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At 19, after that fairytale series in India when he became the youngest debutant ever to open for England, the teenage lad with the Bolton accent and winning smile faced two of the hardest jobs you can have. First, he had to grow up in public, a task almost too cruel to wish upon any kid. Second, he became the latest vessel for the hopes of English cricket.
Continue reading...A bumper year for the unfancied East Midlands when Surrey were surprisingly knocked off their gilded throne
A memorable County Championship finished in the most dramatic fashion, with Durham falling down the stairs and losing all their clothes while crashing out of Division One on the final day of the season. The Spin has picked her jaw off the ground, and dusted down the awards for a summer to remember.
Continue reading...Joy for Nottinghamshire and Hampshire, heartache for Durham and soul-searching for Lancashire and Kent
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Continue reading...A minute’s applause was held at Bird’s spiritual home, Headingley, on the first day of the season’s last round of fixtures
David Hopps is at Headingley, where Dickie Bird’s death will leave a huge hole:
“It’s hard to exaggerate how fond, and in many ways protective, Yorkshire cricket was of Dickie Bird. The county has marked his passing this morning with a minute’s applause (a full minute - that must be worth 10 minutes anywhere else in the country!) and the players are wearing black armbands.
Continue reading...It’s tight in the Championship and Worcestershire won the One-Day Cup on an emotional day at Trent Bridge
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Continue reading...Leicestershire up after draw, Notts win to set up heavyweight showdown with Surrey
Yorkshire are making a Horlicks of their first innings – Davey and Gregory have reduced them to 41-4, still trail by 400.
A couple of wickets at New Road – now will this get tasty? The busy McCann gone for 28 and Joe Clarke for a nine-ball duck. 74 needed and dot balls abounding.
Continue reading...Surprise signing paid dividends for Surrey as they beat Durham to take a nine-point lead into the break
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Continue reading...Yorkshire routed Sussex to move away from relegation danger while Glamorgan earned a rare win at Old Trafford
The groundstaff are peeling back the covers here, an inspection at 11.45. Rain also at New Road, Cheltenham and Northampton.
Paul Edwards, sitting next to me at OT, is purring about watching Dan Lawrence. He references Pinter, That beautiful evening Compton made 70 – “I’d never seen anything to compare it to until Lawrence made 78 off 77 balls at Scarborough. And again, his 88 off 116 balls at the Riverside. Magnificent.”
Continue reading...Day three updates from around the grounds
They’re up and running at Chelmsford and Canterbury – where Kent – buttressed by Ben Compton - had an unexpectedly good Wednesday against Leicestershire.
Fifty for Revis – who the Yorkshire cognoscenti consider to be the best of the batting bunch (though I feel I’ve written that about various others in the top five over the last few years). The Yorks lead is currently 113 and you’d think they’ll bat till tea if they last the course.
Continue reading...It was a good week for title challengers Somerset and a brilliant one for Rehan Ahmed and Tom Hartley
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Continue reading...The young spinner took 13 wickets and scored a century as the Division Two leaders eased past Derbyshire, while Essex routed Sussex in the top tier
My Friday brain hadn’t clicked that Glamorgan were already in a run chase – 143 more needed, seven wickets in hand. Parky M, 2-13, has already removed nightwatchman James Harris this morning.
In other chase news – Warwickshire, 71-2, need another 322 to beat Worcs and Derbyshire, 119-4, another 327 to beat Leicestershire.
Continue reading...Sussex lag well behind Essex despite James Coles’ best efforts at Hove
Fifty and out for Simon Harmer, Essex finish with a hearty lead of 300. Now then Sussex.
Within a glut of Leicestershire centuries, Rishi Patel falls cheaply for the second time in the match. Leicestershire 14-1.
Continue reading...Fourteen of the 18 teams involved still have hopes of winning this competitive and unpredictable tournament
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Continue reading...The Kookaborra ball should be sent to space after Surrey scored a record 820 runs but only drew with Durham
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Continue reading...Alex Lees scored 156 for Durham as the runs piled up at the Oval, while Lancashire finally won a Championship match in 2025
Plugged into the Lancs live-stream. Jimmy in long sleeves polishes and polishes the precious Kookaburra. Madsen carefully plays Balderson back. A maiden. Derbyshire 175 for three.
A wicket at Taunton (Dickson lbw Patterson-White, Somerset 18-2); rain at Canterbury – where Justin Broad, unbeaten on 122, was yesterday watched by his dad Neil who won a silver medal alongside Tim Henman in the men’s doubles at the 1996 Olympics. And play due to restart soon at York.
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