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Fifty years ago this week, Lancashire met Leicestershire at Old Trafford for what would become one of the most significant matches in cricket history. The date was 1st May 1963, and by stumps the home side had beaten the Foxes by 101 runs and recorded the first ever victory in the new Gillette Cup. Today…
If you’re a keen cricket follower, you probably like to think you know a thing or two about the country game. But in truth, you can never quite be bothered to follow it properly – trailing through all those scorecards, day after day for five months, all of which seem fairly meaningless because you’ve barely…
‘The King of Spain’ is taking over as England’s ODI and T20 coach From the moment he gave up playing professional cricket, Ashley Giles has wanted to be England’s head coach. He did everything he needed to do. He cuddled up to the right people at the ECB and was almost immediately made a national…
Looking forward to seeing more of this bloke next summer? Me neither. This blog post would have been called ‘The Sunday Roast’, but it’s a day too early for that. Still, what’s twenty four hours between friends? There’s so much to discuss at the moment: There’s England’s selection dilemma – Jonny Bairstow’s century today has…
So Kevin Pietersen will play in India after all. As the Daily Mail might say, it’s a rare victory for common sense. From one perspective, the ECB have finally got their act together and realised that the effectiveness of the team outweighs almost every other consideration. But from another, their choice of language – with…
What was the secret of Warwickshire’s success this year? Congratulations to Warwickshire. The Bears have come good at last and won the county championship. After being cruelly denied the title on the final day of last season, when they couldn’t prise out seven wickets on a pitch with less life in it than an Ian…
The England test team is number one in the world (at least for another week or so), but the English cricket watching public is polarised. In fact, they’re probably as divided as they were in 1994 when Mike Atherton massaged soil into the ball much like Kim Barnett used to polish his head. Some of…
Fancy a game, Jimmy? With the Aussie cricketers in dispute with their board over various issues – we won’t go into the details as they’re more tedious than watching Ed Cowan bat – there’s a real possibility that the ODI series between England and Australia this summer might be cancelled. If this eventuality materialises, the…
Craig Kieswetter has finally found his vocation Forget Monty Panesar. He’s drops catches and he can’t bat. Forget Adil Rashid. His can’t even get in the Yorkshire side. Step forward England’s new great spin bowling hope, Craig Kieswetter. During the final day of Somerset’s county championship game against Worcestershire yesterday, Jos Buttler was suddenly handed…
Dear Ajmal, I was very sad to hear about your departure from Yorkshire this week – mostly because I thought you were Saeed Ajmal; the prospect of the best spinner in the world hitting the open market was a mouth-watering one. However, even though you’re actually a fast bowler who has only played one test,…
Right then. Two rounds of the county championship have been completed. Lancashire have lost twice and Andrew Strauss has been dismissed for a low score twice. I’ll leave you to decide which is the more surprising. As an England fan first and foremost, my main interest in Championship cricket is seeing which players are on…
If, like me, you listen to sports phone-ins on the radio, you can’t avoid die hard football fans going ballistic over the latest game-deciding refereeing decision, or having a moan about their manager’s ineptitude. It’s all part of the game. The thing that really strikes me however – apart from the fact that many of…
Recognise this bloke? Neither do we. Apparently he’s Michael Klinger, Worcs’ new overseas signing Following on from guest writer Garreth Duncan’s article about Durham, which took a romantic and misty eyed look at county cricket, we’d like to re-establish a prevailing sense of cynicism and exasperation by looking at one of the less satisfying aspects…
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