county cricket

5 min read 2022-11-03 16:00:00

Opening: Pandora’s box

Kit Harris tries to identify the best top-order batsmen in English first-class cricket. It wouldn’t be English cricket without a cri de cœur. In

2 min read 2022-09-29 23:17:21

< 1 minute read Warwickshire needed to defend 139 to stay in the first division of the County Championship. That’s not many runs. For some

2 min read 2022-09-28 17:54:05

3 minute read It was Stevo Day at Canterbury yesterday in honour of county legend, Darren Stevens, who is leaving Kent at the end of the season,

2 min read 2022-09-22 22:56:08

2 minute read Well that came about abruptly. There we were settling in for a last couple of weeks of County Championship intrigue, only for Surrey

3 min read 2022-09-21 16:33:31

3 minute read Runs don’t win you a two-innings cricket match, but by Godfrey Evans, they sure as Shivnarine Chanderpaul help. The Surrey v

2 min read 2022-09-16 20:49:57

2 minute read The hot Le Creuset pan that is the County Championship has sufficiently cooled that we again feel able to grasp it in our now

3 min read 2022-09-14 01:45:04

Hashim Amla dug LV= Insurance County Championship Division One leaders Surrey out of trouble after they lurched to 80 for four in response to

5 min read 2022-09-13 01:45:03

Emilio Gay celebrated a fine century as Northamptonshire dominated LV= Insurance County Championship title-chasing Surrey on day one. The death of

4 min read 2022-09-08 23:54:54

Picture the dilemma. You’re given four pegs – a round one, a square one, a triangular one, and one that’s shaped like an oblong. Your task is

3 min read 2022-09-05 22:05:18

Many cricket fans found the men’s tournament difficult to get into. The Grade Cricketer says the Big Bash is just on, and you have it in the

8 min read 2022-09-01 21:05:21

Today we have a guest spot from new contributor Stephen Connor. He challenges the oft-mooted argument that The Blast could easily be reformed to

9 min read 2022-09-01 15:00:00

Kit Harris dives deep into the ECB’s proposals for domestic restructuring. It’s here. The moment we are all supposed to have been looking

5 min read 2022-08-31 01:08:45

Hi folks. It’s been a while since you heard from me, your elusive editor, so I thought I’d quickly give my thoughts on the current situation in

5 min read 2022-08-31 01:08:45

Hi folks. It’s been a while since you heard from me, your elusive editor, so I thought I’d quickly give my thoughts on the current situation in

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

“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