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April 12, 2019 County cricket / England

Gary Ballance is making hundreds again and you’re going to have to take a position on that

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April 10, 2019 Australia / County cricket

Did Cameron Bancroft just say “the Durham County Cricket Club”?

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April 9, 2019 County cricket

We’re mostly talking about Sam Northeast this week

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April 4, 2019 County cricket

Stop what you’re doing and pay attention: County cricket is about to slightly start

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April 2, 2019 County cricket

As Cameron Bancroft becomes Durham captain, Mark Wood explains the hierarchy of potential captains

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February 27, 2019 County cricket / South Africa

County cricket is dying and poverty-stricken and if something isn’t done soon the counties won’t even have enough money to tempt the world’s finest cricketers to renounce their international careers any more

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November 29, 2018 County cricket

Five-ball overs and changing ends a bit less often – rules confirmed for the ECB’s ‘New Competition’

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November 1, 2018 County cricket

ECB expands County Championship comfort zone

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October 3, 2018 County cricket / England

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

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September 27, 2018 County cricket

A 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

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A random selection of articles from 2007 onwards.

  • Kevin Pietersen’s shambolic knee inhibits his prancing
  • Mark Wood is playing The Entertain Yourselves Test
  • Bangladesh commit seppuku with surprise crockery
  • Nuwan Thushara’s bowling action (+ video)
  • A cricket helmet on an Indian police officer

Manifesto

  • What Ben Stokes, Jack Leach and Headingley 2019 tell us about Test cricket
  • Runs don't have a fixed value
  • Play fewer matches
  • Keep the Ashes an 'event'
  • Play on good pitches
  • Why wickets, not runs, are what's important
  • Always play a spinner
  • What is bad light?
  • The second division of the County Championship doesn't count

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