AuthorJames Morgan

I had very mixed emotions at the end of the 2018 season. Winning the T20 Blast for the very first time was absolutely superb. It brought back memories of our glory days in the 1980s when trophies flowed like wine at a wedding. But our subsequent relegation to division two, and Joe Clarke’s decision to jump ship at the first opportunity – it was the first time his contract was up since becoming established in the first team – were two very bitter pills to swallow. And all this while the Alex...

Championship cricket in April usually means one thing: ball dominates bat. The fielding captain tosses the ball to Darren Stevens (or a Darren Stevens clone) and the pitch does the rest. “Use the facilities” is the cry behind the wicket as the prototypical English seamer ambles to the crease with seven slips and two gullies in position. But it was a very different story at Nottingham this week. It turned into an early season run fest with Joe Clarke, a young man who can’t seem...

Early spring. It’s chilly, there’s sleet in the air, you’re still wearing your scarf to the local pub, and the never ending football season is entering its overhyped ‘run in’. It can only mean one thing: the county championship season is upon us. And it will be with us until the end of September – except for that inconvenient hiatus in the warmest months when white ball cricket takes over like a plague of locusts and consumes everything that’s wholesome...