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County cricket: Kent v Worcestershire, Surrey v Warwickshire, and more – live
Lancashire 42-1. And a wicket for George Scrimshaw at The County Ground – and a snorter it is too: Surrey start to open the throttle: Abbot arrows the ball in, hitting Rob Yates bang in the bullseye. Warwicks suddenly 59-2….
‘Incredibly tough’: Worcestershire take to field a week after Josh Baker’s death
Worcestershire resume their season against Kent at Canterbury on Friday, barely a week since the tragic death of their young spinner Josh Baker. The Pears were already among the most resilient of counties – annual floods at New Road, thin…
A superpower and a struggle: cricketers on life with ADHD
Simone Biles, the most successful American gymnast in history and a four-time Olympic gold medallist, describes the way her brain functions as both her “challenge” and her “superpower”. Aged nine, she was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a…
Selling off the summer? Why Hundred plans should matter to all cricket lovers | Barney Ronay
Why should anyone be worried about the England and Wales Cricket Board’s plan to sell its stake in the eight Hundred franchise teams to private investors? A deadline for counties to agree to a “direction of travel” on this issue…
Labour MP urges government to review ECB plans to sell stake in Hundred
A Labour MP has called on the government to review any future decision by the England and Wales Cricket Board to sell its stake in the eight Hundred franchises to private investors. The ECB has given the 18 counties plus the…
A week is a long time in politics: Panesar quits Workers party after seven days
The former England cricketer Monty Panesar has pulled out of standing for George Galloway’s Workers party of Great Britain after only one week, after admitting he needs more time to “mature and find my political feet ”. Panesar had been…
The Spin | ‘New lease of life’: how walking cricket is giving the over-50s a taste of Bazball
In Lawrence Booth and Nick Hoult’s terrific book on the subject, James Anderson is asked what Bazball means to him. “Bazball is trying to encourage people to get back to the kid in you,” he says. “How you imagined the…
Pakistan Super League may poach county cricketers after schedule change
English counties face losing more of their leading homegrown talents during the first two months of next season – and potentially in years to come – amid a proposal for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) to run concurrently with the…
County cricket: Essex go top but Surrey may be the real winners | Gary Naylor
Ball one: Taunton taunts new leaders As José Mourinho knew, points at the start of the season are worth exactly as much as points at the end of the season. When these cold, wet, uninspiring rounds of matches are forgotten…