county championship

8 min read 2022-08-26 17:53:42

Simon Harmer then, now and tomorrow

“It’s still ingrained in a lot of cricket cultures that spinners almost shouldn’t bowl; that it’s a fast bowler’s game.” – Simon

2 min read 2022-06-16 15:27:35

The English cricket team is literally on a roll as it has taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the 3-match test series against New Zealand but there

1 min read 2021-10-18 19:54:20

“I’d like to think there is still a place for us in the South African set-up. Whether there’s too much animosity towards us for deserting and

1 min read 2019-09-07 18:52:00

Although England are the number one team in the world now in the international one-day rankings, their Test performances have suffered as a result.

1 min read 2019-09-07 18:52:00

Although England are the number one team in the world now in the international one-day rankings, their Test performances have suffered as a result.

1 min read 2018-01-04 05:17:47

We live in a shadowland, a dim, flattened relic of what there once was, of what there could be again. Four-fifths of the way through the Ashes series

1 min read 2016-10-17 19:11:35

The climactic last overs of the 2016 County Championship were made possible by a thrilling afternoon of cricket, by the captains’ horse-trading

1 min read 2016-09-24 18:45:59

Friday afternoon, just past half-way through the fourth innings, Middlesex’s disciplined, probing attack pushed it ahead of the other two teams