Latest News

/ 10 months ago

Fixtures

MONDAY MAY 27 County Championship Division One Durham vs Somerset (Chester-le-Street, Day 4 of 4, 11am) Hampshire vs Surrey (Southampton, Day...

By The Cricket Paper Team

Mark Butcher

/ 10 months ago

Anderson’s retirement in England’s best interests

MARK BUTCHER It was a brave call from the England management to signal the end of Jimmy Anderson’s career. It was...

By The Cricket Paper Team

County Championships

/ 10 months ago

Vintage Roach and sparkling Smith see Surrey clear at the top

Quality: Kemar Roach took a fantastic six-for for Surrey PICTURE: Alamy SURREY V WARWICKSHIRE AT THE OVAL Surrey took just 39...

By The Cricket Paper Team

County Championships

/ 10 months ago

Leaders pile the pressure on Pears

By Mark Baldwin DAY ONE A FIFTH wicket stand of 148 between Dan Lawrence and Ollie Pope, a superb new ball...

By The Cricket Paper Team

County News/The Hundred

/ 10 months ago

Building a Spitfire

By Jeremy Blackmore Kent's new Director of Cricket Simon Cook has developed a fresh, bold approach to bring success to Canterbury,...

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County Championships

/ 10 months ago

Guest’s starring role as Derby look to build

By Nigel Gardner DAY ONE GEORGE BARTLETT and Rob Keogh led a solid Northamptonshire batting display on the opening day at...

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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'

/ 10 months ago

Time for transfer talk to get real

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler In the next week or so, the county cricket rumour mill will start to turn. On...

By The Cricket Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 months ago

Fixtures

MONDAY MAY 20 County Championship Division One Essex v Warwickshire (Chelmsford, Day 4 of 4, 11am) Lancashire v Durham (Blackpool, Day...

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County Championships

/ 10 months ago

Leach named in Somerset squad as England spinner continues comeback

Jack Leach makes his return to the Somerset squad this week, almost four months after leaving England’s Test tour of India...

By Nick Powell

County Championships

/ 11 months ago

Surrey secure big win over Warwickshire to go 21 points clear

Surrey took just 39 minutes on the fourth morning to complete an impressive nine-wicket victory over Warwickshire at the Kia Oval...

By Nick Powell

England News

/ 11 months ago

Who can replace England’s talisman Anderson?

By Matt Green With the news of Jimmy Anderson’s impending retirement, the question is who will spearhead the England attack going...

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County News/The Hundred

/ 11 months ago

Seconds best for player development

By Richard Edwards It was significant that Joe Root was used as the mouthpiece for the PCA’s call last week for...

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County Championships

/ 11 months ago

Wins for Somerset and Kent but Essex stay top

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIV 1 RESULTS Kent 261 (Evison 71*) and 166-3 (Bell-Drummond 79*) beat Lancashire 92 (Gilchrist 6-24, Agar 4-35) and...

By The Cricket Paper Team

County Championships

/ 11 months ago

Holder and Waite hit tons in big Worcestershire lead

By Fred Atkins May 1013, St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Worcestershire 618-7d (Holder 123*, Roderick 117, Evison 3-58, Parkinson 3-201) Kent 111-2...

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County Championships

/ 11 months ago

Hameed hits first Champo ton since 2022

By Jon Culley May 1013, Trent Bridge, Nottingham Lancashire 331 (Jennings 91, Bruce 73, Stone 3-56, Pennington 3-68) Nottinghamshire 279-7 (Hameed...

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County Championships

/ 11 months ago

Late Miles strikes halt Surrey charge

By Bruce Talbot May 1013, Kennington Oval, London Warwickshire 343 (Barnard 108, Rhodes 36, Clark 4-65, Roach 2-81, Abbott 2-51) Surrey...

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County News/The Hundred

/ 11 months ago

Worcestershire to honour Baker by incorporating squad number into kit

Worcestershire players will wear Josh Baker’s number on their shirts for the rest of the county season following the spinner’s shock...

By Nick Powell

County Championships

/ 11 months ago

Ruthless Surrey steal a march as rain causes rivals to draw

International class: Ben Duckett hit a double hundred for Notts PICTURE: Alamy WORCESTERSHIRE V SOMERSET AT KIDDERMINSTER Tom Lammonby continued his...

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County News/The Hundred

/ 11 months ago

Worcestershire spinner Baker dies at age of 20

Worcestershire spinner Josh Baker has died at the age of 20, the club have announced. The Pears said they were “devastated”...

By Nick Powell

County Championships

/ 11 months ago

Surrey complete innings victory over Hampshire to go top

Champions Surrey needed only 30.2 overs on the final day to wrap up victory by an innings and 11 runs against...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Dukes ball returns but runs continue to flow in Division One

Mammoth: Joe Clarke and Will Young shared a record stand for Nottinghamshire PICTURE: Alamy WORCESTERSHIRE V DURHAM AT KIDDERMINSTER Tipped by...

By The Cricket Paper Team

County Championships

/ 11 months ago

Bears buckle with Duckett at the double

By Brian Halford April 26-29, Edgbaston, Birmingham Nottinghamshire 400 (Duckett 218, Haynes 74, Hannon-Dalby 5-78, Ali 2-65) Warwickshire 71-3 (Mousley 26*,...

By The Cricket Paper Team