Category: County cricket
Five-ball overs and changing ends a bit less often – rules confirmed for the ECB’s ‘New Competition’
TalkSPORT and Test Match Special | I Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It
I Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It is a semi-regular feature where we ask a fella called Prince Prefab about cricket – even though he hates cricket. We are in bold. Prince Prefab is not. England tour Sri Lanka and the West Indies this winter and the big news for
Continue readingA full report on that thrilling final County Championship match between Surrey and Essex
The climax of the County Championship is always thrilling. Always. This year was no exception. (How could it have been when we literally just told you that the climax is always thrilling? (Think, McFly! Think!)) Having surrendered a ten million run first innings deficit to last year’s champions Essex, this
Continue readingWhy is cricket so infatuated with the Powerplay?
One of the more mundane revelations from the recently undertaken trials of The Hundred is that they’re going to have a Powerplay. ‘So what?’ you might think. But when all innovations seem to be on the table and the aim is to make the game as simple and straightforward as
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