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THE FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH!

by
The Cricket Paper Team
6 September 2020

Richard Edwards turns back the clock 20 years to when Gloucestershire became an irresistable force on the county scene

We are the champions: Jack Russell, left, and Mark Alleyne celebrate as Gloucestershire claimed one-day success in 1999

The streets around Bristol’s county ground have been ghostly quiet throughout the 2020 season - a far cry from the scenes that greeted Gloucestershire’s players 20 years ago.
“They had to shut the gates at least two or three times that season,” says Jack Russell. “We literally had supporters locked out of the ground because...

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