 comments It was a funny old way to bring down the curtain on women’s regional cricket on Saturday at Grace Road in the 50-over final.
Weatherley sends wake-up call over scheduling issues 29 September 2024 0 comments Richard Edwards Where am I?: It’s Thursday, so it must be Utilita Bowl… ONE WELL-KNOWN former cricketer from the 1980s […]
Mark Butcher: Gloucestershire show T20 Blast retains magic 22 September 2024 0 comments Gloucestershire went into Finals Day as the rank outsiders but delivered a stunning performance to win their first T20 trophy.
Darren Stevens: Gloucestershire deserving T20 Blast champions 22 September 2024 0 comments After Gloucestershire’s heroics a week ago, I can’t hide my pleasure at seeing a smaller county triumph on domestic cricket’s biggest stage.
Richard Clarke: Luke Fletcher, Joe Leach a dying breed 22 September 2024 0 comments There was a time when Luke Fletcher’s preparation for a cricket match consisted of two paracetamols plus a double sausage and egg McMuffin.
Gloucestershire crowned 2024 T20 Blast champions 15 September 2024 0 comments Matt Taylor swung this year’s T20 Blast final decisively in Gloucestershire’s favour, kicking the door open with a three-wicket burst.
Gloucestershire trounce Sussex in T20 Blast semi 15 September 2024 0 comments Underdogs Gloucestershire flattened much-fancied Sussex for just 106 on the way to an eight-wicket victory in the second semi at Edgbaston.
Somerset edge past Surrey in T20 Blast semi 15 September 2024 0 comments Surrey’s hopes of a domestic double were dashed in the first T20 Blast semi-final against a rampant Somerset side.
Richard Clarke: T20 Blast finals day is magical, unique 15 September 2024 0 comments It is 10am on September 4, 1993 and I am shouting at cricket fans as they shuffle into Lord’s. To a man, woman and child, they ignore me.
Katya Witney: Women’s cricket at crossroads ahead of restructuring 15 September 2024 0 comments September is weird. Cricket season desperately tries to extend the summer warmth, entering its sixth month as nights start to creep in.