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Aug 19, 20223 min read

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...

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Jun 11, 20223 min read

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...

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Apr 20, 20224 min read

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...

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Jan 18, 20224 min read

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...

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Dec 8, 20213 min read

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...

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Nov 26, 20213 min read

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...

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Nov 19, 20214 min read

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...

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Sep 23, 20216 min read

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...

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Sep 16, 20214 min read

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...

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Apr 29, 20213 min read

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...

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Apr 1, 20215 min read

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...

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Mar 21, 20214 min read

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...

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Mar 10, 20214 min read

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...

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Feb 28, 20213 min read

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...

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