County cricket

Mark Davies materialises

< 1 minute read We’ve always liked Mark Davies. He was like the invisible man that only we could see. If he wasn’t injured, he’d be there, chipping away for Durham, taking 2-30 or 3-45 – nondescript-yet-efficient bowling figures that kept his first-class average surprisingly low. It was 22.63 before this match. But now

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Lancashire lose to Scotland again

< 1 minute read There were some low-scoring matches in the Friends Provident Trophy this weekend and not only where matches were shortened because of rain. Scotland, who had won at Old Trafford in 2003 and 2007 managed a relatively feeble 155-9 from their 50 overs, but Lancashire completely ballsed up their chase and

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Chris Read’s raw deal

2 minute read We think Chris Read got a raw deal. The story is: best keeper, duff batsman – but everyone knows it’s not that clear cut. We’re not going so far as to say Chris Read’s should be playing for England, but we do think he should have been given a proper

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EPL: counties or regions?

3 minute read What is the EPL? There’s going to be an English version of the IPL. We’re calling it the EPL, because we’re pretty sure that’s what it’ll be. England already has a Twenty20 tournament of course. There are three leagues and the best teams go through to quarter finals. For some

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