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Heyhoe Flint’s Spirit lives on at Lord’s
Lord’s: the flagship of England cricket. A bustling, buoyant bubble of champagne corks and garish blazers. For decades this amphitheatre...
Aug 19, 20223 min read
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New Zealand exploit English frailties to set-up substantial lead
"When you win the toss, bat". As it happened, England’s fresh skipper Ben Stokes opted against heeding to the esteemed W.G. Grace, but...
Jun 11, 20223 min read
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April a profitbale month as batters continue to rack up runs
County cricket in April: rains, ravenous winds and runs…lots and lots of runs. Scour the nation’s grounds from the grandest to the...
Apr 20, 20224 min read
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South Africa provide reminder of how Test cricket can be revived
High into an azure sky off the Cape Peninsula a yellow sun beat down with fiery intensity. Sizzling in the Summer heat were a few white...
Jan 18, 20224 min read
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Ashes: Australian lustre inspires English inevitabilities
Breathe it all in, marvel at its grandeur. Tread carefully with each passing step, and up into the nirvana you arrive. Welcomed by a...
Dec 8, 20213 min read
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Ollie Robinson: The Spotlight Swivels From Sussex's Seamer to Australian Glory
When Ollie Robinson first arrived on the international scene two things stood out: firstly, why has it taken this chap so long to don...
Nov 26, 20213 min read
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T20 World Cup: Australian Knights' Desert Storm
New Zealand, you had one job. Pleasantries aside, it was quite the sweaty evening for Mitchell Marsh and his Aussie cohort. Staring at a...
Nov 19, 20214 min read
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Finals Day: Kent Frolic in T20 Festivities
Parade down Pershore Road and soon you’ll glimpse it: a luminous, towering ‘e’ stands alone in the overcast sky. A clump of colour greets...
Sep 23, 20216 min read
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England Cricket: An Unforgiving Calendar Burdening Young Talents
What a palaver. Even when one subtracts the shiny new disputed Hundred format from this year’s calendar and the domestic schedule remains...
Sep 16, 20214 min read
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Darren Stevens: County Cricket’s Unsung Hero
For 24 years has Darren Stevens graced just about every wicket in the known counties with his silky stroke-making and bamboozling bowling...
Apr 29, 20213 min read
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T. Natarajan: The Cinderella of Chinnappampatti
On crumbling roads a short drive from the restless city of Salem in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, there lies the forgotten village of...
Apr 1, 20215 min read
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Sarah Taylor: How England's Golden Gloves Stumped Anxiety
Regarded as one of cricket’s most talented wicketkeepers - male or female - the now 31 year old returns to the sport as a coach for...
Mar 21, 20214 min read
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Afghanistan Cricket: From Turbulent Beginnings To An Established Cricketing Nation
As the orange sun starts to set over Khurasan, another sweltering, stifling hot day is replaced by the cooler depths of twilight. To...
Mar 10, 20214 min read
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Joe Root: The England Captain Finding Form In 2021
Following an unprecedented 2020, in which sport itself was in scarce supply, cricket emerged superior as the world waited for the return...
Feb 28, 20213 min read
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